Why would cuts be happening this week...like there some sort of deadline for this outdoor season. Why wouldn't coaches wait until outdoor season is over? Unless they are just kids that are not going to travel the rest of the season so they are just telling them now to quit wasting the coaches time at practice?
Also, this is probably the worst year to be a high school senior b
nah next year is going to be far worse - there will be very few spots for HS seniors with ‘26 graduation. Sad state for these kids - I’m already counseling a couple of mine to start developing rapport with D3 coaches. And these are 4:10 9:00 type kids
The cuts are happening now for two main reasons. First, coaches need to clear spots for 2025-2026 for incoming recruits and transfers. Second, it is a courtesy for those let go. It gives them time to make decisions, enter the portal, move to another town, find housing, etc.
Signing doesn't guarantee him a spot. It merely guarantees the money for a year.
That is incorrect. Read his Financial Agreement, guaranteed for four years.
It does, but I can tell you from experience that it is not that simple. Many coaches will try every unethical and borderline illegal trick in the book to get that money back from you.
Sean Carlon (yes I'm gonna name names because it needs to be known) will tell athletes if they enter the portal and rejoin as walk-ons they can remain on the team. This allows him to take the money, and he doesn't even have to let them back on the team at all. There are also other tricks such as signing cut athletes on as managers and then they are part of the "staff" so their money can be taken as well. Parents or high schoolers if you are reading this, do not believe a word that a coach says. If you can afford it have a lawyer read over anything you sign and have anything the coach says in writing.
Yep, but many coaches will tell an athlete and their parents that it does. Have seen many examples first hand. If a coach tells you the sky is blue, you need to go outside and check just to make sure.
Yep, but many coaches will tell an athlete and their parents that it does. Have seen many examples first hand. If a coach tells you the sky is blue, you need to go outside and check just to make sure.
Especially these juniors in HS who are being told to commit now by some coaches. since it's all verbal the coaches can change their minds before signing day... no roster spot is guaranteed.
Yep, but many coaches will tell an athlete and their parents that it does. Have seen many examples first hand. If a coach tells you the sky is blue, you need to go outside and check just to make sure.
Especially these juniors in HS who are being told to commit now by some coaches. since it's all verbal the coaches can change their minds before signing day... no roster spot is guaranteed.
Hi Kids... once you sign, your roster spot is guaranteed.
Especially these juniors in HS who are being told to commit now by some coaches. since it's all verbal the coaches can change their minds before signing day... no roster spot is guaranteed.
Hi Kids... once you sign, your roster spot is guaranteed.
Incorrect. Your scholarship is guaranteed for whatever length of time stated in the "contract". You are Many schools have started to cut scholarship athletes while maintaining the scholarships. There will be many 4:10 guys who are on a books' scholarship, no longer on the team.
Incorrect. Your scholarship is guaranteed for whatever length of time stated in the "contract". You are Many schools have started to cut scholarship athletes while maintaining the scholarships. There will be many 4:10 guys who are on a books' scholarship, no longer on the team.
Again, you are correct on a technical level. However for the good of any parents or high-schoolers reading this thread it should be known that that is an over simplification of reality.
Coaches will find a way to claw that money back if they want. There is an entire bag of tricks to do it. With NLI (not NIL, but the National Letter of Intent) being over, I would advise parents to carefully draft a contract with the school their kid wants to sign with. If a coach doesn't want to have it written in there, they are lying, and you need to lose their number. The attorneys' fees for this will be small compared to trying to sue the college on the back end or pay the tuition that should have been covered.
Lastly, even if you do get to keep the scholarship, the other benefits will be taken under the traditional NLI-style contract. Meals, rent stipends, academic awards, counseling, free athletic tickets, tutoring, early registration, ect. We are talking about benefits worth in the 5 figures when added up at a lot of D1 schools. Get all that written down as well.
Incorrect. Your scholarship is guaranteed for whatever length of time stated in the "contract". You are Many schools have started to cut scholarship athletes while maintaining the scholarships. There will be many 4:10 guys who are on a books' scholarship, no longer on the team.
...I would advise parents to carefully draft a contract with the school their kid wants to sign with. If a coach doesn't want to have it written in there, they are lying, and you need to lose their number. The attorneys' fees for this will be small compared to trying to sue the college on the back end or pay the tuition that should have been covered.
I don't think this is a bad idea and I'm certainly not a lawyer, but it seems unlikely that the colleges would give the coaches the ability to sign parent drafted contracts. My guess is the school's lawyers already have generated contracts that the school is comfortable with. Additionally, is there any assurance that the school itself would be responsible for the actions of a rogue coach? Again, no idea.
Especially these juniors in HS who are being told to commit now by some coaches. since it's all verbal the coaches can change their minds before signing day... no roster spot is guaranteed.
Hi Kids... once you sign, your roster spot is guaranteed.
Juniors can't sign so a verbal won't guarantee a roster spot which was I think the point of the post.
Beyond that, once someone can actually sign a contract (as a senior, in November) the contract would have to stipulate that the roster spot is guaranteed. If it does not then the roster spot can be taken away. The scholarship money will be guaranteed but not the roster spot if a roster spot is not mentioned in the contract.
However, future contracts could include such language if the parties agreed. If I were a school I wouldn't put such language in the contract but in this day and age I could potentially see it happening if a school wanted a top prospect. (never is a long time)