Pedaldad posted:justbaseball posted:I can't see it making much difference at all. Coaches will still get players to call them through their HS and travel coaches. Unofficial visits will still happen in some form or another. Parents will still feel panicked to take the first offer from a name school...and then tweet about it. And much of this will still happen before September of Junior year.
Our 2nd son was recruited almost entirely by phone and email. What will change about that from this new rule?
IMO, the rule (like most others) was written to not so much for the benefit of the players, but to not have to deal with kids dropping in all the time. Every dad with his PG/PBR/etc... profile was inundating coaches with visits and calls.
"Dead periods" were created primarily for the same reasons - to give coaches a break.
The commitments will still happen for those that can...
Wow. I don't doubt what you wrote is true, but...wow.
I'm with justbaseball mostly. Won't make much difference. And the rule change wasn't done for the "kids". NCAA rules don't change how hard a kid throws, how much he spins it, how fast he runs or how hard he hits the ball. The model has moved to PG / others collecting the data for them, then they go watch the ones that fit their program. Still mostly in the same state / geo.
Why would the NCAA make the date September 1 when the kids are in school? Why not Aug 1 or June 1? Again, it has nothing to do with the kids.
I would replace the mostly "phone and email" with "established travel coach's recommendation" on above. (even though that was justbaseballs experience.)
I still don't see how making the sharing of information more difficult benefits anyone with the decision on what college they attend.
If the NCAA really wanted to do anything to benefit the process, they would remove any restrictions on the date the LOI can be signed.