The Recruiting Corner

What is a verbal scholarship offer?

Verbal offers are becoming more popular these days and for good reason. The competition within the college coaching ranks for the best players, coupled with the tremendous pressure coaches have in maintaining winning programs is fierce. Therefore, the stakes become higher and the recruiting process begins earlier.

A verbal scholarship offer is a “non binding” agreement that says in principle that a college coach will “hold” an athletics scholarship for the prospect who is willing to make the same verbal commitment to attend the coach’s institution.

Juniors, sophomores and even freshmen athletes can receive verbal offers, but nothing is “written in stone” until the prospect signs the National Letter of Intent. Each party may walk away from the agreement at anytime.

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