re: With Smart being cleared all that Will Wade will do for LSU in the future is cost them

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Smart isn’t on wiretaps. Our former coach is.

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Yes, purportedly talking about arranging improper benefits for Javonte Smart. If investigations reveal no evidence of Smart ever receiving said improper benefits, then it's kind of hard to hang Wade out to dry for that conversation (for which we do not know the context).

Look, there may be more shoes to drop in the future with other recordings or evidence that has not yet come to light. But based on what we know now, it's hard to draw much of a distinction between Wade and Smart. The LSU administration has just painted itself into a corner with a knee-jerk reaction that they can't now find a graceful way to back down from.