valid points - if school is better academically than he could get w/o lax or financially it's an "offer you can't refuse". However, when you haven't even stepped on the HS field what is your real incentive to improve? The college coach is saying "You're good enough now, I want you". Not saying every early commit does this, but it is very possible.
It's clear you never played at a high level.
I don't think it is an invalid question. There is a very good player who played for a team that won a NYS championship last year. This kid committed early in 10th grade when that was considered early ,what three years ago. The school isn't known as a great academic institution. This kid won all the awards, IL top 25 etc. He kept up the lax part but not the academic part. He did not enter his committed college this fall with his class. This also happened to a local kid committed to a top 20 D-1 school and never played there. He was one of the top D2 players last year though.
