How could it be "illegal"? Clever move on the part of the enemy. Miami and Mario will just have to work that much harder.
Win football games. You want to keep South Florida's best talent home—win with what you have and give these kids a reason to choose this new-look, big money Miami.
We're dealing with 15+ years of kids going elsewhere and the pipeline breaking. Almost two decades of high school coaches, parents, relatives, friends and bag-men pushing our best kids to an Alabama, Ohio State, Clemson, Georgia, Florida (during Urban era), Florida State (during Fisher era), LSU (Miles era), etc.—because Miami wasn't a contender or an option.
So many local kids would love to stay local, but Miami wasn't even in the conversation or the same playing field due to the trash product on the field and how poorly the program was run.
If Miami is winning big and Ohio State is winning slightly bigger; news flash—local kids will choose Coral Gables over Columbus, barring the drop-off isn't massive.
When one is reaching the Playoffs and the other is a constant 7-6, with a rotating door of head coaches every three years—hardly a shock a kid would want to be a Buckeye, Tiger, Bulldog or member of the Crimson Tide.
Win the Coastal. Beat the brakes off Florida State. Try to upset aTm and Clemson. Find a way to 10-2 and have a **** of a sales pitch going in 2023; that Mario and the Canes are for real again.