Citizen is proof of the new era of NIL.

Another reason to not trust crystal balls, etc until the papers are signed.

I mean be real about it. I'll respect you more if you said something like "they're giving me the best opportunity for me and my family" then I get it. But to lie and say relationships are what you value is bs..unless he was referring to the financial kind when he said it.

It only stings because it’s not LSU’s NIL money he’s taking.

I think the whole thing makes me sick. College football Recruiting will never be the same.

Why did he sour on LSU is the question

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I think the whole thing makes me sick. College football Recruiting will never be the same.

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What some of you have failed to realize is that THIS has been going on for decades but only two a small number of guys. Now it's just on a larger scale in public view for all to see. Even LSU has benefited from this in years past. So what's the bigger issue here?

Here's something that college football needs to forget... "winning solves a lot of problems."

No, NIL solves the majority of your problems, LOL.

Based on the exisitng NIL rules and landscape....you can't blame the players for taking more money.

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I hate to ruin your picturesque nostalgic view of recruiting, but there was ALWAYS money being paid to top recruits. The NIL ruling just allows that practice to be out in the open now.

The reality is that many of these kids don't grow up dreaming of playing in Tiger Stadium, or Kyle Field, or the Swamp. The grow up dreaming of the riches success in the sport can potentially bring to them. So while YOU could not fathom playing anywhere but LSU, they don't see it that way. If you are an 18 year old kid from a non-wealthy background and someone offers you six figures to play football for their school that is very hard to turn down. Particularly, if you don't have a deep sense of loyalty to any one school.

Perhaps the one reality fans need to accept is more often than not you care far more about your school than the guys who actually attend and play for that school. You are seeing it in recruiting and the prevalence of transfers. There are guys who are starters leaving their school to go elsewhere.

OR ... he's looking at being the #1 back right away in Miami and at LSU there's a couple of other 4*s in front of you already ? NIL deals being equal, the kids want to play right away.