Can LSU alter their recruiting to minimize being used as leverage for the best NIL deal?

Yes. Tell them you will offer $1 more than their best and final.

Keep fingers crossed while doing this.

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Do not announce early commits?

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Maybe just make all sketchy commits silent commits.

If they (recruit, handler and family) balk at this then they kind of telegraph their intent.

we aren’t being used as leverage.

Michigan got increasingly desperate- that makes donors give more

Kade Phillips shot up the recruiting ranks- that makes donors give more to go get
him.


It’s the end of the year and anyone with money is spending money.

All I know is between coaching hires and now NIL to recruits, LSU has cost other schools a shite ton of money they would otherwise not have had to spend.

Also, look at the Texas cbs commits before Phillips, 1 4 star and a 3 star. They couldn't pass up a 5 star cb when that was all they had committed.

We wouldn't let a 5 star cb leave LA if we could help it either.

Go full Dabo and say anybody who communicates with/takes a visit anywhere else no longer has a committable offer.

Probably wouldn't work but that's the only way I see to combat this specific problem

First thing that needs to up is signing periods. Let players sign whenever. Even before their senior year of high school.

That way colleges know exactly where they stand. If a kid won’t sign immediately, you tell them “fine, but we will be looking elsewhere and if someone else comes along and is willing to sign, your spot could be lost”. This not only gives colleges a better understanding of where they actually stand with a recruit, it gives them leverage with recruits. As it currently you is you can have a kid like Underwear who is knowingly stringing you along acting like you are his only choice just so he can get a bigger payout from the school he really wants to go to.

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we aren’t being used as leverage.

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Underwood continuing to publicly affirm his commitment to LSU the month or so before flip as Michigan was pushing their offer while looking into increasing offer was him using LSU as leverage to get better deal out of Michigan.