Originally Posted by Anonymous
"Not working". Are you really that stupid? It is working just fine for the kids and the parents that are going with the flow and not resisting the current early recruiting landscape.. Do you not understand that it's all about roster spots being filled early? Your little Johnny may be a stud by the time he reaches 11th grade and there just might not be a spot for him at his dream school "Duke, UNC etc". Ok ok ..yes some schools leave a few spots open for the rare "Phenom" but the odds are not in your favor at that point. The decision makers on the sidelines this summer don't care how old all the boys are in the 2020 class. All they care about is who (relative to the other kids they are competing against) is the most athletic, most skilled player that will fit best into their program. Fact! Embrace it, don't fight it!


Actually, it's not working and the coaches know it (and most parents kids know it as well). If it is working so well, why have both the Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association and the Intercollegiate Men's Lacrosse Coaches Association both approved a measure requesting that the NCAA ban any communication between college coaches and an athlete and her family before Sept. 1 of the athlete's junior year in high school.

Imagine all the planning and extra tuition dollars (for another year of middle school) that come to naught if this ban is adopted by the NCAA and eighth/ninth grade verbal commitments are banned.