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[McCowboys]

http://https://www.news-press.com/story/sports/college/2024/10/09/ncaa-eliminate-national-letter-of-intent-college-football-basketball-revenue-sharing/75594390007/

[wapiti]

This site can’t be reachedhttps’s server IP address could not be found.

[bonarae]

Been unable to find a un-paywalled source for this. Found nothing on CBS and BR.

[Libertine]

Interesting. Let's see how this plays out.


Seriously, guys. Some context or added information as to what this thread is supposed to be about would be extraordinarily helpful.

[MSUBobcat]

Maybe it's just me, but a title with just a tad more information seems appropriate. I half expected to be Rick Rolled.

[Outsider1]

What is this?

[The Cats]

What is this?

NCAA votes to eliminate national letters of intent

https://www.news-press.com/story/sports/college/2024/10/09/ncaa-eliminate-national-letter-of-intent-college-football-basketball-revenue-sharing/75594390007/

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What is this?

NCAA votes to eliminate national letters of intent

https://www.news-press.com/story/sports/college/2024/10/09/ncaa-eliminate-national-letter-of-intent-college-football-basketball-revenue-sharing/75594390007/

[DFW HOYA]

The national letter of intent program was always voluntary, even if the schools didn't want to admit it.

[Lehigh Football Nation]

The NLI program was a solution to a football P4 problem that was (in retrospect) a sort-of a fudge between an employment contract and a pledge to attend a school to which a student-athlete was bound to an education. As DFW said, it was voluntary, because the Ivy League, Georgetown, and initially most of the Patriot League opted out and instead had a similar but not quite the same program ("likely letters"). The P4 schools thought this would give them leverage over kids jumping and shopping schools, which of course didn't happen, as it shifted the selection process earlier to an increasingly public display made for social media (think of the kid who brought three hats to his signing day to create drama). It then became more fragmented and confusing as coaches wanted multiple signing windows, reducing the drama and making it ultimately pointless.

[Libertine]

Elimination of the NLI doesn't really mean anything other than it removes the penalty for the kid not staying at said school for a full year. It was always an agreement whose benefit was heavily slanted in the school's favor.

The other aspect of this this is that it essentially renders Signing Day meaningless, along with the social media and fan hysteria that tends to surround it. I think this is a net plus but I can appreciate that others might not.