In the shadow of a widening legal conflict between the Southeastern Conference and one of its own member institutions, LSU chose restraint over defiance as a Friday roster deadline passed without the addition of two players whose eligibility had become a flashpoint in the ongoing transformation of college athletics. The dispute, rooted in the NCAA's new 'five-for-five' eligibility rule, has drawn in federal courts, conference commissioners, state governors, and constitutional arguments about the freedom of association — a reminder that the question of who may play a game is rarely just about t