Roommate Wanted. Flexible 43-year old N/S seeks new home after 12 years in Birmingham. Being evicted August 1, but won't make trouble because I don't like lawyers. Will relocate.
At the CCA meeting at the 2007 NCAA Convention, we learned that the SEC (which has done an admirable job for the last 12 years, by the way) was relinquishing control of the NLI program to another conference.
And taking over administration of the NLI program?
Well, um, we don't really know. At the meeting, calls for adjournment out-numbered the volunteers.
Some conference will probably step forward, But what if no one does?
Though some may have misgivings about this idea, here it is anyway:
The NLI program (or something like it) should really be housed within the NCAA.
Think about it. From an institutional standpoint, the whole point of the recruiting process (in most circumstances) is to get a prospect to sign a National Letter of Intent. Yet there's a basic disconnect since the recruiting rules are created within an NCAA framework and the NLI signing dates and policies are created by the CCA.
We really need one seamless recruiting model that is overseen by one organization. Like it or not, the NCAA is it.
While we're at it, we ought to think about the value of early signing dates (which have pushed recruiting into the early stages of a prospect's high school career), but our first step ought to be to align the NLI with the recruiting rules.
I'm sure the NCAA has a spare room somewhere in Indy....