The Southeastern Conference university presidents will vote on an undetermined date whether players will be able to return to campus on either June 1 or June 15, LSU Executive Deputy Athletic Director Verge Ausberry told the Louisiana Economic Recovery Task Force Thursday morning.

Ausberry, who also serves as LSU’s Executive Director of External Relations, told the task force that the athletic department is aiming to return its players to campus on June 1, something athletic director Scott Woodward had also said in the department’s virtual Coaches Caravan Wednesday night.

If this sounds pretty seat of the pants to you, it’s only because it is.

“We are preparing for a June 1 return, even though we don’t know that,” Woodward said. “The prohibition’s in place for the SEC for us not to use facilities until May 31. When that prohibition comes up, which hopefully won’t be extended, and, if it is, we’ll be read for that too. But I see some time in June our student-athletes getting back to campus and us taking care of them.”

I presume the players don’t get a vote.  Sure hope this ends well for all concerned.

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