http://www.scout.com/college/football/st...ing-period

Does this really benefit the non-P5 conferences? I'm not so sure.

Junior visits are big too. Get kids on campus to make decisions early, My junior non athlete is visitingg as a junior

This should help MAC schools who get early commits and then have the P5 schools swoop in at the last minute when they can't fill their class.

Do we really need another coach?

If this was the rule last year, Ohio's Mr. Football Michael Warren would be an incoming Toledo Rocket.

This helps from a standpoint that if the player signs in December you don't have to worry about an OSU or ND missing on their #1 and swooping in for another player. Players that are looking to go higher , like Michael Warren did last year may not sign in December just so they can be available for bigger schools or new coaching staffs looking to replace/add to their classes. So not as much of an impact as an July/August early signing period would have been.

Warren had verbaled to somebody else before us. With this rule we probably would not have gotten him.

So, what happens when the P5 conferences do the big candy grab in December and then a kid decides he wants out? Can they refuse to release him unless he takes a transfer to a lower division? If so, we are out. It would be a real thing to do, but they do not want us to be able to compete with them.

(04-14-2017 04:11 PM)Toledo Football 1st Wrote:  Warren had verbaled to somebody else before us. With this rule we probably would not have gotten him.

So, what happens when the P5 conferences do the big candy grab in December and then a kid decides he wants out? Can they refuse to release him unless he takes a transfer to a lower division? If so, we are out. It would be a real thing to do, but they do not want us to be able to compete with them.

From my understanding this is only 2 months earlier than they can sign now. This is basically the period when JC players were allowed to sign in the past. This will be interesting how the schools and players use this period. Not like the basketball early signing where it comes before the players senior year evaluation period. December still allows the big schools to have the entire senior season to evaluate players who may have been injured or ineligible their junior season. A lot of schools want to see the first 4 or 5 games of a players senior year film before offering. The point of the "big candy grab" is why a summer early period would benefit MAC schools who work hard at camps. The kids who sign should be bound to it whether early or tradition signing dates

If they sign early with UT for example, then the Rockets got him in the bag, before others go after him. What if he signs with Toledo, then 2 months later in Feb he wants out? Is he stuck with the Rockets, sits one season and transfer out, or does the Rockets release him? Who wants a ball player that is not happy with his early decision which is my point!