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Lemons taking commits from 8th graders

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8dog

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This is not uncommon at all.

New rules were supposed to deter this but cosches and recruits are still going strong
 
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maroonmania

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8dog said:
This is not uncommon at all.

New rules were supposed to deter this but cosches and recruits are still going strong
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Not really sure how the NCAA can stop verbal commitments at any age since they don't really mean anything officially one way or the other.
 
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8dog

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Feb 23, 2008
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They put in rules that prettt much cut out all in person recruitinf until your jr year. The idea being that kids are less likely to commit if they have never visited with their coach face to face. But hasnt seemed to work
 
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bulldogcountry1

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Is the recruiting environment such that school need commits from 8th graders? How much further recruiting is required to keep a guy committed for another 5 years? Seems like it would be a substantial investment in time and money to invest in a player for that long.

I don't know. Maybe it just requires a text once a month.
 
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Zebrahater

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A friend of my son's has been verbally committed to UM since 8th grade. He was actually recruited by lots of colleges in 8th & 9th grade.
 
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Drebin

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8dog said:
This is not uncommon at all.

New rules were supposed to deter this but cosches and recruits are still going strong
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It's a lot easier to identify big time prospects earlier in baseball than other sports. Coaches are so connected with these bigger competitive programs that they know what's in the pipeline years ahead of time and they want to try to get these kids in the boat earlier.

I think it's fine....it doesn't happen all the time but when you see a kid that projects to be big time, it's worth pursuing.

Blaze Jordan will likely never play college ball. But he has been so high-profile within the competitive baseball community for the last few years, that having our name associated with him is a good thing for all involved.
 
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Go Budaw

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8dog said:
They put in rules that prettt much cut out all in person recruitinf until your jr year. The idea being that kids are less likely to commit if they have never visited with their coach face to face. But hasnt seemed to work
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Yeah I mean there is really no way to police it. You can’t get a committable offer as an 8th grader, so if some kid that age just commits somewhere it just is what it is. A lot of these kids are gonna hit a wall in their development between 8th - 12th grades, and not end up anywhere.
 
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