So I need a club director to tell me a school is interested in my son. I can't speak to the coach, my son can't speak to the coach, see the athletic facilities with the staff, discuss opportunities, finances, philosophies, majors, meet the players, see a practice. After all of this that we can't do, my son will then commit to the school. Sounds like a solid plan for his future. Come on folks lets be realistic. I know you have a product to sell, but you'll have to do better than that.
You can do all of that when 9/1 of his Jr year starts - exactly as it should be. Until then, just let him be a typical HS kid play and enjoy the game.
Except that the recruiting isnt going to stop. All the coaches that stood in front of a microphone or camera and said how they were all for this....will be using every loop hole and back door to continue making contact through club coaches. Offers will still be made and commitments will still happen, they just wont be made public. And like the parent above stated, you will now have to do this without the benefit of legitimate contact / tours etc..It is going to make recruiting an even dirtier / dark practice.
I disagree. Verbal commitments are for kids and parents to brag about their kids. They serve absoluely no other purpose. What good would it be if they can't tell people that they are committed??? From a coaching perspective, this makes their job easier so, no, I seriously doubt they would try to find any loopholes. Now they don't have to take a crap shoot on a kid who hasn't even played JV yet and can wait till they've matured as a player/student/ person.
This is the very best thing because it takes a ton of pressure off of the boys and girls, and to a lesser extent, the parents who are living vicariously through them.
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