fuzzis
02-06-2008, 01:20 PM
Really weird story...
This Recruit Is Unreal (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/05/AR2008020503672.html?hpid=topnews&sid=ST2008020600092)
Nevada Player Commits, Schools Say They Never Made Offers
...The player reached for the blue Cal hat, bent the visor, and placed it on his head, signifying that he was accepting a scholarship to play at the school and would officially sign his letter-of-intent today, the first day senior high school football players can do so. Television crews and a newspaper reporter were present for what was believed to be the first Division I college athlete from the town of Fernley (pop. 19,700).
Hours later, the feel-good story began to fall apart.
Neither California, Oregon -- nor any of the handful of other college football programs mentioned by Kevin Hart -- had offered him a scholarship. In fact, some of the schools he mentioned had never put his name into their databases to send players recruiting literature.
The cause of the confusion remained unclear yesterday. But the incident called attention to the growing fanfare surrounding the national signing period in which highly sought-after high school athletes are appearing at staged events on television or before large crowds in gymnasiums to announce the school of their choice. ...
This Recruit Is Unreal (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/05/AR2008020503672.html?hpid=topnews&sid=ST2008020600092)
Nevada Player Commits, Schools Say They Never Made Offers
...The player reached for the blue Cal hat, bent the visor, and placed it on his head, signifying that he was accepting a scholarship to play at the school and would officially sign his letter-of-intent today, the first day senior high school football players can do so. Television crews and a newspaper reporter were present for what was believed to be the first Division I college athlete from the town of Fernley (pop. 19,700).
Hours later, the feel-good story began to fall apart.
Neither California, Oregon -- nor any of the handful of other college football programs mentioned by Kevin Hart -- had offered him a scholarship. In fact, some of the schools he mentioned had never put his name into their databases to send players recruiting literature.
The cause of the confusion remained unclear yesterday. But the incident called attention to the growing fanfare surrounding the national signing period in which highly sought-after high school athletes are appearing at staged events on television or before large crowds in gymnasiums to announce the school of their choice. ...