It'll only make K-State look bad and she'll still leave to the program that she wants to go to. It also won't stop tampering in the future. How is negative press for the KSU AD a deterrent to opposing programs tampering, particularly when they still get the player? Unless Currie is going to get some cheaters outed and busted, then he just looks like an ineffectual little bitch.
This has been K-State policy for years and years, predating both UPKS and ADJC. It has been applied in numerous transfer cases, most of them you don't hear much about. The policy is mainly a way to protect the school from tampering and other situations -- the transfer is declined, the player appeals with a list of preferred schools to transfer to, the appeals board says yes or no to schools on the list, player leaves. That's how it goes.
In this case, someone in the ear of Leti recommended she contact members of the press to badmouth K-State. Suddenly, it's a "bad look for K-State". Yeah well no crap, because the player is saying it's a bad look.
K-State will probably make a statement once the appeals board rules, and will probably take the high road. But you can see how good Leti looks here just by reading Twitter comments of her teammates. And that's why siding with her without more info is probably a poor choice.
