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Reply to "Interest from area scout - moving fast - overwhelmed"

baseballmom posted:

"Committed" means nothing til the NLI is signed. Only then has the "talk become the walk"!

This isn't true. If this were the case players would be going to showcase after showcase and emailing a new school every week and the school would have no issues with that. It still means something, you plan to attend that school and will be receiving money to go there, it just can't be finalized until November. Once you buy into the notion that your coach is planning on screwing you last minute you're just setting yourself up for failure or in the wrong place to begin with. Players need to have some confidence and feel good about their offer. Can things change before Nov? Absolutely, but it is still a commitment that very much means something. For every horror story about pulled scholarships there are way more where the kid signed his NLI for the right amount. If you buy into the notion that the commitment means nothing, then the NLI means nothing. Then the roster spot means nothing. Then the commitment didn't mean anything until he graduated or was drafted. This is why finding the right fit and feeling good about your situation is more important than the name of the school or the conf they play in. 

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