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Should recruits be able to sign a LOI @ any time?
Posted on 2/3/13 at 6:32 am
Posted on 2/3/13 at 6:32 am
All this drama leading up to national signing day is bordering on the ridiculous. I know some recruits are attention whoring and enjoying the spotlight and others truly may be undecided but most of this, including the behavior and comments of some fans, is clownish.
Shouldn't any recruit who decides early where he wants to play be able to sign and be left alone?
Shouldn't any recruit who decides early where he wants to play be able to sign and be left alone?
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Posted on 2/3/13 at 7:22 am to MonroeTiger80
I think the kids are at the point of screwing schools more than the other way around. I mean coaches pull scholarships, but these kids are screwing so badly with universities
There should be an early signing period IMO, like Mid-November/December, then teams know where they stand
There should be an early signing period IMO, like Mid-November/December, then teams know where they stand
Posted on 2/3/13 at 7:24 am to MonroeTiger80
I don't think it's a great idea.
Players get hurt. Players get in trouble. Grades need to be taken into account.
Say you sign a guy in August and he starts to slack of his senior year academically, you are screwed. Wasted scholarship that could've gone to someone else.
Plus, the hard deadline date lets more schools have fair shots at players. Every school understands the timeline it makes it easier to optimize recruiting time and budgets.
Players get hurt. Players get in trouble. Grades need to be taken into account.
Say you sign a guy in August and he starts to slack of his senior year academically, you are screwed. Wasted scholarship that could've gone to someone else.
Plus, the hard deadline date lets more schools have fair shots at players. Every school understands the timeline it makes it easier to optimize recruiting time and budgets.
Posted on 2/3/13 at 8:28 am to MonroeTiger80
No. The points from the school perspective have already been made, so I won't revisit them.
From the player's perspective, it's ultimately their choice on where they want to go to school. A lot can happen between a summer recruiting trip and February.
Family situation can change, i.e. a parental job transfer.
Could make new friends at an all-star game.
Break-up with a girlfriend.
The Coach who recruited you could either be fired or moved on to another job.
Just a few things I could think of off the top of my head. Point being, it'd be grossly unfair to the student to be locked down at one school as early as July or August of his senior year.
From the player's perspective, it's ultimately their choice on where they want to go to school. A lot can happen between a summer recruiting trip and February.
Family situation can change, i.e. a parental job transfer.
Could make new friends at an all-star game.
Break-up with a girlfriend.
The Coach who recruited you could either be fired or moved on to another job.
Just a few things I could think of off the top of my head. Point being, it'd be grossly unfair to the student to be locked down at one school as early as July or August of his senior year.
Posted on 2/3/13 at 8:49 am to MonroeTiger80
No. think about how many guys will be pressured/ forced into signing LOI on visits. That would be horrible.
And like whats already been said a lot can happen in the course of a season. Would hate for a kid to change his mind and not be happy with his choice.
And like whats already been said a lot can happen in the course of a season. Would hate for a kid to change his mind and not be happy with his choice.
Posted on 2/3/13 at 8:49 am to MonroeTiger80
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Should recruits be able to sign a LOI @ any time?
No, there are some kids who commit to each school they visit
I do think an early signing period like other sports have wouldn't be such a bad idea.
Posted on 2/3/13 at 10:02 am to MonroeTiger80
I don't think so. Reason being a school could play off of the kids emotion after a visit and talk them into signing off their visit high.
It would be a dickheaded thing for coaches to do but you know it would happen
It would be a dickheaded thing for coaches to do but you know it would happen
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