Alisha Gray Verbals to UNC

[easttexastrash]

Once again, I see nothing wrong with what this group of girls has done. If they were offered scholarships then the onus is on the UNC staff to make it work out. Are players now supposed to pass up their school of choice that has made an offer to them because they don't know how the university is going to arrange the scholarship question? Are they really supposed to say "but what about Jane Doe, what are you going to do with her?" They probably have no knowledge of a player's happiness or intentions to remain in a program. Would anyone have suspected that UCONN would lose EDD, Walker and Johnson? I imagine that there were players who may not have chosen UCONN assuming that EDD would be there and then later regretted that decision when players left the program.

And do you really think that players have not leaned on or tried to persuade their peers to go to the same college in the past? I'm sure that it has always happened. This time there are just more involved and is just more public. It is nothing that hasn't happened before or that won't happen again.

 

[Icebear]

They can't be serious with this. What is the definition of a "Fan"? I can see the NCAA limiting University employee contact, but the school nor the NCAA has no control over anyone else's personal communications. If I'm a supporter of some other school and pretend I'm a Uconn fan and tweet a Uconn recruit, the NCAA can sanction Uconn? I think the statement is just a scare tactic trying to minimize spam to recruits. Again, someone on the payroll is a different story.

I said that the first time this was posted. It gives individuals great potential to screw with other programs.

 

[UConnChapette]

(1) How do you know the recruits have "taken control." ? They were offered; they accepted.
(2) In order for a recruit to commit, she has to have an offer. Why is it the kid's fault if the coach made more offers than the team had available? Is it the recruit's responsibility to be up on the status of all the existing players, whom she doesn't know?

I was responding to the statement by ETT, I didn't make the original statement - though in my view it seems like a calculated move to control who commits to UNC by the recruits themselves. Yes, you are absolutely correct. They were offered and had a right to accept based on the offer. And, it is not their fault that there were more offers extended than were available. But, I have to disagree with you it isn't their responsibility to know the makeup of the teams they are considering. Schools arrange for a recruit to meet and spend time with current and returning players during official visits. I would be very surprised if any highly ranked player doesn't know exactly the make up of the team they are committing to, their chances of playing right away, who currently plays their position, etc. Recruiting is a two way street - schools evaluate the recruits but recruits also need to evaluate the program.

If they did not take the responsibility to evaluate this, or decided as a group to accept without knowing the make up of the team they were coming onto, there should be no hard feelings if a coach comes back and says "I am sorry. We did not expect every recruit to whom we extended an offer to accepted. Unfortunately, with the number of players returning, we will not have enough scholarships to extend one to you."

Either way, some scholarship players or verballed recruits are going to need to either transfer, choose another school, or be told to do so. That is the sad and unfortunate part of this whole situation.