I am curious as to who would agree with me on this.
I think the recruiting and recruit Committment process needs a change. I think that when a player committs, they sign their letter of intent and are not allowed to change.
If you commit to a school, why do you need to take other visits. Most will argue, "well who would pass up a trip to USC for the weekend?". That's fine, I get it, take the trip, don't commit until your done seeing schools. But when you commit, your done.
To me this does a couple of things to benefit schools and players:
1. It keeps a school from being screwed 2 days before signing day, when a kid who's been committed for a year decides to go elsewhere.
2. It benefits players who are level headed and willing to make a well thought out decision. It would keep a school from pulling a 3 star RB's offer because the 5 star just decided to join the program.
3. It would eliminate much of the drama and anger associated with a school, it's fans, and the players themselves when they decide to pull out later in the year.
4. Allows programs to better plan recruiting efforts as they don't have to worry about a player backing out and needing to have a backup in place should the guy back out.
5. It makes players shit or get off the pot. If you have an offer from NU, Kansas State, and Michigan, but Ohio State is stringing you along but your waiting it out for a possible offer, you now know that as soon as the roster spot is filled at NU, KState, and Michigan, you may not have another offer if OSU backs out. This keeps guys like the angry midget running back from committing to NU for almost a year, in hopes that Tennessee or A&M offers, in the event they do, you bail on the prior offer.
There are many arguments, but this is a very way IMO to do things, it works to the benefit of the player as well as a school.
I think the recruiting and recruit Committment process needs a change. I think that when a player committs, they sign their letter of intent and are not allowed to change.
If you commit to a school, why do you need to take other visits. Most will argue, "well who would pass up a trip to USC for the weekend?". That's fine, I get it, take the trip, don't commit until your done seeing schools. But when you commit, your done.
To me this does a couple of things to benefit schools and players:
1. It keeps a school from being screwed 2 days before signing day, when a kid who's been committed for a year decides to go elsewhere.
2. It benefits players who are level headed and willing to make a well thought out decision. It would keep a school from pulling a 3 star RB's offer because the 5 star just decided to join the program.
3. It would eliminate much of the drama and anger associated with a school, it's fans, and the players themselves when they decide to pull out later in the year.
4. Allows programs to better plan recruiting efforts as they don't have to worry about a player backing out and needing to have a backup in place should the guy back out.
5. It makes players shit or get off the pot. If you have an offer from NU, Kansas State, and Michigan, but Ohio State is stringing you along but your waiting it out for a possible offer, you now know that as soon as the roster spot is filled at NU, KState, and Michigan, you may not have another offer if OSU backs out. This keeps guys like the angry midget running back from committing to NU for almost a year, in hopes that Tennessee or A&M offers, in the event they do, you bail on the prior offer.
There are many arguments, but this is a very way IMO to do things, it works to the benefit of the player as well as a school.
