Quote Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve View Post
It's that our fan base has chastised OM for so long about illegally recruiting players and most, not all but most, of our fanbase wanted to bury their head in the sand and act like we were holier than thou and would never do something like that. We still have fans to this day that believe the Chris Jones recruitment was above board and legal. I say all that to say that we still to this day have fans that do not want to do what it takes to win. They want to win the Morality Olympics. I mean they make the argument that we need to recruit kids that want to be at Mississippi State and our loyal to Mississippi State. 98% of athletes that go play sports at college do not give a rats ass about the university before they commit. And that was before NIL. They went there because that gives them the best chance to succeed and make it to the next level, or they love the coach or the scheme, or maybe they like the chance to play against the best of the best. Nowadays you add NIL to that equation. You have to do what it takes to win. If you have to operate in the grey area to do it then so be it.
And with that attitude we will be Sawnee in ten years time.