It didn't get a lot of notice, but the NCAA took over the National Letter of Intent (NLI) program a couple days ago. Prior to that, the NLI was administered by the Collegiate Commissioners Association and the Southeastern Conference. Now the program will be handled by the NCAA Eligibility Center, and they will answer questions and investigate any issues regarding a NLI.Never heard of the Eligibility Center? That's because it's fairly new.
The Center will have responsibility for initial eligibility and amateurism functions currently performed at the Initial Eligibility Clearinghouse managed by the ACT.The NCAA Clearinghouse is not going away (for now), but it seems it won't have quite the same immediate impact on determining initial eligibility. There is some speculation that the NCAA control could lead to an early signing period in football, as there is in basketball and other sports. I'm not really sure how NCAA control would lead to that.
This seems mainly to be about the NCAA assuming more direct control over the recruiting process. Or at least the backroom paperwork.
The NCAA has consolidated both the formal commitment by the student-athlete to the school and the determination of eligibility under one NCAA operated and controlled division. There are no announced changes, and procedures for submitting the NLI by the schools appears unchanged for now.
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10-17-2007 @ 3:39PM
fredrickwilliams said...
the ncaa shouldn't be trying to take over NLI,So that they can control,and forceing kid's into signing early it should be kid's choice.The Ncaa don't force coaches to stay ate the school and they go for another job.
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