Iowa Football Recruiting
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What difference does it make? Obviously if they're taking other visits the "commitment" doesn't mean much.
So if a kid decommits from Kirk, takes other visits, then decided to recommit to Kirk... Is that allowed?
I'm not sure how many other programs have the specific policy, but know for sure that Michigan State, Oregon and Alabama all have it. I think it's generally understood at all schools, policy or not, that when you commit somewhere, you've turned off your recruiting and moved your focus to the school you're committed to. If you look at the timeline on just about any player, there are no other visits after they commit.
Benjamin was clearly a situation where he lied about it and caught, thus he lost his scholarship. Noah Fant, on the other hand, told the coaching staff in advance that he would like to visit Nebraska and they allowed him to do so.
https://247sports.com/Player/Noah-Fant-66764/high-school-117328
Benjamin was clearly a situation where he lied about it and caught, thus he lost his scholarship. Noah Fant, on the other hand, told the coaching staff in advance that he would like to visit Nebraska and they allowed him to do so.
https://247sports.com/Player/Noah-Fant-66764/high-school-117328
Does that not make the "no visit" policy a complete and total waste in practice?
No.
Lets say Iowa is taking 3 LB's and they already have 3 commits. One of the 3 decides they want to take more visits and decommits. A different target at LB then wants to commit then the guy who backed out is SOL and would lose his spot if he wanted to commit again to Iowa.
KF likens it to dating. You are dating if you are verballed. If you feel the need to break that commitment and look around then the Iowa coaches will do the same and your spot may not be available if you want to commit again at a later date.
So you're telling me that if a 4-star kid decommits for 4 months and wants to come back later, he's told he can't because another 3-star or other lesser recruit took his spot?
That just sounds like bad/unnecessary business strategy, but alright. That's why I'm not a recruiter.
Alabama definitely doesn't have that policy. They have committed kids visit other schools and Saban brags about it because how confident they are they won't flip. I think Iowa is the only one that has it
As far as I'm concerned, a commitment is nothing and hasn't been anything in a long time. Nothing matters until ink meets paper and paper meets fax machine... I suppose this is what you get when recruiting is such a publicly-visible thing now.
CMC says he feels confident in their program and isn't going to make a kid decommit to take a visit somewhere else. It's their biggest decision of their life. There is a reason Kirk's no visit policy is so highly criticized
Just depends on the kid....I'd encourage a kid to make all the visits he wants and then make a decision.
No I'd encourage him to make his visits and them commit. Pretty simple.
Kids change their minds and that's natural...if my kid was being recruited I'd just encourage him to make a lot of visits and take his time and decide.
Kids do take the chance of having their spots taken by other recruits so I think that's why we see these early commitments.
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