Today, I happened across a really interesting piece in the Florida Times-Union in Jacksonville, Florida. Chase Goodbread's piece talks about football recruiting, particularly in the state of Florida, and how often times when a recruit gives a verbal committment to a school, the recruiting of that player by others schools usually doesn't stop.

On first gleen, my thoughts were 'the NCAA must do something about this.' I thought this because it seems to me like when a kid makes that choice, he's making it for a reason and that decision is presumably well-thought out. And on a personal level, I was disappointed when hearing that Jerimy Finch, a standout safety from Indianapolis-Warren Central, is back on the fence between Michigan and Indiana after de-committing to Michigan to become a Hoosier in the fall.

But on the other day, isn't it a kid's right to change his mind as long as he hasn't signed on the dotted line? I can't help but wonder if it isn't time for the NCAA to begin forcing kids to sign written committements when they make verbal committments. In other words, should the NCAA have a rolling committment deadline with the drop-deadline being Feb. 7.

I'm interested in hearing some opinions about this... but I think that the verbal committment has been rendered essentially useless because they're not binding in anyway.

http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/020607/hig_7815562.shtml.. here's a link to Times-Union piece.