Lone Staarr wrote:Mark H wrote:If you are saying all commits should be soft commits till signing and all schools continue recruiting till signing then yes, looks inevitable to me. People freak about the early commits. Then they freak about kids not honoring an early commit. I say they should make up their mind.
Yes I think that's the way to go. So both party's have a backup plan and don't get left out in the cold their Junior, Senior year in high school when the college decides to pull the scholarship or vice versa, the athlete commits to another school...
Couple things:
1) The only people freaking out over early commits are parents who's DD hasn't been offered and parents of a DD that didn't work to fulfill their promise to develope.
2) Its is rare a DD doesn't honor the verbal. Vast majority of the time the offer received is their best or only offer. They are proud and anticipate signing their LOI. I call crap on your statement. Does it happen? Yes but it is rare.
3) I like the idea of posting the percentage of offer. Not to protect the school but more the player. That will inherently slow early offers cause coaches will be on hook. Their "fuzzy math" at schools like Arizona, Arkansas and a few other schools is absurd. I counted at one point 23 commits in two grad years at Arkansas.
4) Comparing college football is apples and oranges. Every football offer is 100%. They are allowed 85 compared to 11.7 offers. Most important boys develope differently than DD's and most of the time they need to be evaluated through their senior season. Softball is a cat and mouse game because of the 11.7 allotment. Majority of DD's saying they are verballed at best receive a 50% offer and in many cases are recruited walk ons.
Just my thoughts...