Because you don’t want to be known as the university who is forcing kids to be there, especially after the HC bolted, not that it’s CUs fault, but these kids aren’t prisoners. RG, LC and new HC should do everything they can to convince them to stay, but they shouldn’t be in the business of holding them to their LOI against their will.
I don't have a strong opinion on it either way, but I don't think it's a sound assumption that it would be automatic.........