Excellent article

"Early Recruiting" -- offered by Coach Bob Walsh

A few excerpts:

"I based my self worth off of if I was committed or if this college was looking at me, and that's not at all what a sophomore needs. As a high schooler, you should be focusing on your grades and your social life and making sure that your athletics are going well and that you're working hard."

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Kimel and Corbett, who seek acceptance of a bright line rule: no recruiting contact at all before Sept. 1 of junior year, may gather support from conferences and submit the proposal for the next NCAA legislative cycle should this proposal not pass.

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 Club coaches, funneling contact between college coach and prospect, often receive mixed messages. "I have not spoken to one college coach that will not say, 'It's just too young. They're recruiting too young, but we have a camp -- do you have any 2020s that can come to our camp?' " said Mike Stith, president of the Orange County Batbusters. "They're swimming in a pool of sharks and they're going to have to compete."