If it were in coaches corner, the wording of this makes it more trash talk than conspiracy to collude - but it's actually really close because of the implication that he won't screw with the other recruit if the guy backs off. He would have been better off mentioning how attractive recruit 3 looked in CC, as a bluff instead of setting our a ***-for-tat scenario like he did which borderline enters the realm of cheating. an offer of a deal, even if it's phrased more like a threat at this point. The fact that it's via sitemail and not available for all to see makes it punishable as an attempt to collude. The example billyg gave on page two is pretty much a perfect example of blatant collusion/cheating and those type of offenses should result in much more severe punishment - I'm surprised it only resulted in a warning. Avoiding battles may be a good strategy, but when offers and agreements are explicitly made to do just that, it's cheating and it's not even close.