The trend of the 9th grade commit will be over very soon 1- most 9 grade recruits are a result of stage mom like parental behavior, parading their early polished and early peaked son from one recruiting camp to recruiting camp 2- teams like Carolina missing final four for decades 3- early recruiting colleges are wondering why those early recruits seem to ride the pine, transfer or simply hang it up as upper class man
The college coaches are being duped... In the end no one is happy because the talents, wants and desires of a 14 year old is certain to change in 4-5 years
You have no idea what you're talking about! Early committing will continue because on average, the great kids in 8th/9th grade will be the great kids in 12th and beyond! Colleges will continue to attempt to secure these committments, because on average, these kids will perform. Of couse there will bw a few that don't produce, as well as some late bloomers, but that will be the exception. You make a lot of bold claims, with no actual data to back up what you're saying!
I don't know how you reach that conclusion.....but am also not sure anyone can say this accelerated recruitment is the wave of the future. It is a relatively new phenomenon to recruit this early and there is not enough data to demonstrate whether these early commits are good bets or not. Time will tell....
Its been going on for a long, long time in other sports... No end in sight unless rules are put in place. You will see an 8th grader commit in the next year or two. Just a few years ago it was considered crazy when a rising sophomore committed.
Agreed. To borrow a market term "the trend is your friend". This trend won't change unless the rules change. The rules are unlikely to change because the NCAA is an organization with a conflict of interest. It acts as a governing body, but it's not independent, because it's represented by the colleges and universities it oversees. As has been said, if the coaches want it to stop they can make that happen, but they won't.
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