Recruiting question regarding written offers..

[CuseLegacy]

As a business recruiter when my prospect is given a written offer that means, unless the prospect turns down the offer, they have the job. In college recruiting is a written offer to a prospect the equivalent? Does that prospect now become an "A lister" and the schollie is now theirs if they accept and qualify academically or is there still a prioritization of offers?

 

[Louie and Bouie]

Somewhat unbelievably, I do not think that a "written" offer is legally binding on the school per NCAA rules unless the same is made on or after NLI signing day. Prior to that they are all conditional. They are allowed to send out "written" offers after 8/1 prior to the players senior season that's why recruits are flashing them now.

So basically, they are fluff although it could cause PR problems if they aren't monitored/handled correctly.

 

[Texas Otto]

In my world I get a written offer that I need to sign and fax (actually nowadays scan and email back) pending drug screen and background check. Therefore if you don't comit in either case then your offer would be considered conditional.

 

[syr02esq]

As a business recruiter when my prospect is given a written offer that means, unless the prospect turns down the offer, they have the job. In college recruiting is a written offer to a prospect the equivalent? Does that prospect now become an "A lister" and the schollie is now theirs if they accept and qualify academically or is there still a prioritization of offers?

CuseLegacy, point of legal clarification - it's possible that even if your prospect "accepts" your job offer, they may not be guaranteed a job because your written offer may not be, and probably is not, a contract. In other words, even if they sign on the dotted line your employer most likely can say "sorry, we are going in a different direction."

So your analogy to college recruiting may not hold.

 

[CuseLegacy]

In my world I get a written offer that I need to sign and fax (actually nowadays scan and email back) pending drug screen and background check. Therefore if you don't comit in either case then your offer would be considered conditional.

Well first off I would have already done a background check on you before I would have let you anywhere near my client. Now as for the psychological exam...perhaps we might have a problem there with this case of OCD you have for SU football.

 

[CuseLegacy]

CuseLegacy, point of legal clarification - it's possible that even if your prospect "accepts" your job offer, they may not be guaranteed a job because your written offer may not be, and probably is not, a contract. In other words, even if they sign on the dotted line your employer most likely can say "sorry, we are going in a different direction."

So your analogy to college recruiting may not hold.

It was a poor analogy on my part..should have known better with all you lawyers on here. All I wanted to know was if the written offer had different implications from an verbal offer. If it changed the "status" of a recruit for instance from a back up plan to plan A.

 

[Texas Otto]

Well first off I would have already done a background check on you before I would have let you anywhere near my client. Now as for the psychological exam...perhaps we might have a problem there with this case of OCD you have for SU football.

Well in my world they don't do a drug screen or background check until a written offer is signed as for the psych evaluation that is usually done before the executive panel interview and no company yet has discovered that I am a rebid OCD like Orange fan. But the point is well taken

 

[syr02esq]

It was a poor analogy on my part..should have known better with all you lawyers on here. All I wanted to know was if the written offer had different implications from an verbal offer. If it changed the "status" of a recruit for instance from a back up plan to plan A.

To my knowledge, in the recruiting world a verbal offer is no different from a written offer. Even if a prospect "accepts" a written offer, the school can still back out. It happens every once in a while late in the recruiting season. We hear tales of recruits being told their offer is being withdrawn at the 11th hour. For that reason, until the LOI is signed, I don't think anything is ever final.

 

[BlazeOrange]

I notice the term "Committable Offer" being thrown around more and more lately. Which implies that there are also conditional offers out there, so backup plan players can still have offers.

What I don't know is how detailed such offers spell things out or if the offering coach just tells them not to accept it just yet, etc...

 

[syr02esq]

I notice the term "Committable Offer" being thrown around more and more lately. Which implies that there are also conditional offers out there, so backup plan players can still have offers.

What I don't know is how detailed such offers spell things out or if the offering coach just tells them not to accept it just yet, etc...

That is a great question. Hopefully someone on the board with experience can share with us? Perhaps any parents of scholarship athletes? Would love to hear all the conditions attached, if any.

 

[BlazeOrange]

That is a great question. Hopefully someone on the board with experience can share with us? Perhaps any parents of scholarship athletes? Would love to hear all the conditions attached, if any.

Just noticed that there's a copy of an offer letter in the Marquis Brown thread. Didn't see any written conditions.