Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
NCAA has approved a new rule on Friday that prohibits D1 lacrosse coaches from contacting potential recruits until 9/1 of their junior year. Its about time!

read here:
http://www.syracuse.com/orangelacro...g_to_new_ncaa_rul.html#incart_river_home


So I guess this means that college coaches will have to actually do some recruiting again. Not just wait around for a "stud" 9th grader to contact them and/or attend a few summer tournaments just watching the 8th/9th graders. Let's hope this puts some sanity back into the process. Anyone else see any potential changes, ramifications, or unintended consequences??


Nothing will change. Like another poster said, coaches will now rely on club coaches to tell them who to recruit, then will fill in holes once September 1st rolls around for their junior year. Early recruiting began when clubs began. . .you can't negate ER without removing clubs. And if you don't belong to a club that has coaches' ears, think the biggies, like 9d1, crabs, lie, edge, sweet lax, etc., you're basically a filler guy come September 1st. There will also be the "late bloomer" of course, but these rules won't fixed the "injustice" of that player not getting recruited. The NCAA has just removed players/parents from the process, and placed control firmly in the hands of club directors. Congrats!!!