re: Why did/does Ole Miss have to pay recruits to commit?

Ole Miss went overboard too fast. If stories about The Network are true, which I think they are, boosters paying players to make official visits, paying them to commit, and paying players not to visit other teams pissed off every team in the country.

Mizzou still needs to be concerned about the tutor that blew the whistle about academic fraud. It's tough for any player to get excited when they know they are in a shite storm.