re: LSU Basketball Recruiting Thread: 2024 (And Beyond)

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In the NIL era what is the value of a scholarship? Couldn't we just recruit a kid, have him sign an NIL deal and have additional money wrapped in to pay tuition and board? If so the NCAA allows you to have a roster of 15, so why not recruit 15?
I hope this doesn't sound sarcastic I am just wondering if their is a rule I am missing or don't understand.

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This is basically what we did with Hunter Dean because he wasnt on scholarship this past season.

2 issues though:

1. For good players, you're going to run into the situation of some other schools more than willing to not only give competitive NIL to what we would, but also honor a scholarship

2. I dont know what kind of NIL we could even offer to even get particularly competitive guys here if we say you're not on scholarship...guys like a Hunter Dean, basically