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    NCAA Adopts New D1 Recruiting Legislation

    https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/coll...d2941-32723993

    NCAA adopts new DI recruiting legislation
    Article Written by Travis Clark
    Published: April 20, 2018
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    The NCAA announced this week the adoption of new rules legislation overseeing the athletic recruiting process for Division I sports. The Division I Council voted to adopt the rules on Tuesday and Wednesday during meetings in Indiannapolis.

    For soccer, the immediate impact (effective April 25, 2018) is that athletic departments can’t participate in a recruit’s unofficial visit until Sept. 1 of the recruit’s junior year in high school. Additionally, recruiting conversations during a school’s camp or clinic can’t happen before Sept. 1 of a prospective recruit's junior year.

    Starting later this fall (effective August 1, 2018), official visits can now begin Sept. 1 of a prospect’s junior year in high school instead of the first day of classes for senior year, which was the rule previously.

    The move comes as several sports, including women's soccer, grapple with the earlier trends of offering players scholarships before even reaching high school. A study compiled by the NCAA, demonstrated in a few slides pulled from an NCAA research project completed in conjunction with the Student Athletes Advisory Council. It shines a light on how soccer recruiting stacks up with other sports.

    women's timing recruiting

    men's soccer recruiting timing

    As evidence by the charts above, recruiting contact starts much earlier in women's Division I soccer. That's reinforced below by the chart of when a player commits, as the average for a men's DI soccer player is junior year, while it's in the sophomore year for women's.

    commitment made

    Additional legislation is expected but not until April 2019.

    #2
    Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
    https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/coll...d2941-32723993

    NCAA adopts new DI recruiting legislation
    Article Written by Travis Clark
    Published: April 20, 2018
    Comments
    The NCAA announced this week the adoption of new rules legislation overseeing the athletic recruiting process for Division I sports. The Division I Council voted to adopt the rules on Tuesday and Wednesday during meetings in Indiannapolis.

    For soccer, the immediate impact (effective April 25, 2018) is that athletic departments can’t participate in a recruit’s unofficial visit until Sept. 1 of the recruit’s junior year in high school. Additionally, recruiting conversations during a school’s camp or clinic can’t happen before Sept. 1 of a prospective recruit's junior year.

    Starting later this fall (effective August 1, 2018), official visits can now begin Sept. 1 of a prospect’s junior year in high school instead of the first day of classes for senior year, which was the rule previously.

    The move comes as several sports, including women's soccer, grapple with the earlier trends of offering players scholarships before even reaching high school. A study compiled by the NCAA, demonstrated in a few slides pulled from an NCAA research project completed in conjunction with the Student Athletes Advisory Council. It shines a light on how soccer recruiting stacks up with other sports.

    women's timing recruiting

    men's soccer recruiting timing

    As evidence by the charts above, recruiting contact starts much earlier in women's Division I soccer. That's reinforced below by the chart of when a player commits, as the average for a men's DI soccer player is junior year, while it's in the sophomore year for women's.

    commitment made

    Additional legislation is expected but not until April 2019.
    I see two huge issues with this.

    1. Sept 1? Isn’t this right in the middle of the soccer college season? How can they recruit during this time. Also, junior year? Don’t kids have SATs and school to worry about? Not to mention their soccer season. Sept 1 is awful. Is anything make it July 1. Makes a ton more sense.

    2. Taking families out of the recruiting process is going to lead to them being beholden to their club coach. Recruiting will still go on. College coaches will find creative ways. One obvious way is to reach out to the kids club coach. This coach may hold this over certain kids. Gives club coaches way to much power. What if a kid wants to change clubs. Will this coach now bad mouth this kid? Going to be a huge issue as well.

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      #3
      Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
      I see two huge issues with this.

      1. Sept 1? Isn’t this right in the middle of the soccer college season? How can they recruit during this time. Also, junior year? Don’t kids have SATs and school to worry about? Not to mention their soccer season. Sept 1 is awful. Is anything make it July 1. Makes a ton more sense.

