Explain the effects of sanctions

Kids can still come early but can't sign the FAAs for the next two years.

Small drop in evaluations during spring is one area of concern that coaches will have to overcome.

Financial Aid Agreement is not necessary if you don't want to have extra contacts with the recruits. The whole thing is a joke and a moot point when recruits are allowed to sign early.

No effect cause we will appeal and win.

I was going to ask can it be appealed? Apparently so.

The rule is retarded and needs to be changed, but if it is, how long would it take and would we be released from these sanctions if it were?

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I was going to ask can it be appealed? Apparently so.

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Did we self report? If so, do we propose sanctions? I'm curious how you appeal your own proposed penalties.

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From my layman understanding, we can take early enroll es but they are not ours till the NSD.

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It's already the case that they are not ours until they enroll or sign an LOI. They can't be recruited by other schools if they are already on our campus without losing 1 year of eligibility. Once an LOI or enrollment occurs, they can sign the FAA.

What they cannot do is sign FAA's in advance of signing a LOI giving them unlimited contact.

Essentially a recruit can still commit, sign the LOI and receive a scholarship in a normal fashion, but they can't bind themselves to LSU as they can to other schools for the next 2 years. I believe in some small way LSU gains the leverage.

Another point, I heard today on the radio from Mike Detillier that the school would not appeal the ruling. They relish being the poster child of this idiotic rule to show how dumb it is in hopes of it getting changed.

I believe in many cases schools believes this is a windfall for an undecided kid to lock up spots all across the U.S. if so desired without any assurances from the university while taking all the risks.

IMO, the recruit should at least have to sign the LOI by December if they sign the FAA early. And, the student should not be able to enroll early if they sign the FAA in advance.

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The biggest loss is other teams could have contact with recruits during the dead period and we can't. And that is before national signing day, I could see us losing a recruit that's torn between us and another school due to these sanctions

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That is not accurate. The only thing we lose is the ability to have unlimited contact with a recruit that has signed a FAA but not a Letter of Intent. No other school can have more contact than LSU unless the recruit signs a FAA with them. We don't lose any scholarships or the ability to contact kids in any appropriate way just like any other school. It's essentially a slap on the wrist. The absurd part is that there is any sanction at all for what LSU did.