NCAA probe fallout: UL loses key commit to Georgia Tech

[Turbine]

...how would probation without a post-season bowl ban be bad for an individual kid? Wouldn't the reduction in scholarships actually be good for an individual's chances to win a starting position? I realize that fewer scholarships might somehow translate to a loss or two that otherwise wouldn't have happened, but I doubt most kids are thinking much beyond how much playing time they were personally going to get.

When you hear some HS kids talk you are often getting a recording of what their successful recruiter told them.

Of course you are 100% right about UL being the perfect spot for individual excellence right now, but his GT recruiter would have kept the probation argument generic on purpose.

[CajunT]

LOL, really. I saved it for later use.

And when one gets down to the nut-cuttin', how would probation without a post-season bowl ban be bad for an individual kid? Wouldn't the reduction in scholarships actually be good for an individual's chances to win a starting position? I realize that fewer scholarships might somehow translate to a loss or two that otherwise wouldn't have happened, but I doubt most kids are thinking much beyond how much playing time they were personally going to get.

Their not do it, we were getting hammered by other programs about possible bowl bans and Lee remained committed to UL throughout the process. After the sanctions were announced is when he was offered by Georgia Tech and Tulane; there was no bowl ban at that point, he just wanted to join his cousin at Georgia Tech to play in the ACC. I have no problem with his decision, but don't smear a program that offered you an FBS opportunity when no other program was willing to do so during the fall.