What will happen to the freshman that already committed? Will the coaches have to cease all communications with them, essentially nulling the agreement? Or will they say, I'll talk to you in a couple years? Seems awkward?
I have no idea about the timeline, but I'd gather, this isn't going to happen over night and may impact 2020 and younger more than 2019. What's great, if your kid is really talented, coaches will still want them in Junior year. The truly skilled kids win if this ruling takes affect. It will give kids time to mature a bit and know what type of coach, school and region might interest them. It's a win for the coaches too, because they won't have to commit kids based on their middle school play and a few months of academics in HS.
I agree with pretty much all of this - but I also doubt this happens with just lax coaches on board...will need to be across the board NCAA ruling to have any teeth. The coaches do "win" here if it happens because the % of recruiting that is guess work and projections goes down (but is never eliminated). Also, in a weird way, I could see the clubs and club coaches actually having more influence here - need to play for longer with the best clubs = more money. For parents and kids, this just compresses the insanity and stress into a short window at the start of junior year. If folks think it is tough for Fr/So to focus on school with this going on...wait till the start of junior year when the real chaos commences....but it will have to start sometime and I do think, on balance, junior year is much better for all
