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Full ride two year promise from JUCO

M micdsguy1,000+ posts
I've alway heard that 4-year schools can no longer offer multi-year scholarships. But I'm hearing that some local kids, not huge stars, are being offered full rides for TWO YEARs at local JUCOs. A JUCO coach just approached my 16 year old son and hinted that such a deal was possible with his program.

What's the story with JUCO 2-year deals?
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orioles42orioles42100+ posts
micdsguy,

I have never heard of this and would research further for your son's sake. The JuCo I coach at is one year at a time. Each player signs the NLI every year, so I am not sure what is going on there.

Of coarse this is all a mute point if this is the "fit" for your son. If he has his mind made up that this is the school he wants both for academics and baseball; then just go in with the attitude that he is going to have to compete each and every year for a starting position.

O42
FungoFungoHighly Regarded and Beloved Old Timer
I think there is some confusion here. The NATIONAL LETTER OF INTENT is a program. A player can sign a "letter of intent" with a JUCO but that is not a NLI.
ABOUT THE NLI: With more than 500 participating institutions, the NLI program is truly national in scope. Briefly, all Division I institutions, with the exception of the Service Academies, half of the Patriot League and schools in the Ivy League, are members of the program, and most fully active Division II institutions participate in the program. No Division III institutions, NAIA schools, preparatory schools, junior colleges, or community colleges participate in the National Letter of Intent program.
THE NLI
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L lafmom5,000+ posts
Yes, TPM. A LOI, or NLI, is signed each year with your offer at a JUCO. It is binding within the NJCAA and not NCAA, just as the NCAA NLI is not binding within NJCAA or NAIA. I just recently learned that NAIA doesn't have a nationally or binding contract within their division, however many of them will do one for certain reasons. The JUCO NLI is not subject to the rules of the NLI program that Fungo refers to - only those of the NJCCA.

If you sign a LOI within NJCAA, you are prohibited from going to another JUCO unless released. There are stringent guidelines that apply to this as well with dates, timeframes, etc.
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Originally posted by lafmom:
Yes, TPM. A LOI, or NLI, is signed each year with your offer at a JUCO. It is binding within the NJCAA and not NCAA, just as the NCAA NLI is not binding within NJCAA or NAIA. I just recently learned that NAIA doesn't have a nationally or binding contract within their division, however many of them will do one for certain reasons. The JUCO NLI is not subject to the rules of the NLI program that Fungo refers to - only those of the NJCCA.

If you sign a LOI within NJCAA, you are prohibited from going to another JUCO unless released. There are stringent guidelines that apply to this as well with dates, timeframes, etc.


What Fungo posted is what I thought.
So a JUCO player signs an LOI every year he is there?
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L lafmom5,000+ posts
Yes, TPM. At a JUCO, your offer has to be spelled out and signed by all parties each year. The form is actually a National Letter of Intent. That's the term that confuses folks I believe. A National Letter of Intent means different things to different people. The NLI at a JUCO has nothing to do with NCAA or the NLI program is afilliated with NCAA. The JUCO NLI is administered by the NJCAA and is only binding within the NJCAA and member schools.
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