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[QUOTE="NYCorange, post: 1452671, member: 4918"]
You know, to be honest, I don't have nearly as much trouble with schools who have this policy as many of you guys on the board. I think it's far less about a power play to keep young men from going to the school they are meant for than a policy to ensure that they take their time and only commit when they are sure that they are ready. Think about it like engagement-- if I commit to marry some girl, I can back out at any time before the wedding of I get cold feet and begin to date other women again-- but I can't hope to date other women and have my fiancé not "pull" the marital offer. The only fiancés who would be ok with this would be the really desperate women (Syracuse). It's not like these recruits have no agency--they're playing the system just like the coaches. Think about how bad Tyus Battle screwed over UM on the basketball side. They were leading for another really good top guard whose name I forget... Anyhow, word on the street is that Battle committed to UM in part just because he didn't want this guard to take his spot-- in other words he "committed" to a school to keep his options open! Talk about paradoxical! By the time he decided he wanted to rope. His commitment, UM was too far behind with the other guard and lost him to Michigan state. If they'd had Franklins policy, maybe he never commits in the first place and they don't get screwed. Look, Franklin may be a , but I've got no problem with this policy.
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