You know its recruiting season when...

[dawgstudent]

I don't necessarily enjoy Saturday Down South but this is a good one.

A friend of mine emailed this: http://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/se...season/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

 

[BulldogBlitz]

is anyone really shocked the sequence with irvin is commit to texas...visit auburn...flip to auburn... tweet a pic of cash.

 

[57stratdawg]

This has been a pretty quiet recruting season, at least compared to what I thought it would be like last January.

*knocks on wood*

 

[121Josey]

Post-season flips should render an automatic interview with the NCAA. Not that it would change anything, but it would at least paint a picture that the NCAA is watching.

 

[AHSDawg]

You are a real SOB for that, Strat...***

Way to ruin everything***

 

[HD6]

I like that idea.

 

[CivilDog]

and maybe make recruits think just a hair longer about "committing" to a school.

 

[patdog]

Or just do away with signing day altogether. Let schools offer scholarships and recruits sign them any time they want to. We'd put a quick end to the whole business "committed" "soft commit" "commitable offer" and all the rest of that ********. A recruit would be either signed or uncommitted.

 

[RebelBruiser]

I did see something about an early signing period being discussed. I'm not sure when they were talking about or if it has any chance to pass.

If you were to ask me, I would want to have the early signing period be the first week of August, or last week in July, so you can get it done before fall practice starts. If guys want to commit and sign after camps, before their senior years, and teams want to offer players that early, let them do it. I think most would still say that even if they were committed, they want to finish out the process before signing, but you might have a handful that would sign that early for every school.

The flip side of that is that I would want to see a caveat put in with that rule that says that the player has the option to void the LOI if the head coach is fired or leaves for another job before the February Signing period begins.

Other than that, the peak of recruiting season is right now, so you can always expect flips and changes during this period, because you have a lot of in-home visits going on, and you have a lot of official visits going on. That way, the early commits that have no interest in looking elsewhere can go ahead and finish recruiting before they play a snap their senior year.

And of course, the boosters get to going their strongest this time of year, but a lot of the switches have to do with the fact that this is the time of year when players often get their most in depth view of the schools and the coaches, and that simply can change minds.

 

[maroonmania]

Or just do away with signing day altogether. Let schools offer scholarships and recruits sign them any time they want to. We'd put a quick end to the whole business "committed" "soft commit" "commitable offer" and all the rest of that ********. A recruit would be either signed or uncommitted.

NCAA should at minimum add in another period either in December or earlier to allow kids who have made their decisions to go ahead and sign. Then the final decision time for those still undecided can be in February. Commitments are being made earlier and earlier these days and by dragging it out for everyone before they can officially sign just gives more time for shenanigans and "better offers" to be made by other schools and their boosters.

 

[MedDawg]

Could, but unless you want 6th graders given real scholarship offers,

Or just do away with signing day altogether. Let schools offer scholarships and recruits sign them any time they want to. We'd put a quick end to the whole business "committed" "soft commit" "commitable offer" and all the rest of that ********. A recruit would be either signed or uncommitted.

then they would have to pick a date an offer could first be given, such as when the kids finish their junior year.

Which would then be the new national signing day.

 

[Dawg1976]

Its hard to believe recruits post pictures of cash out to the world for everyone to see. Its even more baffling that the NCAA doesn't give a rip.

 

[patdog]

If you sign a 6th grader, you're stuck with him even if he never grows another inch and sucks in high school. He's one of your 25 the year he graduates, and now is one of your 85 for 4 years. I don't think many 6th graders will be signed.

 

[patdog]

I know my plan would never realistically be implemented. But realistically, we need an early signing period in August, right after the summer camps. That would protect both the school and the player from getting dumped at the last minute by someone they thought was committed to them from early on. If the school won't sign you early, or if the player won't sign early, you know they're not really serious and you can make your backup plan.

 

[BiscuitEater]

NCAA Comittee looking at a December, 72 hour signing period ...

Asking for a two year trial ... starting next year. This would be great ... find out early if someone is open to 'flip' or not.

Read more at ... http://espn.go.com/college-football...ommends-72-hour-early-signing-period-december

From the ESPN article ...

The committee tasked to study an early signing period for football has recommended a 72-hour December window in which prospects could make official their commitments to colleges seven weeks before the traditional date, starting this year for the recruiting class of 2016.

 

[thekimmer]

I thought schollys were year-to-year deals.

 

[RebelBruiser]

Its hard to believe recruits post pictures of cash out to the world for everyone to see. Its even more baffling that the NCAA doesn't give a rip.

What do you expect the NCAA to do? Revoke the kid's eligibility for one year on suspicion that he got the money from a booster?

My guess is the NCAA doesn't want to get into a court battle where an athlete claims racial discrimination, and they have to try to support their decision to suspend a player because...well, he's flashing money that obviously couldn't have come from work or his family because well...he's black, see. Yea, that wouldn't go over so well.

An entire signing class could get together flashing wads of cash, post it to Facebook, Twitter, and elsewhere, and the NCAA wouldn't touch it unless they could find a way to directly link the cash's origin to some sort of booster...which would be very unlikely.

 

[Lee Corso]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HU3gmwMWcF4