2020s that are already committed are not affected by the rule change. They can still communicate with their coach by phone since the recruiting conversation has already taken place. They just can't visit until Jr year. This is what my committed sons coach told him. They also can talk at prospect camps held at the school.
We were told no contact until Junior year. Commitment still honored. Based upon this forum, seems like the enactment went as planned, i.e. SNAFU, as did the discussions on implementation, i.e. SNAFU. No skin in the game but NCAA clearly went with PR and optics over reality to appease the blue bloods/Ivies. Let Duke/ND/etc poach. . .never understood how a free market was not good. Oh yeah, Tradition! (yeah, right, US lacrosse wha wha wha. . .).
Some of us believe that recruiting 8th graders is a bad idea overall.
Just because you lucked out with your kid committing early doesn't mean it's a good thing for the game or for (the bulk of) those who play it.
1. Early commits are not luck. They are clearly some of the best players of that age group.
2. If it is not good for your child, then don't let them commit but you should not be legislating or determining if mine or anyone else's kids commit.
3. Have not heard anyone here say 8th grade is a good idea- the discussion is primarily about the 2020 players who are already involved in unofficial visits and coach discussions and will be 16 and in tenth grade in 4 months and should be allowed to choose what is best for them. The rule should have been 2021 and younger to allow for things to settle down and not catch one year mid way.
4. The game has nothing to do with it. It works just fine for other sports and parity is achieved through free enterprise - not a set of rules catering to a certain set of schools.
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