What is the difference?

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by tpm: I just can't see signing a letter when that letter has no valid meaning other that to make the recruit feel good.

thats exactly the reason some schools provide a document for their recruited
walk-ons to sign - - otherwise no official early commitment could take place and there would be no signing ceremony to recognize the player's accomplishment ...
just a footnote in the sportsbriefs .. "John Doe is walkng on at State U"


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Based upon what I am seeing out there, this is happeneing a great deal more than anyone realizes or is willing to admit...

...either that or the baseball $ is being split into some realy iny, winy, tiny slices...

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thats exactly the reason some schools provide a document for their recruited
walk-ons to sign - - otherwise no official early commitment could take place and there would be no signing ceremony to recognize the player's accomplishment...

Unfortunately, I'm not sure I agree with this...I think its more likely for the coach to keep others away from the player...others who may have an interest in providing $$. Once word gets out a player is "committed," most of the other buyers will look elsewhere.

A good friend of mine is a former D1 player and college football coach. He told me there is absolutely no reason for a player to sign such a document...and that he'd never allow his own son to sign one either.

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Unfortunately, I'm not sure I agree with this...I think its more likely for the coach to keep others away from the player...others who may have an interest in providing $$.

I think your perpective is off ... if the coach wants to keep others away, he gives him book $$

these are most likely at player's request, & the guys signing this type of doc

1) do it for the committment recognition
2) don't have ANY other offers

yes - the player's commitment would keep other schools from recruiting
ie later: (thanks for the full ride offer coach B, but I'm already commited to school A and their very attractive offer of NOTHING)

anyway, the doc which essentially says "welcome, your admission is approved pending final transcripts" is not binding to other schools recruiting &
IF the coach from school B lowers his offer to match school A, he might have a shot at landing the guy



revised, pass the wine so I can understand what I just wrote


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We're going to have to agree to disagree then. No problem.

Hi Auntie,

Please don’t take some of the things they are saying here too hard. I think that for the most part you will find the posters are only trying to help.

As far as not signing for money, well let’s just say my son could be the poster child on what NOT to do in regards to getting seen, recruited, and drafted.

Long story, but the point of this story is my son signed for books only with a D-I. This usually means the school wants the player to see if he is going to develop into a good player (probably red-shirt first year) or to keep them from being picked up by some other school.

I remember a certain scout watching my son this last spring during his high school senior year and he would ask the same question just about every time he saw him play, “And they only gave him books? He even offered to ask the coach to increase the scholarship amount if my son wanted to go to school instead of pro. Nice guy!

So, don’t feel like you can “only” be a good player if you are getting a “big” scholarship. However, you can be taken advantage of, also. JMHO

As far as the paper goes, why not just say that he signed with HIS school of choice and that you don’t feel that discussing the amount of his scholarship is appropriate.

Good post HowUbe.

Guess it gives new meaning to "auntie up"............



Lord, I apologize...............

Auntie, even though some of the comments might have sounded harsh, you did us all a favor by posting your question. Until you did so, I wasn't aware that there were other kids in the same boat as my son's friend. My own son is at a JUCO and we were never involved in all the intricacies of the NLI stuff so I am very ignorant about the technicalities. I didn't know how to react to my friend's news except to be happy for her and her son because they were both so happy. By bringing this issue to light you have helped to educate a lot of other folks, me included, about other sides of what on the surface appears to be a clean-and-simple issue. That's what so great about these message boards--you learn SO much more here about high school sports recruiting than any other site I can think of. Of course, I don't intend to rain on my friend's parade, but when TigerMom points out the disadvantages of being more committed to a program than they are to you, or when Justbaseball points out how signing that paper could end up backfiring by scaring away legitimate recruiting because the player and/or another program mistakenly thinks a player is committed when in fact he is not, that is solid advice from folks who have been there. I have learned to pay attention to advice like that, even if it is not what I want to hear--and even if it comes from a Stanfurd.

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and even if it comes from a Stanfurd.

I love it! But geez, I wish kal had done their job last weekend.

(Just kidding...hopefully you know that. )

anti Auntie?

not me

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