Originally Posted by Anonymous
That's why many settled quickly before the change. Everyone knew if they gave kids until 8/1 everyone would verbal and that defeats the purpose. The sane ones can work on their grades and realize there is much more money in academics and they might actually have a major the want to pursue by jr year

Only the serious contenders would have committed who were already in conversations. Even the April 26th date would have been enough for those kids. They were wrong to just implement immediately. And despite what you may believe, some kids are a lot more mature and have known what they want to do for years - they are being penalized because someone else may not. That is for parents to guide and help in the decision and 16 and 10 th grade is mature enough for many. NCAA succumbed to the pressure exerted by those schools who could not compete with the ER schools.