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Message: [QUOTE="Husky25, post: 4851821, member: 2839"] Verbal commitments are non-binding, though continually committing and backing out will certainly affect one's reputation and make other programs second guess making a committable offer ("Committable offers" have been hashed and re-hashed over the years here). As I understand it, players who sign a NLI, cannot leave without penalty. Unless under specific circumstances (Coach leaves, for example, or an NCAA waiver, whose granting seems arbitrary), If a player intends to enter the Portal before the end of the season, they are essentially kicked off their current team and while their scholarship is intact for the rest of the academic year, they can't play for, or receive a scholarship from, another program mid-season. They sit out the rest of the season, potentially lose the current season of eligibility, and spend a year residency at a new school. According to Sports Illustrated, in 2022: [LIST] [*]54% reported enrolling at a new school [*]41% have not found a new school, are still looking, transferred to a non-NCAA school, or left their sport completely [*]59% of scholarship transfers found a scholarship at a new FBS school [*]8% left their scholarships and became walk-ons at a new school [*]33% of players remain without a destination [*]18% of walk-ons that transferred found a scholarship at a new school [*]About one-third of FCS transfers land a scholarship at a new school [*]36% of FCS transfers find a new school to sign with at all [/LIST] So because college football is essentially an NFL farm system, transferring players have a better than 2 in 5 chance that they will never play in competitive organized football again and there is no doubt those chances decrease in direct relation to the combination of initial star rating and/or program prestige. This is why it is so important that an athlete take their time on making a decision on where to continue their higher education. [/QUOTE]

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