Early Signing Period Approved

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nice first signing day for 2018 class is my birthday, i think a few five stars signing up for the vols would suffice as gifts
 
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Only let them if they agree not ito play if any more all star games with her signature goes on the paper
 
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Well now you will know who truly has offer and who is being slowed play in case you miss your true target.
 
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ScottyG210 said:
This should be interesting. https://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/s...arly-signing-day-college-football-recruiting/
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I like the extra signing period in principle. Coaches will be a little less able to cast off committed recruits late in the recruiting period. Recruits will have a little less ability to play games with prospective universities by committing early and then de-committing in the last week or so for another school. Perhaps this will help to nail down classes and make early February less dramatic. At a minimum, fans should have a clearer picture of where their favorite school's class is once the early signing date comes and goes. To the OP's comment, what will be interesting is when the early signing period gets close, just how many recruits who we thought were committed suddenly are "free agents" again and "why". If a commit is unwilling to sign on the early date, my thinking as a fan is that they aren't really committed by definition and become free game to be cast off for someone else. How can a recruit say he's 100% committed to a school but not sign early? That's certainly not 100% is it. How can a football program make an offer to a recruit but not put that LOI in their hands to sign on the same said date? Here's hoping this limits the "games" that are played in what is the archaic process of recruiting. The whole thing really is dumb given the tools available to research schools and evaluate players today anyway.
 
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Biopsyman said:
Only let them if they agree not ito play if any more all star games with her signature goes on the paper
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I was wondering about the all star games and how this might impact them. You'll always have those kids that want the attention, so much so that they'll skip the early signing period so they can play and make their "big announcement". Basketball has two signing periods. Does an early signee in b-ball get to play in the all-star games? Less likely to be injured in round ball I guess.
 
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The idea that this will reduce the "games" played by recruits and coaches, is not a valid one. This is like saying that having an alcohol age minimum will stop underage drinking or that a drug war will stop illicit drugs. While everyone may feel good and unified about their new policy to reduce the problem, nothing has been done to change the core passions that drive the "games". The games will not go away. They'll just become a little different set of games.
 
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livefaith said:
The idea that this will reduce the "games" played by recruits and coaches, is not a valid one. This is like saying that having an alcohol age minimum will stop underage drinking or that a drug war will stop illicit drugs. While everyone may feel good and unified about their new policy to reduce the problem, nothing has been done to change the core passions that drive the "games". The games will not go away. They'll just become a little different set of games.
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Great post. Spot on!
 
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yeah, it's not like they'd have to sign on December 20. i think you'll still see a vast majority of top prospects push til February.

i think the biggest impact will be how schools offer.........i'm not sure i see a big incentive for top prospects to sign early? they'll have options, why not see how it plays out. this should however, reduce the # of phone calls being made in January and february saying we've gotta pull that offer. those kids will have the opportunity to sign early now, and hold the program's feet to the fire.

however, for a school that makes a ton of offers, it may make that process a little more judicious. you don't want to offer a guy that you really don't want, have him sign, and see the guy you really want sign in Feb with someone else cause you're "full".

it think the evaluation process is going to be key, and how schools can figure out how to make this work in their favor.

scary part is, it'll probably increase the dirty recruiting...."sign in december and you'll get xyz"....if you start seeing top prospects signing early, for the majority, it's gonna be because of some incentive to do so.

we'll see what CCA says.
 
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jakez4ut said:
yeah, it's not like they'd have to sign on December 20. i think you'll still see a vast majority of top prospects push til February.

i think the biggest impact will be how schools offer.........i'm not sure i see a big incentive for top prospects to sign early? they'll have options, why not see how it plays out. this should however, reduce the # of phone calls being made in January and february saying we've gotta pull that offer. those kids will have the opportunity to sign early now, and hold the program's feet to the fire.

however, for a school that makes a ton of offers, it may make that process a little more judicious. you don't want to offer a guy that you really don't want, have him sign, and see the guy you really want sign in Feb with someone else cause you're "full".

it think the evaluation process is going to be key, and how schools can figure out how to make this work in their favor.

scary part is, it'll probably increase the dirty recruiting...."sign in december and you'll get xyz"....if you start seeing top prospects signing early, for the majority, it's gonna be because of some incentive to do so.

we'll see what CCA says.
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Oh urbie won't like this because he is a closer.:dance2:
 
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wesleydmartin said:
nice first signing day for 2018 class is my birthday, i think a few five stars signing up for the vols would suffice as gifts
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First, this only affects the 2019 signing class. Second, it also is not a 100% sure thing. This body only approved the April-June early official visit period in anticipation of an expected early signing period. The actual early signing period won't be approved until June.

http://www.espn.com/college-footbal...overhauling-college-football-recruiting-rules
 
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jakez4ut said:
however, for a school that makes a ton of offers, it may make that process a little more judicious. you don't want to offer a guy that you really don't want, have him sign, and see the guy you really want sign in Feb with someone else cause you're "full".
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this could turn into an issue come the feb signing day.. do you pull a kids scholarship that's been committed since December for a better talent that is interested because now you aren't pulling a scholarship from a verbal commit.. you're pulling from a signed commit? Tough question to answer.. how would that work? I don't think you can do that can you ? its just full and you have to move on like the way it is now?
 
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UtahVol said:
First, this only affects the 2019 signing class. Second, it also is not a 100% sure thing. This body only approved the April-June early official visit period in anticipation of an expected early signing period. The actual early signing period won't be approved until June.

http://www.espn.com/college-footbal...overhauling-college-football-recruiting-rules
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thats cool still my bday, and honeslty i could care less just seemed cool, i think its more for kids who get that scholy taken away at the last moment for another bigger recruit and they get left swinging in the wind, this wont completely eradicate that, but should help...
ie. they sign up in december (if possible) and the bigger fish now must do the same or risk not having space at a place like bama etc, evey school does it so it should have a domino effect
 
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RockyTopTexas said:
this could turn into an issue come the feb signing day.. do you pull a kids scholarship that's been committed since December for a better talent that is interested because now you aren't pulling a scholarship from a verbal commit.. you're pulling from a signed commit? Tough question to answer.. how would that work? I don't think you can do that can you ? its just full and you have to move on like the way it is now?
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If a kid signs in December, they're SIGNED. This will reduce a lot of games on both sides of the table. A kid doesn't want to sign in December and you have to ask why. Conversely if coaches don't want a commit to sign in December, they need to explore options.
 
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Will this affect when coaches are fired? Will a school pull the trigger earlier so they can get the new coach on board quicker? Or will they hold off until after the signing day instead of at the end of the season?
 
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