I'd bet my dinner this thread will go off the rails, but here goes...

Let me deliver a punch line, first:

Is there more cheating in American marriages OR in CFB transfers? (this is a metaphorical question).

Anyway, this article suggest that cheating abounds among the power schools (surprised? - not me) and that tampering is a way of life.

Now, with looser transfer rules, tampering should be on steroids...

And this is a better punch line from the article:

""You play a team now and you don't go shake the coach's hand on the other side," Brown said. "You go shake the great tight end's hand. 'Hey, you look great, man. Aw, man, we should have recruited you. Wish you were here.'"

If I were a lawyer I'd suggest that the coach eliminate the last sentence...
Otherwise, deniability.

https://www.espn.com/college-football/st...ree-agency