A thread like this seems to go up every year, or at least it has in the years I've been posting here. It's awful for the kid(s) in question that this sort of thing happens to. Unfortunately, the reality is the schools (and by extension the NCAA) hold all the cards in this relationship, and they likely always will. What incentive do they have to change the process that would empower the individual players and their families? As parents of players, that would be nice. I agree with the sign the NLI the same day you commit theory, I just don't see the schools or the NCAA getting behind it.