Signing ceremony, solemn and touching

SevenDad
Fri, 15 Nov 2019 15:55:05 +0000

I’m going to be a stickler here and say that the kid headed to Ivy probs should not have been included in the mix at this point.

While s/he may have a likely letter in hand, the prevailing wisdom is to keep it under wraps until the official acceptance letter arrives (in Dec.) Kid is not signing an NLI like the two others, as Ivies do not award athletic aid…so what were they “signing” at the ceremony?

As to why they have signing days for athletes (vs. non-recruits), it’s because, as I noted above, for DI/DII recruits, they are literally signing a National Letter of Intent — a binding commitment to play for a school/accept athletic aid in return. Signing the NLI takes a recruit off the market. It’s obviously more of a big deal if a kid is a national-level recruit and people are interested in where s/he is going to play in college.