SEC presidents and chancellors met by videoconference Thursday and did not vote LSU out. [1] The conference said discussions on expectations and responsibilities will continue. Wednesday this paper printed a postponed hearing. Thursday the membership vote did not happen.

WAFB filed the statement as mush with a timestamp. [1] Fox Sports filed the same meeting without a membership vote. [2] No vote is not a dismissal of the lawsuit. Rousse recused. A statement about continuing discussions is not a penalty and not a pardon.

The roster fight that filled the hearing is still the lawsuit's subject. Two former NFL names are not Thursday's vote. A moot claim from Baton Rouge is not a federal order. Print no vote. Do not print expelled. Do not print cleared.

Print the call. Print the missing tally. Leave a named sanction to the edition that owns a named sanction.

Conference calls without votes are deliberation, not decision. Deliberation continues behind closed doors. Thursday's call ended without either.

Ended calls without either aren't sanctions; Thursday's ended neither. Closed doors keep deliberating. Sanctions wait on named votes.

Print the missing tally. Thursday's call ended without either. Closed doors keep deliberating.

Presidents and chancellors hung up Thursday without a membership number beside anyone's name. LSU remains inside the conference until a recorded vote exists. The lawsuit still sits in federal court, untouched by the call. A video call without a tally is neither expulsion nor absolution.
Thursday hung up without a tally. Closed doors keep deliberating. Thursday's call ended without either.

Thursday hung up without a tally. Closed doors keep deliberating. Thursday's call ended without either.

-- AMARA OKONKWO, Lagos