u/GeauxTurtle

It’s definitely disappointing that Jayden did the cease-and-desist, but I’m kind of shocked at how LSU handled it at every step of the way. There’s administrative incompetence at each step. It’s like no one thought about what would happen next after they made an agreement.

1. Why did we make the deal with Jayden in the first place? Knowing our stature and that every single-digit is going to be coveted by someone at some point, why would we even agree knowing 9 and 7 were going to be off-limits to (new) recruits already?

2. If you already have a deal in place, why are you making another one? This whole thing could have and should have been resolved in 2024 when Pickett asked for 5. If no one is bigger than the program, that was the time to take a stance. Even if Jayden takes back the Heisman and his NIL anyway, at least it’s not done in such a sloppy way.

3. Say what you want about Burrow not having his retired, Jayden won a Heisman. To me, that is worthy of having a number retired. Is Joe more worthy? Yes. Absolutely. But both of them are certainly worthy of the recognition. It’s criminal, in my opinion, that Joe’s number hasn’t gone up. I’ve seen too many people on this sub and in other CFB subs acting like a Heisman is not a big deal because of the nattys, but I remember how geeked the fanbase was when Jayden won. It’s honestly probably the best thing about BK’s tenure, aside from its end.

4. If BK or Woodward hadn’t made a deal with Jayden, yes it would be unreasonable for Jayden to think the school would hold it. But the school did make a deal with him. At the very least, the school was going to break its word to one of them. Yes, we’re riding high as a brand now, but enough chinks in our armor and top athletes will view us differently.

Now that I’ve said my piece, what do you think SW and BK should’ve done when Jayden said he’d give the school the NIL and Heisman for holding onto 5?

I’d probably tell him we’d hang it up, but not take it out. And that we wouldn’t do that until** **after we did Joe’s. Maybe I’d throw him a couple bones to keep the trophy on campus.

What do you think should have happened last week when Pickett came in and asked for 5?

I think Kiffin or Verge should’ve called Jayden to lay it out and work out the situation BEFORE Pickett wore 5 in practice. I would’ve given Jayden some sort of concession since we had a deal. I dont personally value the NIL that much, but maybe i would’ve given him some sort of lifetime deal to keep the Heisman on campus (e.g. naming a scholarship after him, something in the stadium, an annual cash concession) permanently.

I saw someone mention a couple of weeks back that the national teams wear these jerseys for 2 years. Is that true? I’m wondering both if the men’s version will be available for the next round of tournaments and if the jerseys for the WWC are going to be essentially the same.

I’m looking at some of these hard to find jerseys (France and Japan specifically) and I’m wondering if we can expect them to be (pretty much) the same. I’m sure the stars will change, but I don’t necessarily care about that for the non-USA jerseys.
I mentioned France and Japan specifically because I expect they’ll qualify, (if they haven’t already).