It's complicated

From Frank Burlison: "The college FB recruiting world is a trip; guys "commit" until a better "offer" comes along, I guess . . . "reservations" not "commitments".

Count basketball as that way too as well as it being a two-way street. Loyalty is defined as what can you do for me today.

It's hard to blame the kids because it's usually the handlers or parent(s) behind any flipping with the teenagers but that doesn't lessen the aggravation..

There are some college coaches who cease and desist after a commitment. But some don't, seemingly the majority. This promotes the sense that there really is little or no sense of professional respect, that it's truly dog eat dog. But that's often because lose too often and solid graduation rates and the like mean nada, zilch, zero towards retaining employment.