Recruiting nightmare
April 30, 2008 @ 2:40 p.m. by Joannaby joanna
I talked to Gary Loop this morning, he’s the father of Circle volleyball player Meryl Loop, a three-time All-Metro player. He said that Meryl is signing with Akron on Thursday.
Well, Meryl had originally signed with Baylor, but Gary said that the school didn’t come through on the scholarship it offered her, so last month she found out she was out of luck. This scholarship to Akron is actually available, though.
I’m not sure what’s going on in recruiting, but I know the system is messed up when kids are promised scholarships, they commit, they tell every other coach that they’ve committed, then that school backs out. I saw it happen to Carroll football player Brayden Burris, who committed to Kansas State in the fall of his junior season, only to see himself relegated to a grayshirt, where he’d have to pay his way for a period of time.
It’s a crazy way to do business and frustrating for parents and athletes.
May 5th, 2008 at 9:17 pm
Until the letter of intent is signed, there is no guarantee of a scholarship offer so you better make sure you trust the coaches and really know they want you at their school program. This also protects the athlete if they decide before the signing period that the school they verballed too isnt where they want to go then they also can back out of it ie: Chris Harper.