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Dec 14, 2017
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Finally some good news on the Softball front!

No contact until the Jr year!

I have just started to look into it. If any of you have spent some time reading the latest proposal please share it here!

I love that fact that someone sees how ridiculous the traveling around the country as a 12 year old IS. How ridiculous it is for idiotic GROWN MEN to be talking about POWER 5 and blah blah blah to 11-12 -13 year olds. SOMETHING HAS TO STOP. You have 11-12-13 year olds missing school. Flying all over the place.


ITS A GREAT DAY IF WE PUT AN END TO SOME OF THIS.
 
Dec 2, 2013
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Progress for sure. If this happens, for the most part many of the P5 schools will have a two year break on recruiting since they are currently focusing on 8th and 9th graders. The somewhat "earlier" recruiting extends in to D3's as well. I hear that a very competitive D3 school in TX is already done with their 2019's. I have seen many early commits to p5 schools that were impressive at 14, but at 18 not so much.
 
Sep 29, 2014
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No real reason can't use this model similar to football.

Girls can still go to a couple big showcases...or even more regionalized ones. Names will still get around, people will know who the cream is and two years is plenty of lead time. Between coaches leaving and kids changing their minds not sure how much early commits are followed through on anyway especially 9th graders
 
Apr 20, 2015
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As the parent of a talented 12u player I'm so excited about this possible change. I was absolutely not looking forward to trying to help her decide as an 8th grader or freshman what college she should attend or what her major should be. Now our family loves to travel so that part is fun for us but I'm happy to travel on my own terms.

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May 20, 2016
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I've always thought that all the traveling was kind of silly. If you are that good, they'll find you in rural south dakota.
 

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Not lost - just no idea where I am
Oct 2, 2011
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Without an enforcement and punishment portion it is all just a nice idea - and they are looking for the NCAA to provide some level of enforcement because we all see how 'self enforcement' already works and the NFCA clearly don't trust all their members to comply (and it just takes a few and I can name a bunch I wouldn't trust either).

Frankly I can see no possible way the NCAA could possible enforce it anyway - especially across all sports.
 
Nov 29, 2009
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Without an enforcement and punishment portion it is all just a nice idea - and they are looking for the NCAA to provide some level of enforcement because we all see how 'self enforcement' already works and the NFCA clearly don't trust all their members to comply (and it just takes a few and I can name a bunch I wouldn't trust either).

Frankly I can see no possible way the NCAA could possible enforce it anyway - especially across all sports.

IF!!!! If this does pass in April you will see some very creative individuals come up with ways to contact players. I can see some of the big organizations having a designated liaison or some type of go-between put in place. The top college and travel programs has too much to lose. The other thing I see happening is streaming of games over the internet being kicked up several notches and enhanced. The big showcases have a potential big loss at the lower age levels.

AS for enforcement. There will be a few who bend/break the rules until they are caught. It happens in football and basketball on a regular basis. When they get caught the others will find different ways.
 
Apr 20, 2015
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IF!!!! If this does pass in April you will see some very creative individuals come up with ways to contact players. I can see some of the big organizations having a designated liaison or some type of go-between put in place. The top college and travel programs has too much to lose. The other thing I see happening is streaming of games over the internet being kicked up several notches and enhanced. The big showcases have a potential big loss at the lower age levels.

AS for enforcement. There will be a few who bend/break the rules until they are caught. It happens in football and basketball on a regular basis. When they get caught the others will find different ways.
The head the Beverly Bandits from the Midwest has been a very public force behind this push...I would hope others like batbusters and Thunderbolts etc might also be on board

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Nov 29, 2009
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The head the Beverly Bandits from the Midwest has been a very public force behind this push...I would hope others like batbusters and Thunderbolts etc might also be on board

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Bill had a couple of his 12's being looked at last year. He does not like the madness that is involved with the early recruiting nonsense. But he knows how to get his kids committed.

It puts a lot of pressure on the people running the big time organizations dealing with trying to project the young player's potential to college coaches as well as dealing with parental perspective on their DD's abilities.
 

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