ENGAGED – You have found the one for you and you are ready to take it to the next level. You are ready to lock yourself in by verbally committing to a person/coach/school. When you verbally commit to a school before signing day you are essentially engaged to them. You are telling them I want you and only you just like a normal engagement to a person. And, just like a normal engagement, you do have an out. You have not signed on the dotted line (National Letter of Intent) and, therefore, are still not truly committed to them. You can back out of your engagement and, just like in real life, the other party will not be happy if you choose to do so. Committing and de-committing over and over is heavily frowned upon by schools, me and writers. It shows a lack of character at times and is not a good way to make yourself look like a stable human being. So, when you are really, really ready to take the next step you get……
MARRIED – You have dated, you have been engaged and now you want to commit…to the fullest extent. You are going to officially lock yourself into the person/coach/school by signing on the dotted line. Once you sign your National Letter of Intent, you are married. No pulling back now. You are committed to them and they are committed to you. Don’t even think about getting divorced/transferring as it is an uphill battle that rarely works out for the athlete. You lose a year of eligibility and many schools won’t take a chance on an athlete that has left somewhere else. Think about it, the school will immediately wonder why you left? are you a bad person? did you not get along with the coaches? did they not get along with you? why did it not work out for you? They will most likely contact the program you left to see what the deal was. Can you even imagine if new husbands or wives did that to ex’s….wow. That would get extremely ugly and it can for athletes and coaches as well.
Get married to your school and stay there. If you went through the process of dating, being engaged and did all your homework, your decision will suit you well for the future of your academic and athletic career.
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During the dating period look past just the football program. Is school in a small town? Do I want to be close to home if possible? If you are fortunate to have several offers (dates) look at the big picture. Type of schooling offered, climate, location, living quarters etc… Do your homework!!! Bruins78
Correct Bruins78. This blog combined with the past one (https://rubiosblog.com/2011/06/how-to-chooseight-college.html) and all should come into place for an athlete. Do your homework is correct for all the athletes.
I have a little different take on Transferring especially when talking about specialist. Most of these kids go to college with a dream of playing college football and the coaches are more than willing to offer what ends up being nothing more than a one or two year tryout along with 3 or more players trying to do the same thing (you don’t have that in a marriage). If you are lucky enough to go and make the team/travel team, then you have become the starter and keep the job before they are even willing to discuss scholarship. Once you get and keep the starting job, you need a Special Teams Coach that can convince the Head Coach that they are not wasting a scholarship on a Specialist, when he would rather give it to a 6th string running back. All the verbal discussions prior to you going to school there means nothing, and yes transferring will be tough BUT there are many success stories out there of Kickers and Snappers that have. Go to school, get an education.
Bottom line is get the education and if they are paying for it, even better.