re: LSU Basketball Recruiting Thread: 2024 (And Beyond)

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there have been times when a star player gave up a scholarship to help the team and still were the star player. Jarvis varnado at Ms state did this.

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this a COMPLETELY different scenario. hunter dean was not recruited to be the star. he was recruited for experience and to impact the culture. it would be different if he was a star and chose to give up a scholarship. he did not. he would have barely ever played had collins not had disciplinary issues as i've previously expressed... which you've continually ignored. collins was working his way back into the rotation and played more minutes against MVSU, Nicholls, Wake (HD DNP), and North Florida (HD DNP).

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scholarships are significantly less important now in the NIL era. walk on trace young drives a G wagon from NIL. walk-ons can make far more money than tuition costs.

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like i've said before ad nauseum it is not about finances but what a scholarship represents. despite this, you continue to talk about walk ons and the bursars office when my argument as to why the scholarship made a difference was for what the scholarship represents outside of finances. you continue to straw man me and say stupid shite like "mcmahon should call the bursars office to see who he should play" when that's not at all what i'm arguing. there are differences between a scholarship player and a non scholarship player and it has to do with more than just how their tuition gets paid.

i have listed numerous reasons in multiple posts how a scholarship can impact playing time and role on a team outside of how tuition is paid... yet you continue to ignore this and bring up irrelevant shite like trace young's g wagon. good for him. i'm glad he's doing well. gets a free g-wagon to post tik toks all day.

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walk-ons the restaurant pays their tuition anyways. its not an issue the way you claim.

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i have not once said finances were the issue. it is you who continues to bring them up because we disagree on whether or not a scholarship is more than just money. you refuse to accept that it means more than just who pays your tuition. regardless, i'm not one of the dumbasses who genuinely think mcmahon doesn't seek out NIL help, so i understand finances aren't a problem for us.

as i have repeated ad nauseum the scholarship situation has more to do with the implicit nature of being scholarship vs non scholarship than who pays for tuition, yet you continue to ignore this.

what are you gonna tell me next? samuel gaylor got a free rolex from walk ons? it doesn't fricking matter.

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they were down a scholarship so dean didn't get one.

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and you don't think that if he was viewed as more important by the coaching staff he would have received a scholarship and another less important player would have been paid with NIL?

when you are limited on scholarships you grant them to players who are most important. you don't go and give your plan C guy a scholarship when you're on a restriction. it is clear that dean was never considered as important as other players for this reason.