I laugh at anyone that gives any of this football national signing day any attention. This is part of the reason why a lot of these college football players feel so entitled and it is trickling down to freshmen and sophomores in high school. They get fed all the lime light and glamor and people wonder why a lot of these super star players have disciplinary issues in college.
ESPN and other media outlets do these kids no service by displaying their faces all over the internet. Let them sign, that's great, I signed a baseball scholarship back in the day, but for Christmas sakes, stop giving these kids any more reason to be an entitled athlete and I can't even say student-athlete anymore because most of these big time recruits don't even have the grades to get into these so called academic institutions but because they can play football their academics standards are lowered (a lot). I know a couple of examples of football players on a very well known d1 football team that couldn't even make grades at their zoned high school (if that was even their correct zoned HS). They had to go to a drop out prevention/credit recovering school just be eligible. Needless to say I lost all respect for the university that they attend because I am still baffled on how they even got accepted into the university.
And if I hear one more person say these college footballs player should get paid I might go legally insane. These players get a free education, free food, free housing, free tutoring and free apparel. If they don't like having their names make money for the school then stop getting all the free stuff I just mentioned. The school has to pay for all that free stuff somehow.
Sorry for the rant but I am so over this crap. This is one of the many problems with youth sports today.
How about we start recognizing our military all over the internet instead of youth football players who most of which (not all cases) don't even have the true grades to get into these so called great academic institutions.
Ok, I am done.