re: So Alabama seems to lead for UT LB Henry To’oto’o

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A prominent 247 poster has said LSU knows exactly how Bama is doing it but refuses to operate that way so it's a matter of ethics and probably not so much about rules and compliance.

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My personal opinion is that this isn't the best approach. The ethics involved aren't that bad IMHO... IF used in what I would call a "moderated approach" and not used to just filter out players that aren't going to make the 2-deep to keep the cycle going. I guess one way of putting it is the ethics violations don't really cross into amoral grounds. There should be a do-not-cross line between unethical and amoral for sure. But short of that line- should be open to discussion on a case by case basis.

Say for example a player truly didn't recover fully from an injury and is never going to be a starter, stayed eligible, and put out before the injury. He should not be subject to medical schollie remediation. That should even go for #3's. But take any of those three away, especially the putting out part, should be fair game.

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If that’s the case, then LSU needs to reach out to other programs affected by this that say they want higher standards, like Clemson, and lobby the NCAA hard to remove every loophole. Lock everything down. No more than 25 signees and no more than 2 holdov

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I also see that slightly differently. While I don't really disagree, I'd like the loopholes to stay AND be used by us so I can't really take that position.

However, I do think instead of eliminating loopholes and locking everything down (because some of that would be almost as unfair to other players in reality), since LSU think the way such loopholes are being used by teams like Bama is unethical we should damn well be publicizing it. There are outlets out there that provide an avenue that don't suck Saban's dick that would love to pursue that.

The problem is, glass houses and all. We obviously aren't squeaky clean and if it resulted in an all out media war between SEC schools, the SEC would step in to shut down the initiating school... and that would be us. Not the Gumps.

On the other hand, rehashed stories (very little new information) regarding LSU with misleading headlines seem to come out at the worst possible times regarding recruiting as it stands now. We're already on the receiving end of such. We should fight fire with fire as far as I'm concerned. Playing nice, the high road, and being "more ethical" only invites more of that in my experience.