We need to start paying Louisiana recruits there NIL early

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We need to start paying Louisiana recruits there NIL early

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I'm sure you were educated in Louisiana public schools.

NIL is going to be the death of the LSU football program. Kelly better start wanting to get into bidding wars with elite recruits or we are going to see years to come of mediocre 3 stars and transfers from Nichols St and Southeastern.

There was once a rule where if a kid had signed grant in aid papers with your school(same as the Missouri law) that head coaches could make in home visits to that prospect outside of the recruiting calender. Les Miles took them up on that.
What Les didn't research is, the kids could also sign grant in aid with other schools because they are only binding to the school not the player. So this player had also signed paperwork with Alabama without any kind of knowledge to Les and LSU given(though with our compliance you know they knew it was possible). Fast forward a month or 2(this was in the beginnings of esd) and said kid signed with Bama. The NCAA retroactively sanctioned Les for breaking a rule that at the time he broke it wasn't being broken. Les/LSU had no recourse and future off campus visits were limited as a result.
Instead of Missouri being concerned with the NCAA they instead have to be concerned about authorizing kids be paid for paperwork that isn't binding to the kids. Meaning the kids could, by law, be paid by Missouri collectives for services never rendered and the kids are fully free to collect and then sign elsewhere. What could possibly go wrong? No thanks

I’m not sure how to incentivize Louisiana kids to stay home outside of straight cash. I like the Missouri idea in principle to allow them to earn in high school if they commit in state, but other schools will just up their offers to counter that. There’s no way around this unless a law is passed that you can’t earn NIL until you are on campus or after their freshman season. The pay to sign model currently being used is not sustainable for boosters or schools long term.

It is really dumb that we refuse to play this game. Our talent will downgrade over time slowly and Kelly will have to take an early retirement to avoid going out a disaster. Whoever replaces him will take over the most untalented LSU roster in decades.

I think the heat Kelly will feel this season will open his mind. Not winning the west and finishing outside the top 10 in recruiting will have the fanbase on his arse.

FSU is more talented and experienced across the board. Name one position group other than linebacker where LSU’s talent was better.