re: Did LSU just get played by the Underwood family?

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If you were engaged to someone for a year and someone with ridiculous money came and she left you for them would you consider yourself played?

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You're a rich man engaged to a woman from out of town for a year. All along you know your fiance has another suitor from her hometown who is also rich. In that year you've planned a wedding, set a date and made plans for her to relocate into your hometown. 2 weeks before the wedding , the rich suitor from her hometown makes his last ditch offer to win her over. She comes to you, tells you about his efforts and needs to hear that you're all in on going through with the wedding. You confess you're having second thoughts. She chooses to stay home with the other suitor who's willing to prove his commitment. Is that you being played or refusing to commit?

That's what happened. We refused to match the money after being given every opportunity to. Based on the numbers reported, along with the reports in the weeks prior of Michigan pushing, if you actually believe LSU didn't know they were being outbid you're lying to yourself. Doesn't matter if that last day he didn't call to tell us. We knew the amount we were up against and refused to back off our number. The reporting included details that after meeting with Michigan last Sunday, his folks went to LSU for them to make their final offer. Logic says they made us aware that Michigan was offering more. That's not played. That's a conscious decision not to match the offer.

If the staff wasn't, by some miracle, aware they were going to have to raise their offer then that's just sad and shows how unaware they are of what's going on around them. And its not forgiveable.

If he wanted to drive the price up for Michigan, he would have committed to Ohio State. Then he’d be looking at $20mm after Ohio State blasts Michigan next week.

He wanted to come to LSU but then decided to take the money instead. Him and his camp acted like snakes about it towards the end, but it’s as simple as the money.

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It’s very possible Underwood could transfer to LSU after his freshman season. Depends if he plays a lot his first year or not

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I thought one of his requirements on going to Michigan was he was going to be the starter Day 1.

The scary point about this NIL situation is it's just in its infant stages and the players are in total control. If 10-12M is the bar now, what is next year's top player going to want? I never thought I would live to see players get paid, but as out of control as this situation has become, I wouldn't be surprised if a luxury suite isn't part of an NIL deal in very near future.

And sadly, more and more schools will be used as pawns to help players get even more money!

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And sadly, more and more schools will be used as pawns to help players get even more money!

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How is that sad? That’s capitalism. You telling me you’ve never used one job to get more money out of another?

Well here’s the thing about liars. You usually don’t know they’re lying to you until it’s too late. LSU had no reason to think Underwood wasn’t solid in his commitment and intended on coming to LSU. Turns out, he was lying to them.

He and his family played LSU 150%...He was never coming here.
playing people comes back to you..even in business....seems LSU plays the fall guy in negotiation wars way too often.

Yes.

Plausible or not, it's your opinion and you're reporting it as if it's a fact. You have no clue what factually happened.

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Either that or the kid just doesn’t want to be part of a program in decline.

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Have you seen Michigan's fall from grace this year?

So explain why he chose Michigan?

No. Underwood wanted to come here. Once Michigan got desperate and offered ridiculous money that couldn’t be turned down he flipped.

It wasn’t about money until the money became too hard to pass up.