No Sept 1st Offers For Juniors

[BGIF]

Sept. 1 marks an important new phase of recruiting | freep.com | Detroit Free Press


By JOSH HELMHOLDT
SPECIAL TO THE FREE PRESS

Sept. 1 also used to mark the first day prospects in the junior class could receive written scholarship offers from Division 1 programs, but a proposal adopted at the April 29, 2010 meet of the NCAA Division 1 National Board of Directors has since changed that date. Written offers are now not allowed to be sent to college football recruits until Sept. 1 of their senior seasons.
The NCAA instituted the change regarding when written scholarship offers can be sent in an effort to stem the tide of early commitments and eliminate the confusion for recruits, but all it will serve to do is create more confusion as college programs will simply extend verbal offers which carry even less weight than written offers.

 

[IHateMarkMay]

What they need to do is keep the September 1 of their junior year, have a national signing day on September first of their Senior year and another on the regular national signing day.

 

[The Polish Irishman]

I believe it is first day of their senior year, not Sept. 1st. Verbal offers will be hard to track

 

[CanadalovesND]

Doesn't really matter. A Verbal Offer is basically the same thing as a written offer, I mean, you are still getting offered regardless.

 

[The Polish Irishman]

Doesn't really matter. A Verbal Offer is basically the same thing as a written offer, I mean, you are still getting offered regardless.

Not always. Verbal offer can be contingent grades on SAT/ACT scores

 

[rocket31]

Doesn't really matter. A Verbal Offer is basically the same thing as a written offer, I mean, you are still getting offered regardless.

um, no.

 

[CanadalovesND]

um, no.

care to explain? If am wrong, I liked to know how.

 

[military_irish]

care to explain? If am wrong, I liked to know how.

I'll try to answer, and if i am incorrect please some one correct me.

But a verbal offer is basically like a coach saying " we would like you on our team and we would like to off you a scholarship"

But like anything else some one saying something isn't a binding agreement.

But once a written offer is sent out, that means 100% that the school wants you on the team.

Although a coach can pull a scholarship at anytime, but a written one is alot more solid