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re: Butch Jones, this will bite you in the arse...
Posted on 1/22/15 at 1:32 pm to rb
Posted on 1/22/15 at 1:32 pm to rb
I'd like to see a continuous signing period, beginning with the end of a player's junior year in HS and ending with the end of his senior year in HS. If a player signs and the school accepts, then the school is bound to honor the obligation as long as the player meets the terms of the agreement, eg on track to qualify academically, no arrests, no suspensions, etc. The player can decommit only in the case of a coaching change at his position or head coach.
It wouldn't be popular but it would help kids focus on something besides playing the recruiting game their entire HS career. And it would stop schools from hanging a HS kid out to dry who committed in good faith and kept up his end of the contract.
It wouldn't be popular but it would help kids focus on something besides playing the recruiting game their entire HS career. And it would stop schools from hanging a HS kid out to dry who committed in good faith and kept up his end of the contract.
This post was edited on 1/22/15 at 1:35 pm
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Posted on 1/22/15 at 2:19 pm to wdhalgren
A commitment is non-binding, a scholarship offer should be conditionally binding.
Without a revelation concerning character, grades or legal issues a scholarship offer accepted in form of a commitment should be upheld, and in the event the school wants to pull the offer in favor of a more talented prospect then the NCAA should penciling them with a loss of a scholarship the following year.
A kid decommiting isn't going to be the difference between a school continuing to have a football program, but dropping a kid on his head this far into the process could be a reason he doesn't end up in a positive situation football wise. Not that going to a school that doesn't want you but is obligated would be a better situation would be much better.
All the guidelines concerning offers and commits should benefit the student athlete. Schools do not have to accept commits on the spot, and they would need to be more selective and cautious when it comes to recruiting. It's getting a little out of hand as is.
But Butch Jones is an a-hole! And to quote Tyler, "Get fricked!"
Without a revelation concerning character, grades or legal issues a scholarship offer accepted in form of a commitment should be upheld, and in the event the school wants to pull the offer in favor of a more talented prospect then the NCAA should penciling them with a loss of a scholarship the following year.
A kid decommiting isn't going to be the difference between a school continuing to have a football program, but dropping a kid on his head this far into the process could be a reason he doesn't end up in a positive situation football wise. Not that going to a school that doesn't want you but is obligated would be a better situation would be much better.
All the guidelines concerning offers and commits should benefit the student athlete. Schools do not have to accept commits on the spot, and they would need to be more selective and cautious when it comes to recruiting. It's getting a little out of hand as is.
But Butch Jones is an a-hole! And to quote Tyler, "Get fricked!"
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