NLI Countdown

[AZ BU Fan]

7.5 days until the end of the 2010-11 Season NLI Signing Period, asssuming it ends 11:59:59 PM on 5/19/2010.

Awfully quiet on the Forum re MO, or any other possible BU recruit, returning a siged NLI by then...

Tick, tick, tick, tick

[tornado]

you are right, it ends next Wednesday at midnight...but kids can still verbal after that...they just cannot sign an official LOI...
Remember..Taylor Brown verballed after the spring signing period and that turned out OK...
so even if we get a verbal after the end of the LOI period, I would expect the kid to keep his word and still come barring some ridiculous NCAA ruling on eligibility..

[real fan]

you are right, it ends next Wednesday at midnight...but kids can still verbal after that...they just cannot sign an official LOI...
Remember..Taylor Brown verballed after the spring signing period and that turned out OK...
so even if we get a verbal after the end of the LOI period, I would expect the kid to keep his word and still come barring some ridiculous NCAA ruling on eligibility..

So are you saying that you do not think we will be hearing news that M.O. will be signing by next Wed?

[tornado]

No, I just don't know

[SFP]

No, I just don't know

I doubt if anyone knows when the NCAA clearinghouse will get their part done, except them.

MO cannot sign a LOI until he is cleared and BU cannot say a word until he signs. Unless anyone here has an inside view of the NCAA or MO then it is highly doubtful we'll hear anything until then.

[real fan]

Once again it seems like Bradley is one of the few teams that has trouble getting players cleared , it makes me sick to think of all the players that should not have been cleared but were because they were playing for Memphis or Kansas or Kentucky, I wish BU had a lawyer on staff that could take legal action in order to speed up the process.

[lake Camelot]

What is starting to concern me is I have seen teammates of Mo's signing. I suppose if I knew what was actually going on it could be no big deal. However if we don't sign him I will be very concerned about the lack of inside defense and rebounding again.
I also have a bad feeling when players are late arriving to train with the team. The last Juco we had that I thought was going to be a big help, but went home for the summer instead never made it as a contributor. Rashad Austin.

[tornado]

MO cannot sign a LOI until he is cleared ...

I am unaware of this being the rule...
I can find a number of players who signed LOI's then were not cleared like Daniel West (to Tennessee) and Kenyon Smith (to ISU)..
so I don't think it is a rule violation, but I think the school would like to protect itself from the appearance of not doing their homework.

Plus the people who issue the Letter of Intent also say you can sign before being cleared...

"May I sign a National Letter of Intent before I am certified as eligible by the NCAA Eligibility Center?

Yes. You may sign a National Letter of Intent before you receive your final
certification determination from the NCAA Eligibility Center. When you sign a
National Letter of Intent you agree to submit the necessary information and
documents to the Eligibility Center. These documents do not have to be
received by the Eligibility Center before you to sign a National Letter of
Intent. If you are classified by the Eligibility Center as a qualifier, the National
Letter of Intent is considered valid. If you are classified as a nonqualifier
pursuant to NCAA Bylaw 14.3, your National Letter of Intent is rendered null
and void."

http://www.ncaa.org/wps/wcm/connect/nli/NLI/Frequently+Asked+Questions/Signing+the+National+Letter+of+Intent/May+I+sign+a+National+Letter+of+Intent+before+I+am+certified+as+eligible+by+the+NCAA+Eligibility+Center

[KillerB]

This is from the DR article on MO:

"The athletes can??™t sign a National Letter of Intent with an American university until his academic documents have been processed and approved."

I don't know where DR got that.. or if it only applies to foreign students.

[SFP]

This is from the DR article on MO:

"The athletes can??™t sign a National Letter of Intent with an American university until his academic documents have been processed and approved."

I don't know where DR got that.. or if it only applies to foreign students.

That is where I got my info on getting cleared but then again? Good question anyone want to do the research?

[tornado]

This is from the DR article on MO:

"The athletes can??™t sign a National Letter of Intent with an American university until his academic documents have been processed and approved."

I don't know where DR got that.. or if it only applies to foreign students.

I would love to see the reference for this ...and here's why...
tons of foreign kids nowadays from Canadians to Enes Kanter from Turkey...show up in American and instantly sign LOI's...
some later, like Wichita State's Ehimen Orukpe - and there's also debate that Kanter also may not be cleared.... are NOT cleared by NCAA for initial eligibility, then go to juco, but many of them sign nonetheless, and I have never before heard of such a rule saying they have to be cleared academically first..
I can't say I know every rule, but the entirety of the NLI process is readily available on the National Letter of Intent web site and there's not the tiniest mention that foreign kids are any different than anyone else......

http://www.ncaa.org/wps/wcm/connect/nli/NLI/Home/

[real fan]

I would love to see the reference for this ...and here's why...
tons of foreign kids nowadays from Canadians to Enes Kanter from Turkey...show up in American and instantly sign LOI's...
some later, like Wichita State's Ehimen Orukpe - and there's also debate that Kanter also may not be cleared.... are NOT cleared by NCAA for initial eligibility, then go to juco, but many of them sign nonetheless, and I have never before heard of such a rule saying they have to be cleared academically first..
I can't say I know every rule, but the entirety of the NLI process is readily available on the National Letter of Intent web site and there's not the tiniest mention that foreign kids are any different than anyone else......
http://www.ncaa.org/wps/wcm/connect/nli/NLI/Home/

Wilkens signed his letter and has not graduated yet so he still needs to be cleared to play D1.

[tornado]

true....as do a lot of kids who sign in the spring then still have to take summer classes to try to get qualified...

[romar]

Ok, then why hasn't MO signed a NLI?

[tornado]

we do not know if he has or hasn't do we, all we know is there's been no public announcement?