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[QUOTE="Admiral Koga, post: 4552841, member: 1382"]
Come on..when everybody is that age...they are looking to get paid and get laid.  As it relates to tampering...I think that it was always going on.   Before coaches had to call friends of friends whereas now it's out in the open and straightforward.  I know that it is no consolation in the short term but look at how the Florida situation turned out.  The word is out that their 'offer' was bogus.  That kid can't be/won't be the only one stiffed.   It may take a five or so years but things will eventually settle down.

What can schools like SU do?  Well, while recruiting may have always been this way, but it seems that it is a lot like an MLB draft.  They have 40 rounds..sign 2/3rds...and maybe three make the big leagues in 5 years.  If five or more make it..it was considered a pretty good draft.  In college football...you'll sign 15 to 20 kids...and at least half will transfer within three years.  But guess what, so will everybody else's class.  A school like SU should funnel resources into group of 'team advisers' that do nothing but scout other teams and compile a database of potential transfers.

IMO, that's why guys like Saban are starting to cry.  Yes, they get talent.  But a big reason they win so much is their depth.  Lose a 5 star to injury?  Plug another one in.  Well, a lot of that depth is going to get siphoned off.  In the past...a 4th stringer might not transfer because he was still getting a decent bag o cash...even if he wasn't starting/just special teams.  Now, he can get the same bag and play somewhere else.
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