re: Wade did something that is now legal thru NIL

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But let’s say he donated the money to Gordon McKernan…..Gordon could get it done right. Which is essentially Wade paying players out of his pocket right?

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I mean the semantics with you

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Read that to yourself with a straight face, motherfricker.

If you can’t understand it I don’t know what I can do to help you…..it’s not my job to enhance your education.

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It absolutely is semantics. At the root of Wade’s “issue” was the fact that players were getting paid. Are players not getting paid legally today to play collegiate basketball? The “who” of the paying doesn’t fricking matter because no matter who we’re told the “who” is we have know way of knowing where the money originated. That is fact. The fact that you are telling me other coaches aren’t paying players, even before NIL, shows me how naive you are. On the same FBI tapes that implicated Wade (on allegations that he won’t be punished for criminally or by the NCAA BTW) many other coaches were implicated. shite Pitino has been paying players financially and with other forms of payment for years. He’s just the tip of the iceberg.

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Dude…I loved Will Wade. I would love to have him back….but you’re objectively wrong on this. It’s not semantics. Coaches cannot legally pay players. NIL deals can pay players. It matters where the money comes from. He’s on wiretap basically admitting to major NCAA violations and he left a paper trail. This is what separates him from other coaches. Of course they’re paying players. They’re just not making such an easy case against themselves.
Just because you don’t agree with the rules, doesn’t mean you can just ‘very blatantly’ ignore them. And the “who” does matter when a paper and audio trail is left and the governing body of the NCAA deems that it matters.
If Orgeron was heard on wiretap and there was a paper trail showing that he paid Burrow to come here….LSU would have to vacate a national title and Burrow would forfeit the Heisman trophy. That’s how much it matters….whether we like it or not.

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This isn’t semantics and honestly it’s crazy you think other coaches are paying players.

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Obviously coaches still can’t do what Wade did but they don’t have to find ways to funnel money to players since it can now be done legally under the farce that is NIL. I may be giving the op too much credit but I believe that is the point.

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collectives set up on behalf of the school can.

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More semantics…..LSU’s official socials and official website blew up with the news on LSU’s collective….almost as if they set it up.

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He’s on wiretap basically admitting to major NCAA violations and he left a paper trail. This is what separates him from other coaches.

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No the only thing that separates him from other coaches on the wiretap is that he got fired they didn’t.

None including Wade will be punished by the NCAA or charged criminally.

You are not serious
Players under NIL get paid for their name and likeness

Coaches can’t pay players, players family members

There is a difference

Will Wade recruited well, most likely illegally and was not very smart or blatantly oblivious to the rules

Was fired, time to move on

Like cryimg for a year after your girlfriend caught you with a stripper and broke up with you, move on

I hope to God none of you are reproducing. It is hilarious that you would teach your children if others are cheating you need to also. And I was a Wade supporter so you can stop with all of the Will Wade haters BS. Would love it if he was still here but he's not. But for the morons who hate MM because they don't think he can get dirty enough to win says all that is wrong with sports and people in general. I would rather lose than cheat and win. Period. Down vote all you want. And I will also give any coach 3 years to prove he can do the job. If not then you replace him. Most of this is just childish anger over Wade being fired. I was just as angry but I am also an adult and have moved on. You need to also.

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Am I missing anything ?

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Yes, three things.

1. What Wade did is still not "legal".
2. The legality at the time of the act is all that matters. A crime does not go away just because it is later legalized.
3. This isn't just about legalities; it's about NCAA rules. Technically, Wade did break laws (laws that are still in place) by evading taxation. But he was suspended for violating NCAA rules, not for breaking laws.

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So now you tell me is that a good reason to fire LSU’s best basketball coach in probably 2 decades to hire what we have now?

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No but that’s what happened and it wasn’t just Woodward that didn’t like Wade. He was not well like throughout the athletic department.