I thought all Joe wanted was for Wade to come meet?

I would imagine that they're going to discuss what Wade said in the meeting with the NCAA before making any decisions. It's obvious that LSU admins are overly cautious and they don't want to reinstate him without some sort of preliminary assurances from the NCAA that they're clearing him to return. That can't be done so quickly after the meeting IMO.

Overall I think the main goal is to not let this leak over to the rest of the athletic department. Still has been handled poorly but it's obvious that they are willing to let basketball fall to keep the NCAA away from the other programs

Personally I would have suspended him initially to at least show you're trying to do something, then done an investigation. If you can't find anything in a couple of weeks, reinstate him before the NCAA tourney and release a statement saying we couldn't find any concrete evidence and we aren't going to run out athletic department on an unsubstantiated media report.

Your post is shallow. They finally meet, and the content of the discussion is being assessed by the LSU admin and the NCAA. Keep in mind, LSU must decide if Wade is guilty of bribing players, and our admin needs to angle for LSU to NOT be put on probation. That is what mature organizations do that you don’t get. Wade got himself into this shite.

This is old bro

You answered your own question but started this thread anyway

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So Wade fired his legal team

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Not true.

He just ADDED Steven Thompson to his legal team, his previous lawyers are still on board.

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thought all Joe wanted was for Wade to come meet?

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Are you really taking that wording that literal? Lol

Will Wade has avoided this for weeks, and you are sitting here like this isn’t extremely complicated. It’s like you’ve never made an important decision in your life

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Your post is shallow. They finally meet, and the content of the discussion is being assessed by the LSU admin and the NCAA. Keep in mind, LSU must decide if Wade is guilty of bribing players, and our admin needs to angle for LSU to NOT be put on probation. That is what mature organizations do that you don’t get. Wade got himself into this shite.

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your post is shallow. LSU knew OLOL happened last October the same time that it knew WW was on wiretap. They did an investigation and found out that there were inappropriate benefits given to the family of a student athlete. That student athlete was NOT on the basketball team but the cash cow - football. Hoping it wouldn’t be discovered, they waited. When it was picked up in the media was coincidental with the release of the Yahoo story. In an effort to show some semblance of integrity in the vain of being proactive about compliance, they were offered an out with suspending Wade to avoid the dreaded “institutional control” penalty because they were caught.
THIS IS ABOUT MONEY! IT IS ALWAYS ABOUT MONEY! Football funds all but 2 other sports. Get your head out of the sand and realize this admin is incompetent.

As a follow-up to a previous email on why I’m not donating this year, I sent a screen shot of the WWL poll they ran on who the fans supported -Alleva or Wade and I received this response:
With the recent public launch of the Fierce for the Future Campaign, I hope you will soon feel a great sense of pride in what you are reading about LSU, though I understand that the campaign vision won’t negate the concerns you expressed. The LSU Foundation, specifically, is not in a position to address your concerns. We are in a position to encourage people to make an impact by giving, and we respect your decision not to give at this time.


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Sara Whittaker (LSU ’04, ’10)
Assistant Vice President of Communications and Marketing
LSU Foundation
3796 Nicholson Drive, Baton Rouge, LA 70802
office 225-578-8164 | mobile 225-931-6009 | fax 225-578-0530

So they left it to WW? Now it apppears they are still waiting for WW to tell them what to do. The guys you’re defending can’t figure anything out on their own? Oh well “he hasn’t talked to them” I guess that freezes everything.