Akron refuses to allow student-athlete out of Letter of Intent

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Apr 16, 2013
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I honestly don't get all the, "Akron is a big meanie bully" BS. Welcome to life kid. You make a binding commitment and back out on it, it could cost you. Sorry you don't like kids smoking and drinking. Newsflash, they do it in Miami too... and it's probably not just cigarettes! Suck it up and learn from your mistakes.
 

Josh Greer

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Jul 31, 2013
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Just out of curiosity, does a letter of intent bind the college in any way? I only ask because you hear so many situations where colleges revoke an offer at a later date. If Akron was to decide they wanted to go a different direction earlier, could they have dropped her? I'm OK with contractual obligations. I just wonder if they obligations are balanced.
 

Strike2

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Nov 14, 2014
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Akron's softball program doesn't look very good right now, and that is probably influencing her decision at least as much as the "smoking and drinking" thing. If that was really a problem for her, perhaps she should have looked at a Christian university that has very strict rules, because that's probably the least of what she'll run into at a typical college.

That said, the article appears to have been ghost-written by her parents. An NLI is a contract...not a very good one as far as the student is concerned, but a contract. Sign your name, and you're obligated.
 

#10

Jun 24, 2011
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It's funny, I was just checking out MAC websites before stumbling upon this thread.

It looks like the Akron coach values the team GPA over winning. It appears the AD does too, as the head coach just got a two year extension. It's the kind of school I'd love my daughter to attend.

Seems to me the kid in question got a taste of winning and developed buyer's remorse.
 
Aug 12, 2014
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This is everything that is wrong with college sports. There's no reason for Akron not to release her other than to be vindictive. The transfer rule is ridiculous. When coaches have to sit out a year when they change jobs, then it will be reasonable to make the athletes sit out a year when they transfer.

I know the argument that that if they allow free transfers that it would become chaos, but that's a load of BS. If you run a good program, your players will want to stay. And if a player thinks your team is a bad fit for them, why do you want to force someone to stay who doesn't want to be there?
 

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