Buckeye 2015 posted:I don't have a problem with coaches contacting kids....in fact, I almost wish they could do it earlier, as the coaches are proposing. At least that way you know everyone is on the same page. As it is now, coaches have to go thru the travel coach, HS coach, or who knows who else to let a kid know they are interested....then the kid has to call them. It's not the contact that is bothering people....it's the fact that coaches can offer an 8th grader with no repercussions if they decide 3 years later that they don't want the kid. Heck, my son having to grow up and call and talk to a college coach was probably the best thing that ever happened to him. His first call, I almost had to hold him down and force him to talk to the coach. 2 weeks later he was asking me if it's too soon to call the coach again. It was unreal how much better he handled conversations with adults, coaches or otherwise, once he started communicating with them on a regular basis.
I know what you're saying. My argument is that if the NCAA makes it so that coach is not allowed to pick up that phone call from that player, before a certain date, there is no dialogue and no offer extended. When you set rules saying that the coach is allowed to answer a phone call, but not make a phone call now the travel coach can relay when to call, etc. No communication = no offer.