Petition to NCAA prez re: early verbals

[JJsqueeze]

https://www.change.org/p/dr-mark-a-emmert-prevent-the-ncaa-from-early-softball-recruiting?recruiter=219383471&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=share_for_starters_page&utm_term=des-lg-no_src-no_msg

 

[chinamigarden]

Maybe parents should open their eyes and see that having little Suzy decide in 7th grade is ridiculous. I didn't need the NCAA to tell me how to raise my children and no one else should depend on that either.

 

[CoogansBluff]

Not sure what the NCAA can do about it. You can make it against the rules for coaches and players to use the term 'verbal commitment,' but they'd call it something else. There would be ways of communicating that message - ''I will have a scholarship waiting for you'' and "Great, I plan to sign it some day'' - without coming right out and saying it. Unless you don't allow players to be recruited until they are older, meaning you can't talk to them at camps, or through a third party, etc.

 

[riseball]

Let them sign the NLI as a Sophomore. If Big Time U wants little Suzy then "Show Me The Money!" As long as the school has no skin in the game why would they act any different?

 

[KCPRK]

Reality is the coach that recruited her probably wont be at the school then AND if someone better comes along they'll replace the early verbal with the better talent. If you look real close the real early verbals dont always go to the school or stay at the school they verballed to.

Players in all sports are changing their minds last minute after years of "verbal"...schools are too. Its been in the news quite a bit.

 

[corlay]

I agree with the sentiment,
but maybe the petition Author should correct all of those grammatical errors,
so folks will take it seriously?

 

[Classof2020]

I agree with the sentiment,
but maybe the petition Author should correct all of those grammatical errors,
so folks will take it seriously?

You weren't joking. I would never sign something that was that poorly written. That looks like it might have been written by the same person who does those emails telling me I've got 1,000,000 pounds in a bank in Africa ready for me to claim.

 

[SoAZDad]

I agree with the sentiment,
but maybe the petition Author should correct all of those grammatical errors,
so folks will take it seriously?

Thanks, I feel the same. I started reading the preview and saw a w/w. I didn't open it to read the rest. I thought to myself, "I'm not signing that, it's unprofessional."

 

[grcsftbll]

I agree with the sentiment,
but maybe the petition Author should correct all of those grammatical errors,
so folks will take it seriously?

I was going to say this but I get accused of being a grammar Nazi so I kept it to myself. I didn't finish reading it either. If grammar isn't your strong suit, get someone to proofread your petition at least.