Trying to add to the discussion on HB without being sarcastic or bullying toward any new members, as talked about in other posts.
What are your thoughts on the upcoming vote to do away with early recruiting? Based on what I have heard so far, it seems like it will pass by a wide margin, but will there be some who vote against it at the ballot box, while publically saying they support the new rule?
Also, does it affect you directly? ie - what age is your DD and is she currently being recruited?
More importantly, will Tim Walton find a way around the new rule and commit a 5th grader next?
My DD is a freshman, still 14, and has been actively recruited by one school, and what I would describe as followed/scouted by several schools. She was invited to the small D1's winter camp and it seemed like if she had gone, they would have offered her a verbal commit, or so it was communicated to us through her travel coach. We were not in a position to send her to the camp, and it seems like their interest has waned since then. While flattered with their interest, my DD has higher (academic) aspirations - she is hoping for an Ivy - and in no hurry to commit, verbal or otherwise.
I am all for the rule change and hope it is passed, and enforced vigorously. I think 13 and 14 and most 15 y.o.'s are too young to make those decisions, and since it is non-binding, what is the point?