@puckster, agree, my DD didn’t ever think of asking her NESCAC coach as she didn’t feel the need to toot, but had also heard that it wasn’t something the NESCAC was doing - doesn’t seem to stop parents and HS coaches from tooting the “commitment” news even well before admissions has occurred.
Many D3 athletes ‘signed’ with the D1 and D2 kids (and a few NAIA and JUCO) at the high school ceremony. At the time, most kids were signing fake letters anyway, not the real ones with the financial aid offers. The D1 girl going to Navy didn’t have an NLI to sign. Of the 30 or so kids at the signing ceremony, I’m not sure that even 2-3 actually signed a ‘live’ NLI that day.
@twoinanddone I signed my letter of intent at the kitchen table with the head coach and my parents present. I see these big signing events at my kids’ schools…and reflect on how much things have changed.
^. Same. I got called down to the asst principal’s office ( a not uncommon occurrence) and was told “sign this and go back to class, no screwing around in the hall”. My son’s high school had a half day ceremony with local news cameras. Different world.
My daughter signed at the kitchen table too, at the November date. I faxed it back to the coach the next day along with a picture of her signing because that’s what the coach asked for. High school gave them a choice of whether to join the fall signing or the spring signing. Fall was tiny party. DD wanted the big celebration so delayed until spring and signed the blank piece of paper at the ‘signing’.
It was fun. A neighboring high school had a separate ceremony for each kid. D’s club teammate signed in Nov. but had her ceremony in Jan.
My high school is huge and has a lot of kids signing. They have a ceremony in Nov, one in Feb for football, and a third in the spring. TV coverage, cupcakes, balloons at every one.
My kid brought a copy of his Likely Letter to his High School’s National Signing Day ceremony. It was cute, him signing it over and over for pictures. It was in February when all the football players sign. He was one of two track guys in the group. He invited all his coaches, his personal trainer and close family friends to the ceremony and gave a wonderful Thank You speech in front of everyone. The local press was there; we had lots of cake and balloons too. It definitely was a beautiful memory and one I cherish because it was recognition of attaining the goal after many years he and our family devoted to his sport to get him to that level.
My vote for quote of the week appeared in Jason Gay’s column in the August 19-20 edition of WSJ:
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