Reply to "D3 recruits may be able to sign commitment letters soon."

infielddad10,000+ posts

BLD, thank you for the post and link.

Boy, I am not at all sure this is a positive development. IMO, and I have posted it here, the NLI can be so artificial. Is the article saying we want to make D3 athletics and the NLI similar to everyone gets a ribbon?

For so many, an NLI is not meaningful into the future. It is not any reliable predictor of success or even competing in college. ESPN has turned the NLI into something it never was, and is not except, perhaps for football and basketball.

Saving a D3 coach time/effort in recruiting after January of the senior year seems to make it easier for coaches. As BOF posted just today, the recruiting of his son accelerated in January of his senior year, after he did not sign a D1/2 NLI.

Whether it is for a pat on the back to get publicity or to lessen the "burden" on a D3 coach, I am not persuaded by either position, as a reason to change the current procedures...no NLI.

11/12/1410:43 PM

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