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Some B1G commitments


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Spencer L. (Junior) and Gavin T. (only a Sophomore) are both big national names and already have several international wins under their belts.  If they stay with this commitment to Iowa it looks like Iowa will have some lightweight depth for the foreseeable future.  With both being from Pennsylvania many speculated they were almost a lock for Penn State, so this is a big pick up for the Hawkeyes as they look to get back on top of the team race.

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How does this commitment STUFF work? Are these verbal's? Can they change their minds without any violations from NCAA?

Just wondering?

They are all verbals until they sign on the dotted line. Lee can't sign until November and Teasdale not until...November of 2017.

 

Once they officially sign then if they change their mind they could face a one year penalty if they aren't released from the respective school. Once a kid is signed I believe he is off limits for other coaches to talk to. 

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The decision to release or not typically resides with the coach (though sometimes the AD) and often comes down to whether or not they will face the team the athlete wants to transfer to. So, you will sometimes see that the athlete gets a partial release like "you can go to any team not in our conference" or "any team not in our division". It can be very arbitrary as different coaches have different philosophies on the issue. It can even come down to the coach giving one kid a release because a relative has fallen ill and the athlete wants to transfer to someplace closer to home, but not giving another kid a release because there is a personality conflict.

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