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How to anger the NCAA on Football Signing Day
With some of the strange situations that I have seen in recent months regarding the recruiting process (Including fake offers and press conference that should not have happened), it should come as no surprise that there was another strange story that came up following Signing Day.
Here is a little background on the situation. It came as a huge surprise that day when Texas wide receiver/athlete Sedrick Johnson faxed his Letter of Intent to Iowa State on the morning of Signing Day. Considering he had been committed to Texas A&M for quite sometime, it was a huge surprise for the Cyclones to get a four star recruit. But the interesting side of the story is that Iowa State was not the only school that he sent his LOI to. He sent a a Letter of Intent to Texas A&M the following day.
So with two Letters of Intent submitted to the NCAA, it is pretty obvious that it puts the governing body in a unique situation. They must now find out more information about both Letters and both schools.
It was a classic case where the parents disagreed where their son should go to school. On Signing Day morning, Johnson and his dad signed the Letter of Intent and faxed it to Iowa State. For whatever crazy reason, Johnson’s mom wanted that letter voided because it was done against her wishes. That is why she was the one who signed the second LOI the following day.
But because the first Letter of Intent was to Iowa State, the NCAA ruled that Johnson would be a part of the Cyclones recruiting class. And because he had already signed his Letter of Intent, it is against NCAA rules for Texas A&M to speak with him.
This just shows that anything can happen when things heat up Signing Day. Parents will disagree on where their son or daughter will be going to school. But if anything, don’t make the NCAA mad. Send in one Letter of Intent and be happy with the school you are attending. There is nothing wrong with playing football at any level, from Division I to III.
So if you are a parent, don’t be what I consider being THAT PARENT (Click here for the article link). I am considering adding a parent Hall of Fame section to the site for those that do things like that. I don’t know what the mom was thinking, but don’t put your child in that type of situation. Signing Day should be something to be proud about, not a time to be fighting with your husband and trying to get your son to a school that it doesn’t sound like he wants to go to.
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Should a kid that’s been offered a preferred walk-on, have any rights to ask can the school guarantee him a scholarship the next season has long as he’s not hurt or nothing changes, Also if a kid that is a walk-on to a d-1, d-11 or naia, and does not get offered a scholarship the following year will he have the right to transfer to another school with out having to sit out?
A preferred walk on is promised nothing by the school. If the school plans to offer him a scholarship, they will either offer it to him or gray shirt him. Chances are slim that if you are going to a school as a preferred walk on, then you are walking on any paying your own way for the majority of it. As for sitting out, as a walk on, you are under the same restrictions as well athletes and have to follow the normal NCAA rules for transferring. So yes, you would have to sit out.
i commited to a division2 school but want to walk on at a d1 aa school now. is this allowed??
Because you signed with an NCAA school, you would have to sit out your first year at the Division I-AA. But as a walk on, it is not like you would be playing right away. I would talk to the Division I-AA coaches and see what they say.
I was a preferred walk on at a D1 school. At the end of my sophmore season a new coach was hired, he told me I was off the team because he wanted his own “recruited” player. Do I have any recourse?
Jason,
Unfortunately, there really is nothing you can do. Being a preferred walk on or just a regular walk on means that there are no promises given to you. If the coach felt he wanted to take scholarships away from athletes, he could do that as well.
Hey,
I committed to an FCS program far from home as a preferred walkon and am now in my redshirt season. I liked the program, coaches, and academics there, but I’ve started to miss home a lot and am thinking about transferring to my state’s home university (whom were recruiting me last year in high school), which also plays at the 1AA level. If I get a release from my school, would I have to sit out a year at the new school? Or could I transfer directly and not sit out my second (redshirt freshman) season at the new FCS school? I looked at the NCAA’s information on the website with their PDF file on transferring and would this qualify as my “one time exception” as a walkon, or is it that because I WAS recruited (but without a scholarship) at the first school that my one time exception is voided, and thus I’d have to sit out? If I don’t have to sit out, I’d really like to make the move after this semester for the spring. Thanks, I just don’t feel comfortable yet bring it up to the coaches or my parents as I’m not 100% yet. My email I put in is legit if you’d rather answer me privately or whatever so I can give you more details, or here is fine. Thanks much