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Cabinet proposes end to early verbal offers of aid
Jun 24, 2010 2:03:05 PM
By Michelle Brutlag Hosick
The NCAA News
The Division I Recruiting and Athletics Personnel Issues Cabinet has proposed legislation to stop early verbal offers of financial aid to prospective student-athletes in all sports. The proposal is one of the first to come out of the cabinet's comprehensive review of the recruiting model.
Some coaches in high-profile sports have extended scholarship offers to prospects as early as eighth grade, and members of the Division I Student-Athlete Advisory Committee voiced concerns about the ethics of such tactics at the 2010 NCAA Convention.
Cabinet chair Petrina Long, senior associate athletics director at UCLA, said the group heard from coaches – and prospects and their families – who felt pressured to make decisions earlier without the necessary academic qualifications or information. The media attention on such offers also pressured coaches who felt they needed to "keep up" or lose out on potentially outstanding prospects, Long said.
The proposal would prohibit verbal offers of athletically related financial aid before July 1 after a prospective student-athlete's junior year in high school. The proposal would also require institutions have at least a five-semester or seven-quarter high school transcript on file at the institution before extending any verbal offer of aid.
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DI Cabinet Proposes to End Early Offers of Aid
proposal would prohibit offers until July 1 after PSA's junior yea
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- J.J. Henry
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Posted 28 June 2010 - 11:22 AM
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Posted 28 June 2010 - 11:33 AM
Much too beneficial to student-athletes. It'll never see the light of day!
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Posted 28 June 2010 - 05:58 PM
Prohibit prospects from making official visits to the institution in which the prospect has signed a National Letter of Intent or accepted a written offer of admission and/or financial aid.
I must admit I don't quite understand the rationale for this one.
Someone enlighten me - gently, please.
Go Frogs!
I must admit I don't quite understand the rationale for this one.
Someone enlighten me - gently, please.
Go Frogs!
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