re: Should the NCAA let kids transfer without penalty if they can prove the a coach

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You commit to a school not a coach. If recruits commited to a coach then that's there problem.

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But that's the reality. All those 5 stars aren't committing to Alabama, the school. They're committing to Nick Saban and the Process.

However, this is an injustice that will not ever be solved as it would mean the NCAA admitting that high school athletes choose schools for athletics, not academics (which is the crux of their argument in court ATM).

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You commit to a school not a coach. If recruits commited to a coach then that's there problem.

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i see this often and i think it is way off. Guys form relationships with certain coaches. These are the coaches who are going to mold them and make them into what they are to become. Do you think bama would have the number 1 recruiting class every year if Derek Dooley were head coach?

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You commit to a school not a coach. If recruits commited to a coach then that's their problem.

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from Roquan Smith's HC...

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“I’m reading a lot of these websites, and you’ve got people on there saying things like ‘A kid shouldn’t commit to a coach; he should commit to a school,’” Macon County coach Larry Harold said.

“I just want to tell those people this, because maybe they don’t know: If you’ve never played sports or anything like that, you are more than just a coach to these kids. You’re their dad, their mom, and their extended family. You’re everything to these kids. So when they’re going to get recruited by the next coach, to find the person who is going to be charge of the next four years of their life, they are looking for the same things.”

“When you get recruited by Ohio State, Michigan, Alabama, Oregon and all these top schools – when you go visit them, they all have nice football facilities. They have good academic centers and beautiful campuses. Everything is basically the same everywhere. So what separates them? You know what the coaches sell those kids on? ‘That it’s about the people and the relationships.’ That’s all they sell the kids on. They all say the same things. If you had a recruiter sitting here, he’d say, ‘Our school is just like everybody else, but it’s all about the people and relationships with us.’

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You commit to a school not a coach. If recruits commited to a coach then that's their problem.

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In any other contract situation if you can prove you signed it under fraud the contract is no longer valid. Why do you want the case to be different here?