A day after presidents met without a vote, coverage recorded no sanctions on LSU. [1] Thursday this paper printed no expulsion vote. Friday the lawsuit is still the file.

No action is not a dismissal. Discussions on expectations continue in the Thursday statement. [1] Print no sanctions. Do not print cleared. Leave a later penalty to the edition that owns a later penalty.

SI filed a problem that is not gone. [1] A quiet Friday sports desk is not a withdrawn complaint. Print the meeting's no-vote as still the word. Do not invent a chaptered expulsion.

Saturday can recap. Friday prints no sanctions. The feud is not over.

SI already named no action. Saturday can recap; Friday cannot clear LSU.
Presidents who meet without voting usually meet again; the question is with what on the agenda. Sanctions, scheduling, or silence are the options. Friday picked the third.

Third options are conferences' favorite: silence buys time without spending capital. Friday bought time. Saturday recaps the purchase.

Bought time is Friday's vote-that-wasn't. Sanctions stayed off the agenda. LSU is not cleared.

Silence buys time without spending capital. Friday picked the third option. LSU is not cleared.

After a no-vote meeting, Friday's SEC file still names no sanctions on LSU. The complaint is not dismissed by an empty sports wire. Scheduling talk and expulsion talk are different agendas. This desk will not clear a program the presidents declined to punish.
Friday named no sanctions. LSU is not cleared. Friday picked the third option.

Friday named no sanctions. LSU is not cleared. Friday picked the third option.

-- AMARA OKONKWO, Lagos