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Why would someone pay him to sit out? More likely, they said ‘okay.’ Not ‘please do it.’

First of all, no athletic department is going to have a signed LOI before permitted dates. That would be a lack of institutional control offense. Secondly, you previously said he needed something certain. If now you mean it’s enough that he gets a non-binding sure, trust me wink, then I...

There’s a big difference between getting to a kid to encourage him to play ball at UT, and getting to a kid to encourage him to sit out his Hs Sr. Season.

Beat me to it. Also, Texas isn’t in the recruiting position some think it is, even if it _should be_. Now Jimbo is picking Texas through, Oklahoma does, Houston, Baylor, Tx Tech take kids. Alabama takes some. Some go West Coast. The idea that the University of Texas is in some unassailable...

You aren’t even allowed to sign amything until nsd. And your loi isn’t binding - you still have to get admitted to the school. You’re just highlighting why this type of decision is really risky.

That won’t happen. ‘Offers’ aren’t binding on anyone. Kids skip their year at their peril. At least top rated kids will have alternatives. An under-rated kid who did this could wind up in D2. Big programs bail on kids all the time. No one would even notice them doing that to an ‘under the...

Texas is notorious for taking kids who looked great as sophs and juniors and then wondering why they don’t work out as expected.