New "Early Signing" Method for Football +

[GoApps70]

Sounds like this is the up and coming thing in potentially aiding recruiting. Hope we take advantage of it where we can.

"Last month, the NCAA stated that a prospective student-athlete (PSA) who was on track to graduate early from high school could sign a financial-aid agreement as long as the participating college establishes that the PSA is enrolled in all coursework necessary to graduate high school at the midyear point (but they don’t have to graduate early if they opt not to do so at that time).

t’s very simple: There’s a big advantage here for colleges, especially with high-profile recruits. If a college gets a kid to sign a financial-aid agreement early, then the college is no longer restricted by NCAA rules for “unlimited communication” with in-person contact, home visits and phone calls/texts.

It also permits “publicity” of a recruit by a college, which LSU wasted no time in doing after signing 4-star quarterback Brandon Harris on Thursday with tweets and press releases.
Why aren’t more colleges doing it? They will. It’s just a matter of time."

http://www.ajc.com/weblogs/college-recr ... tarts-now/

http://www.athleticscholarships.net/201 ... gust-1.htm

[firemoose]

Already hearing some rumblings about this. We've got a couple of our commits that are planning on enrolling early. Should be seeing something about it soon.