NAIA Letter of Intent

Why sign the NAIA LOI if continue to seek other programs?

Is this LOI just for the school, or the "National Letter of Intent"?

Reason I'm asking is that my son signed with an NAIA school a couple of years ago. He signed a "letter of intent" with the school. However the school was not enrolled in the National Letter of Intent program. For some reason I was thinking that the NAIA was outside that program.

In my son's case I don't think there was anything that would have stopped him from changing his mind and going to another school. However there are certainly ethical issues and I feel strongly that you should honor the commitment. My son's school used the letter of intent as a "contract" to stipulate the scholarship terms.

If you sign with a JC or an NAIA School, it means you will not sign with another JC or NAIA School. You can then sign with any NCAA School as well.

While this is legal, it is not fair to mislead the Juco or NAIA school. I suggest telling the NAIA School upfront... "I'm going here unless I get a good offer from DI or DII school". They may not like to hear that, but they will appreciate the honesty.

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Originally posted by PGStaff:
While this is legal, it is not fair to mislead the Juco or NAIA school. I suggest telling the NAIA School upfront... "I'm going here unless I get a good offer from DI or DII school". They may not like to hear that, but they will appreciate the honesty.

Agreed. It's better to be upfront.

Thanks for the info. Told my son that if he's still undecided that the right thing to do is not to sign LOI yet.