you are sadly mistaken if you think the whole recruiting thing is changing.
Yes they can not communicate with the student until 11 grade.
But they can follow the student from whenever they want. If you don't think the coaches will be at 7&8 grade games your delusional. Coaches will be on the sideline making notes about the kids they want and talking to club coaches.
(they do it in AAU basketball all the time) Then they watch how the kid develops and matures both physically and athletically and the kids either move up or down on the coaches recruiting chart....and oh by the way the also see how the kids parents act as well..lots of kids have missed opportunities because of their parents. I project the sidelines will continue to be lined with coaches...that's why teams like FCA, Crabs etc who have relationships with the college coaches will prosper.
Thanks Ryan for another round of BS. Recruiting IS changing. Your Hero Ty Xanders recently tweeted at a tournament that there were " barely any coaches watching " 2020 ! 2021 is a ghost town of coaches, none there. They were concentrating on 2018 and 2019 . Without the NCAA stepping in and stopping this madness of ER in April, the sidelines of 2020 and 2021 would have been full.
