Is there a certain year where schools are allowed to give an official offer, or can they offer when youre in like 6th grade?
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crazybuckfan40
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They can offer when ever they feel that they will like to have you in their program.BuckeyeNation27 said:
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aurorabuckeye13
Heisman
If this is true then what happened with mullins (sp?)?methomps said:
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Mullins committed to OSU. A four year old can tell his Dad he is going to OSU if he wants to. Mullins is just a good enough player that people noticed. No verbal commit is binding on either party. (Bulter committed to Cincy when he was not much older than Mullins.)
Commiting to a school in response to a written offer or formal contact from a school is no more binding than what Mullins did. It is just OK with the NCAA for the school to extend such offers at a certain point.
Commiting to a school in response to a written offer or formal contact from a school is no more binding than what Mullins did. It is just OK with the NCAA for the school to extend such offers at a certain point.
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HabaneroBuck
Non-Nike Design
The crazy thing is that creating an age limit for the NBA won't affect things like this....hey, has Thad heard about this kid yet? Maybe he should offer quick... 
Indy Star
April 28, 2005
Meet the next, next, next big thing
Too young to be courted?
Indy's Kevin Ferrell is the No. 1 player in the nation in his class. He's 11 years old.
It's Saturday morning, a little before 9 o'clock.
The No. 1-ranked basketball player in the nation in his class is lacing up his orange game shoes, among the many accessories his summer team receives free from its sponsor, Adidas.
He pulls on his warm-up top and heads to one of six courts at The Fieldhouse in Fishers for a spring-league tournament game.
His name is Kevin Ferrell.
He's in the fifth grade.
Think a lot of attention has been showered on high school phenoms like Lawrence North's Greg Oden? That's the tip of the iceberg.
Today's search for moneymaking basketball talent isn't for the next LeBron James. It's for the next preteen star who could become the next Greg Oden who could become the next LeBron James.
Not only are grade-school children being ranked by nationally known scouting services, by the time they're in fifth grade, they've become full-fledged cogs in the basketball machine, complete with national travel and, increasingly, shoe company sponsorship.
Last year, Adidas started a national, invitation-only camp in San Diego for fifth-, sixth- and seventh-graders. One of the reasons to attend, its Web site says: "Top college coaches in attendance." Other shoe companies are also targeting younger children.
Big-time college coaches are showing interest in kids before they enter high school. Demetrius Walker, of Fontana, Calif., an eighth-grader recently profiled in Sports Illustrated, received his first recruiting letter in sixth grade and one from Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski in seventh. It's not uncommon.
Clark Francis, publisher of The Hoop Scoop, a Louisville, Ky.-based scouting service that has pushed the envelope on ranking young players, last spring pushed it to its lowest point yet: fourth-graders.
Kevin Ferrell, then a 10-year-old, 4-foot-10-inch point guard from Lakeside Elementary in Warren Township, has a crossover dribble, can hit a running jumper in the lane and snaps off one-handed bounce passes that hit teammates in stride.
He topped Francis' national list. And soon the pressure began.
Kevin's father, Kevin Sr., received a call from the Adidas camp. "They said they wanted him to come to the camp, but what they wanted me to do was send $575," Ferrell said. "I said, 'I'm going to have to pass.'
"What they're saying now is that if he doesn't go to the Adidas camp, he won't be on the rankings page."
The entire process of probing grade schools for future talent has many stunned.
"I think it's ridiculous. What it does is sell books, recruiting publications and magazines at the expense of someone's loss of innocence," said former Utah coach Rick Majerus, a television analyst.
"I've never heard of (ranking fourth-graders). I think it's sad. It's just sad, almost reprehensible."
Sitting on the metal bleachers in Fishers, Ron Hunter, men's basketball coach at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, shook his head as the players left their personalized equipment bags near their parents. His son, R.J., plays on Kevin's team.
"I tell my son all the time," Hunter said, " 'I have an Adidas contract and you have more Adidas stuff than I've got.' "
Indy Star
April 28, 2005
Meet the next, next, next big thing
Too young to be courted?
Indy's Kevin Ferrell is the No. 1 player in the nation in his class. He's 11 years old.
It's Saturday morning, a little before 9 o'clock.
The No. 1-ranked basketball player in the nation in his class is lacing up his orange game shoes, among the many accessories his summer team receives free from its sponsor, Adidas.
He pulls on his warm-up top and heads to one of six courts at The Fieldhouse in Fishers for a spring-league tournament game.
His name is Kevin Ferrell.
He's in the fifth grade.
Think a lot of attention has been showered on high school phenoms like Lawrence North's Greg Oden? That's the tip of the iceberg.
Today's search for moneymaking basketball talent isn't for the next LeBron James. It's for the next preteen star who could become the next Greg Oden who could become the next LeBron James.
Not only are grade-school children being ranked by nationally known scouting services, by the time they're in fifth grade, they've become full-fledged cogs in the basketball machine, complete with national travel and, increasingly, shoe company sponsorship.
Last year, Adidas started a national, invitation-only camp in San Diego for fifth-, sixth- and seventh-graders. One of the reasons to attend, its Web site says: "Top college coaches in attendance." Other shoe companies are also targeting younger children.
Big-time college coaches are showing interest in kids before they enter high school. Demetrius Walker, of Fontana, Calif., an eighth-grader recently profiled in Sports Illustrated, received his first recruiting letter in sixth grade and one from Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski in seventh. It's not uncommon.
Clark Francis, publisher of The Hoop Scoop, a Louisville, Ky.-based scouting service that has pushed the envelope on ranking young players, last spring pushed it to its lowest point yet: fourth-graders.
Kevin Ferrell, then a 10-year-old, 4-foot-10-inch point guard from Lakeside Elementary in Warren Township, has a crossover dribble, can hit a running jumper in the lane and snaps off one-handed bounce passes that hit teammates in stride.
He topped Francis' national list. And soon the pressure began.
Kevin's father, Kevin Sr., received a call from the Adidas camp. "They said they wanted him to come to the camp, but what they wanted me to do was send $575," Ferrell said. "I said, 'I'm going to have to pass.'
"What they're saying now is that if he doesn't go to the Adidas camp, he won't be on the rankings page."
The entire process of probing grade schools for future talent has many stunned.
"I think it's ridiculous. What it does is sell books, recruiting publications and magazines at the expense of someone's loss of innocence," said former Utah coach Rick Majerus, a television analyst.
"I've never heard of (ranking fourth-graders). I think it's sad. It's just sad, almost reprehensible."
Sitting on the metal bleachers in Fishers, Ron Hunter, men's basketball coach at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, shook his head as the players left their personalized equipment bags near their parents. His son, R.J., plays on Kevin's team.
"I tell my son all the time," Hunter said, " 'I have an Adidas contract and you have more Adidas stuff than I've got.' "
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