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[QUOTE="OttosBestFriend, post: 1291675, member: 852"]
I was literally about to type the exact sentiments as I read the initial post, but finished the thread first.

It's much easier to be shady when each of the 65 or so "Power 5" conference schools are offering 75+ kids a year and signing 20-30 of them

Who could possibly keep track of it all?

Especially when only a select few high school footballers make news by verbaling to a school early. Seriously, outside of us 'Cuse diehards, who knew about any of our football verbals prior to signing day? Yes, other coaches knew, but the general public didn't. And that "relative anonymity" is cruical to how and why football coaches can and do poach.

On the flip side, when a top 200 kid verbals to a "Power 5" school in hoops - it's literally blasted on hundreds of websites, blogs, radio shows and ESPN/Fox college basketball coverage across America.

Every single hoops recruit is scrutinized and talked about WAY more - if only because it's easier to keep up with 2-5 kids per school.

And since it's so easy to keep up with, it'd be very bad for coaches' reputations to try to poach a kid after the world knows he committed to say Villanova or SU.
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