What happens with the kids who get hurt (torn ACL, etc.) after committing? Is the commitment honored? Even if they're not the same player afterwards?
Sad thing is I believe we will need to wait to see. A kid gets hurt senior year after his NLI I believe there is insurance policies that the NCAA schools can make claims to so that a scholarship dollar can be used again without hurting the kid who received the scholarship. Before NLI, it is a coach's discretion. One certain high profile football coach is looking like scum publicly in the news in recent days over flopping on a recruit. I think if you have a 9th grader and he hurts his knee this year, isn't the same again...early verbal or no don't be expecting anything more than a admissions spot provided he meets the academic criteria. I don't think lacrosse coaches will look like bad guys for doing it when we get to that point, but that is just a guess.