      2. Taking families out of the recruiting process is going to lead to them being beholden to their club coach. Recruiting will still go on. College coaches will find creative ways. One obvious way is to reach out to the kids club coach. This coach may hold this over certain kids. Gives club coaches way to much power. What if a kid wants to change clubs. Will this coach now bad mouth this kid? Going to be a huge issue as well.
      You're getting lost in the details, not the big picture. The July or Sept doesn't matter. It's just a cutoff date. Recruiting can happen at any time once they've hit that mark. Yes college seasons are hectic in the fall but coaches aren't on the field 24/7. They have to always be recruiting, it's a huge part of their jobs. Summer visits are more convenient but it's also a terrible time to see what a college campus is like

      Why do you think families are out of the process? There's nothing in there that changes that aspect. College coaches already skirt the rules by contacting the club coaches (tell Emily I'll be in my office from 2-4pm Tuesday). None of that was addressed - they limit contact by coaches but not the other way around. The better way to handle it is zero contact no matter who initiates it until Sept 1 of junior year.

      The only real bite in the changes is no communications at on campus ID events until junior year. Yet, what are the odds this actually happens? Who is going to be monitoring actual conversations at an id event? They could have done so much more to make the process more sand but they really did nothing - in fact being able to do your official visit junior year instead of senior year is a step backwards.

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        #4
        Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
        You're getting lost in the details, not the big picture. The July or Sept doesn't matter. It's just a cutoff date. Recruiting can happen at any time once they've hit that mark. Yes college seasons are hectic in the fall but coaches aren't on the field 24/7. They have to always be recruiting, it's a huge part of their jobs. Summer visits are more convenient but it's also a terrible time to see what a college campus is like

        Why do you think families are out of the process? There's nothing in there that changes that aspect. College coaches already skirt the rules by contacting the club coaches (tell Emily I'll be in my office from 2-4pm Tuesday). None of that was addressed - they limit contact by coaches but not the other way around. The better way to handle it is zero contact no matter who initiates it until Sept 1 of junior year.

        The only real bite in the changes is no communications at on campus ID events until junior year. Yet, what are the odds this actually happens? Who is going to be monitoring actual conversations at an id event? They could have done so much more to make the process more sand but they really did nothing - in fact being able to do your official visit junior year instead of senior year is a step backwards.
        Agree with OP. Timing certainly makes a big difference in this situation. When are these kids suppose to go on recruiting trips? Should they skip their SAT prep course? Will they miss school to do it? College coaches will be gone every other weekend. Now they will miss their soccer games too. Spin it however you want. Sept 1 is awful timing for soccer. Not to mention any fall NCAA sport.

        This also puts undue stress on college coaches. Their focus should be on the games and not focused on full boar recruiting during their season. This will get changed sooner rather than later.

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          #5
          Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
          Agree with OP. Timing certainly makes a big difference in this situation. When are these kids suppose to go on recruiting trips? Should they skip their SAT prep course? Will they miss school to do it? College coaches will be gone every other weekend. Now they will miss their soccer games too. Spin it however you want. Sept 1 is awful timing for soccer. Not to mention any fall NCAA sport.

          This also puts undue stress on college coaches. Their focus should be on the games and not focused on full boar recruiting during their season. This will get changed sooner rather than later.
          Players go in the fall all the time now as it is, all year long in fact. SAT prep? Schedule around it. HS games? Same (and if you're a stud your coach should let you miss a practice). Most schools allow a few days for excused school visits. Don't forget HS ball is played at different times across the country also. College coaches can meet with players in the mornings while their players are in classes. If anything it's now easier for college coaches because they official visit can now happen junior year, not senior year which is the current timing. An official senior visit would also be in the fall also since applications have to be finished - so how is moving it a year earlier, when they actually can spread it out more, somehow worse? The only new rule of some merit is the no recruiting discussions at camps before junior year but that can be worked around.

          Besides, everyone goes around all of this now by just doing "unofficial" visits at younger ages. It's just you'll have to pay travel on your dime as opposed to the school covering your expenses. Most soccer families can afford it. How else do you think players are committing so young - are they not visiting campuses and talking to coaches?
          These rules really don't change anything. There's still too many loopholes.

          not the op

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