Early scholarship offers are still OK by NCAA rules

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The NCAA Division I Legislative Council defeated a proposal that would have prohibited coaches from making verbal offers to recruits before July 1 of their junior year.

It lost because there would be difficulty in monitoring and enforcement.

That means coaches can continue to offer incoming high school freshmen scholarships if they want.

-- Eric Sondheimer