pabaseballdad posted:Agreed. The player has all of the risk. The NCAA won't do a thing. They should but they won't.
I've said this before. High school athletes should be unapproachable until post sophomore year. Then they should be approachable and eligible to sign NLI's. Let the college make the same commitment the kid is making.
I've been through this with a daughter. Girls have been recruited early for a long time due to early physical maturity. It's not uncommon for softball players to verbal in 8th grade. My daughter was a late bloomer. She verballed in the spring of soph year to an offer made the previous summer. How many fifteen year olds know what they want for lunch much less major in college?
Unfortunately too many D1 college athletes don't have any idea what they want for a major until they are forced to select one junior year. What if (the sport) doesn't work out for them past college? It won't for a solid majority.