NBCSC: Early Signing Day period comes with a cost

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Via NBC Sports Chicago....how the early signing period for football has been seen as a positive...yet when a coach such as Rod Carey leaves issues arise.

NBCSC: Early Signing Period brings new issues with coaching changes

 

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The early signing period solved the much bigger problem of a new coach coming in Jan timeframe and blowing up the recruiting class leaving kids scrambling with a week or two left before Feb NSD - look at it this way whoever replaces Carey can’t cut these kids loose because the have already signed an NLI

 

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The early signing period solved the much bigger problem of a new coach coming in Jan timeframe and blowing up the recruiting class leaving kids scrambling with a week or two left before Feb NSD - look at it this way whoever replaces Carey can’t cut these kids loose because the have already signed an NLI

It will never happen but.... the best solution would be allowing athletes who signed during the early signing period the option to keep in force their NLI or void their NLI if a coaching change occurs between the 2 signing periods like what happened at Miami, NIU, etc. BUT the school has to honor a signed NLI if the student doesn’t want out after a coaching change... in other words it’s a one sided “out” for the athlete if this happens. They would need to set a predetermined amount of time an athlete would have after a coaching change to make their decision to enforce or void their NLI so the new coach has time to know who is in and who is out before the 2nd signing date.