Injury Post NLI

My son broke a bone in his leg after signing his LOI. Had surgery and missed his senior season entirely. The college did not withdraw their offer, and indicated that even if he was never able to play during the 4 years there they would continue to honor it. 1st Class all the way!

I believe the decision is very much program by program though.

I think it probably depends on the school.

I've heard stories of kids getting a call from the coach discouraging them from enrolling. But I think there are also plenty of schools that would stick with the kid as floridafan points out.

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Originally posted by floridafan:
My son broke a bone in his leg after signing his LOI. Had surgery and missed his senior season entirely. The college did not withdraw their offer, and indicated that even if he was never able to play during the 4 years there they would continue to honor it. 1st Class all the way!

I believe the decision is very much program by program though.

It is refreshing to hear such stories as the not so positive ones are out there as well.

When we sat down with the coach prior to signing NLI we discussed playing other sports during this my son's senior year and what would happen if he gets injured. What he told us was that he encourages playing multiple sports and that he was not worried about him getting injured. He said the scholarship would be there for him no matter what. He was given a four year breakdown of his offer plus told that if a fifth year was required to finish up with his degree that would be covered for 100% of the tuition. even with that however the scholarship in writing is only year to year so I guess you never know.

A teammate of my son's signed an NLI for Oregon State, but tore his Labrum playing football his senior year. The coaching staff at OSU basically intimidated him into not enrolling. They told him if he enrolled, the scholly would be gone after the single year, and that they would be unlikely to roster him after that.

He went Juco, had two great seasons, and is now likely to be a draft pick this spring. He would have been a contributor, I am sure, if OSU had stuck with him.

I can tell you this: the way OSU treated him made permanent enemies out of him and his parents.