Leaders of the College Football Playoff on Friday stopped short of implementing any new rules around eligibility or participation but issued a statement that "strongly supports" the recent positions of conferences prohibiting players returning to college teams from the NFL.

The CFP's management committee, which consists of the 10 FBS commissioners and Notre Dame athletic director Pete Bevacqua, held a videoconference for the second time this week to discuss the eligibility issue, which has been a national headline this week centered on LSU. The group began considering this topic at a June meeting in Denver after a judge ruled that former Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby was eligible to play in spite of admitting to gambling, including on former team Indiana.

The Big Ten, SEC, ACC and Big 12 recently put out independent statements that were nuanced in their own way but collectively agreed that former NFL players shouldn't be allowed to return to college rosters. On Thursday, after a lengthy court hearing, a judge in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, ruled that Dae'Quan Wright and Zxavian Harris are cleared to return to college football after brief stints in the NFL.

Wright and Harris, both former Ole Miss players, said Thursday that they intend to join their former coach Lane Kiffin during his debut season at LSU, which opens Saturday night against Clemson. They are among 42 athletes from various sports who have sued the NCAA in Louisiana to play a fifth and final season of college sports. The SEC in late August joined the Big Ten in its opposition, giving commissioner Greg Sankey full authority to enforce its rule "with penalties."