In my sons experience he recently “Verbally Committed” to a school that is also thin on scholarship money. However, with the “other things” such as books, food, housing, ect… it comes **** near a full ride when you calculate the money. The fact that he also was told he would play immediately and it was one of top schools of choice anyway…….does an NLI really matter? Hell no.
The funny thing is we were told by several people that once you give a “Verbal” other schools will contact you as well and they would know it will more than what you got if they want you bad enough. It has already happened to my son by a few different schools since he committed.
We keep asking ourselves is it a “perfect fit” the answer always comes back, yes!
So would it be any different with and NLI? I don’t think it would be.