Dillon77
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Hey folks:
We spend a lot of time on the board following recruiting and -- at this time of year -- transfers. And a number of transfers are sometimes linked to the imperfect act/art/practice of recruiting, which is getting earlier and earlier.
The sport of lacrosse was taking this to lengths that were eye-opening: kids committing in 8th grade; poaching of said kids taking place right up to signing day; and, increasing numbers of transfers. Sound familiar?
Lacrosse coaches decided to do something about it. It was a three-year effort. The NCAA Division I Council Friday passed Proposal 2016-26, which will significantly alter the landscape of college recruiting in lacrosse when it takes effect immediately following the close of the April 26 NCAA Board of Directors meeting.
The proposal, submitted jointly by the Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association and the Intercollegiate Men’s Lacrosse Coaches Association, and endorsed by US Lacrosse, prohibits college lacrosse coaches from communicating with prospective student-athletes until Sept. 1 of their junior year of high school.
I've included a link from Inside Lacrosse that has a lot of links/stories on the subject; perhaps the most interesting of which are interviews with D1 coaches
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Breaking: NCAA Votes to Adopt Proposal Limiting Contact to Sept. 1 of Junior Year
One of the comments is that when a kid commits at an early age for whatever reason, he/she may have done so without the experience, maturity, perspective (fill in the blank) that could withstand what happens when they grow up and encounter the reality of the college campus/playing fields/floors. As a result, we're seeing a lot of pre-college changes of commitments and then transfers.
The vote was for this act to take place immediately, so there wouldn't be a crash/rush to sign kids before the rule takes place. The only thing that could derail it is if the NCAA Board of Directors delays it in late April, but that is not expected.
Once again, this is for the sport of lacrosse only. While some coaches will study ways to get around this, the vote is a way to put some kind of a sanity clause around recruiting, for both kids and coaches. To paraphrase Dave Pietramala, the Johns Hopkins Men's Coach, he's managing two teams right now from freshmen to seniors: the team at JHU and the one he's trying to get there. With this rule, he can cut that in half in high school.
Hopefully other sports -- like women's basketball -- are paying attention to see how this plays out. Yeah, I know the AAU has outside power here, but lacrosse travel teams and tournaments are part of the issue as well. And the coaches took those on.
One of the main proponents of this was the Duke Women's Coach, Kerstin Kimel, and I liked the last quote she had in the attached interview:
"... it’s going to help families and kids be kids for a little bit longer. Hopefully we have more kids playing multiple sports. It takes the edge off of all the pressure to do all of the things that kids have felt like they’ve had to do over the past few years."
Kimel Interview: NCAA Passes Legislation to Slow Recruiting Process Down
We spend a lot of time on the board following recruiting and -- at this time of year -- transfers. And a number of transfers are sometimes linked to the imperfect act/art/practice of recruiting, which is getting earlier and earlier.
The sport of lacrosse was taking this to lengths that were eye-opening: kids committing in 8th grade; poaching of said kids taking place right up to signing day; and, increasing numbers of transfers. Sound familiar?
Lacrosse coaches decided to do something about it. It was a three-year effort. The NCAA Division I Council Friday passed Proposal 2016-26, which will significantly alter the landscape of college recruiting in lacrosse when it takes effect immediately following the close of the April 26 NCAA Board of Directors meeting.
The proposal, submitted jointly by the Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association and the Intercollegiate Men’s Lacrosse Coaches Association, and endorsed by US Lacrosse, prohibits college lacrosse coaches from communicating with prospective student-athletes until Sept. 1 of their junior year of high school.
I've included a link from Inside Lacrosse that has a lot of links/stories on the subject; perhaps the most interesting of which are interviews with D1 coaches
.
Breaking: NCAA Votes to Adopt Proposal Limiting Contact to Sept. 1 of Junior Year
One of the comments is that when a kid commits at an early age for whatever reason, he/she may have done so without the experience, maturity, perspective (fill in the blank) that could withstand what happens when they grow up and encounter the reality of the college campus/playing fields/floors. As a result, we're seeing a lot of pre-college changes of commitments and then transfers.
The vote was for this act to take place immediately, so there wouldn't be a crash/rush to sign kids before the rule takes place. The only thing that could derail it is if the NCAA Board of Directors delays it in late April, but that is not expected.
Once again, this is for the sport of lacrosse only. While some coaches will study ways to get around this, the vote is a way to put some kind of a sanity clause around recruiting, for both kids and coaches. To paraphrase Dave Pietramala, the Johns Hopkins Men's Coach, he's managing two teams right now from freshmen to seniors: the team at JHU and the one he's trying to get there. With this rule, he can cut that in half in high school.
Hopefully other sports -- like women's basketball -- are paying attention to see how this plays out. Yeah, I know the AAU has outside power here, but lacrosse travel teams and tournaments are part of the issue as well. And the coaches took those on.
One of the main proponents of this was the Duke Women's Coach, Kerstin Kimel, and I liked the last quote she had in the attached interview:
"... it’s going to help families and kids be kids for a little bit longer. Hopefully we have more kids playing multiple sports. It takes the edge off of all the pressure to do all of the things that kids have felt like they’ve had to do over the past few years."
Kimel Interview: NCAA Passes Legislation to Slow Recruiting Process Down
