Early Signing Day

Ohiodad51
Thu, 21 Dec 2017 19:04:51 +0000

I watched the early signing video from my high school because someone posted it on Facebook (it’s the same high school Drew Brees attended). They made such a big deal out of it. I found myself wishing that they would do the same thing for kids who made it into Ivy League schools for academic achievements!

The “admit rate” for scholly athletes in most if not all sports is quite a bit lower than the general admit rate in the Ivy. But I agree with the sentiment. Both my kids’ schools had a college day where the kids wore bling from the school they would attend. Since they went to private schools and wore uniforms, it was a pretty big thing in a different way.

I was just surprised that early signing was so strong the first year. I thought it would be more gradual.

I was too to be honest. But they had been pointing this way/working on an early signing period for some time before it was adopted last year. It appears that the programs were locked and loaded for this cycle to take advantage of the calendar.