I'm familiar. It also was responsible for the black majority switch from the party of emancipation to the party of former slave owners.
Nice Writeup on it: A recruit will never admit it, but there are few times when an isolated incident gets in the way of what a recruit wants. And when it comes to what a recruit wants, LSU often times has everything. Put LSU's latest isolated incident in a category where it shouldn't affect how it does in recruiting the 2016 class. Or the 2017 class, for that matter. 2016 and 2017 athletes are still asked to do their research after news broke on Thursday that LSU will deal with recruiting sanctions this year. According to The Advocate, LSU is restricted from signing early enrollee prospects to financial aid agreements for the next two years. Additionally, the program will lose 10 percent of its recruiting evaluation days in 2015. The penalties stem from a violation involving a recruit—3-star offensive tackle Matt Womack, according toThe Advocate—signing a financial aid agreement with the intentions of coming to LSU as a January enrollee. The recruit, however, chose not to attend LSU, which ultimately made some of LSU's unlimited contact illegal. The result: LSU will lose 21 of its 210 evaluation days in 2015—17 spring and four fall days. That means the Tigers coaching staff will be restricted from off-campus recruiting activity, such as making visits to a high school campus to watch a spring workout. Exactly what does it mean for future prospects? In a word: Nothing. LSU is an established program that relies on results past and present. Like it or not, head coach Les Milesand his staff could lose half of its evaluation days and still come with recruiting wins. Reason being, the athletes love what LSU has to offer. They love the tradition. They love "Death Valley." They love the coaching staff. Repeat: They love the coaching staff. There's Miles. And Cam Cameron. And Frank Wilson. And Kevin Steele. And Ed Orgeron. And Corey Raymond. Recruits like these guys. And not just because the coaching staff has built a solid resume of producing NFL talent—almost always the ultimate goal for a competitive college athlete. Recruiting wins will continue to be high for the Tigers, particularly with athletes in the state of Louisiana. It helps that the talent level is very high this year. One thing that LSU does well is recruit its in-state talent. Louisiana has 18 4-star 2016 commits in the 247Sports composite top 100 rankings. Louisiana also has six 2017 commits in those rankings, including the class' top-ranked player, linebacker/running backDylan Moses. Of LSU's seven 2016 commits, four are from the Pelican State. Five of the seven are 4-star players. A sixth commit is 5-star cornerback Saivion Smith, the latest athlete to give Miles his verbal commitment. The Tigers have built a healthy reputation of being an annual contender. Recruits see the results on television each Saturday. They check out the facilities and the campus environment on junior days, unofficial visits and, ultimately, official visits. The evaluation days that will be lost for the LSU coaches are just that—for coaches. Most players will make their verbal commitment decisions by what they see surrounding the LSU environment, not by how they're seen in their own environment. Consider the sanction a slap on the wrist of sorts. Don't expect it to hurt LSU's recruiting class in the long run. Damon Sayles is a National Recruiting Analyst for Bleacher Report.
