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Baylor Reportedly Not Allowing Releases From 2016 NLI (WOW!)

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Baylor recruits still waiting for release from letters of intent | FOX Sports

A day after having an in-home visit with Baylor's new acting head coach Jim Grobe and three assistants, Bears signee Parrish Cobb had hoped he'd get some good news about the school releasing him from his letter of intent, but that hasn't happened.

Collis Cobb, the cornerback's father, told FOX Sports on Thursday night that he called the Big 12 compliance office earlier in the day and left a voicemail. "I'm hoping we can get some guidance and get some good news from them, that they're in our corner, and hopefully they'll do the right thing."

Baylor has a 30-day deadline to respond to each recruit's request for a release and without that release, the recruit is not allowed to have any contact with another school. The other Baylor signees requesting their release are J.P. Urquidez, Jared Atkinson, Kameron Martin, Donovan Duvernay and Patrick Hudson, according to an ESPN report.

Collis Cobb said he's stayed in contact with the father of Urquidez.

"We're trying to keep each other posted," Cobb said. "As parents, we're trying to stick together."

He is not optimistic that Baylor will relent and "do the right thing." Last week he tried to get Baylor to release his son. Then on Tuesday, Grobe called and said if the Cobbs still aren't satisfied after they meet the new coach in person (Wednesday night), he'd sign the release.

However, after meeting with Grobe, Collis Cobb informed him and defensive coordinator Phil Bennett that his son's mind is made up that he no longer wants to go to Baylor, since there is too much uncertainty about the program.

"Bennett told us that we'd have to follow through with the appeal process," Collis Cobb said. "What I took from that is they're not going to release anybody."

Grobe's response, according to Cobb: "He said he couldn't sign off on that (the release) alone."

....Cobb said he plans to call the Baylor compliance office again on Friday and wait to see what the Big 12 office says.

"I'm very surprised that it has come to this," Collis Cobb said. "My son didn't ask for any of this. He wasn't at Baylor when all these incidents happened. He just wants to move forward."

At Grobe's introductory press conference Friday, he was asked about whether he would allow signees to be released from their LOIs. He said Baylor's plan is to follow the Letter of Intent process and that he doesn't want kids or their parents to make a rushed decision.

"I want everyone to calm down and think things through."
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Saw this coming a mile away. What would appear to many as common sense p-r moves would be considered too far a step by a school that obviously is still trying to salvage not only next season but subsequent ones. Is going to take a major increase in heat for them to change course and lose a whole recruiting class. They fired Briles and Ken Starr and the AD are gone. Problem solved in Waco....in their eyes.
 
Tad Footeball said:
Saw this coming a mile away. What would appear to many as common sense p-r moves would be considered too far a step by a school that obviously is still trying to salvage not only next season but subsequent ones. Is going to take a major increase in heat for them to change course and lose a whole recruiting class. They fired Briles and Ken Starr and the AD are gone. Problem solved in Waco....in their eyes.
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i loved their new coach's justification for his actions: 'We do not want them to rush into a decision they will regret'
 
Kyle Liburd said:
Tad Footeball said:
Saw this coming a mile away. What would appear to many as common sense p-r moves would be considered too far a step by a school that obviously is still trying to salvage not only next season but subsequent ones. Is going to take a major increase in heat for them to change course and lose a whole recruiting class. They fired Briles and Ken Starr and the AD are gone. Problem solved in Waco....in their eyes.
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i loved their new coach's justification for his actions: 'We do not want them to rush into a decision they will regret'
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I bet it comes out that those are the exact words they also used when cautioning some of these girls against reporting a rape.
 
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I find it unreasonable to think all these players had no clue Baylor covered things up.

Then again FSU recruits think Jimbo and Tallahassee PD just don't have enough evidence to take action against star players.

Point: Unless it somehow benefits Miami, I don't feel all that bad for them because it is more likely they want to leave because the good coach is gone vs. some higher moral ground preventing them from playing for such a deceitful place.

That said, when something like this happens, they should be allowed to go.
 
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Players, with the support of their parents, can just let the coaches and school know that they won't be practicing - more like stumbling, probably be late for team meetings, and will do a half-assed job in the gym - but not nearly as half-assed as they'll be on game day.

The school will have to kick them off the team - freeing them up to go where they will.

There's ways, and then there's ways.
 
UMFarArcher said:
Players, with the support of their parents, can just let the coaches and school know that they won't be practicing - more like stumbling, probably be late for team meetings, and will do a half-assed job in the gym - but not nearly as half-assed as they'll be on game day.

The school will have to kick them off the team - freeing them up to go where they will.

There's ways, and then there's ways.
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They should collectively lawyer-up and send letters to both Baylor and the NCAA while appealing. Problem solved. On another note, these Kids can transfer and "sit" (redshirt) a year at a school outside the Big12. A school like Miami.
 
The program implosion and impending ground swell is coming fast...that interim coach they have is gonna kill that program.
 
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They should have called up Al to navigate them through this cloud

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All these kids have to do is enroll at a JUCO, and not play and then in the spring transfer to another 4 year school. They have 5 years to play 4.
 
Laughable how Universities cling to "The players signed to play for the University and not the coach" BS...... If a kid is going to sign a contract (NLOI) than at least put in an out clause in the contract for circumstances like this and others...... The NCAA doesn't want to open this can of worms..... When the first lawyer is hired the NCAA will force Baylor to release the kids.......
 
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I can't say this is a surprise at all. Baylor really has nothing to gain by letting these kids leave. It's a scumbag move, but in the end it's all about money. These kids aren't going to torpedo their chances at playing in the pros and Baylor knows that. Feel badly for the kids - the system doesn't operate in their favor.
 
Peruche said:
Laughable how Universities cling to "The players signed to play for the University and not the coach" BS...... If a kid is going to sign a contract (NLOI) than at least put in an out clause in the contract for circumstances like this and others...... The NCAA doesn't want to open this can of worms..... When the first lawyer is hired the NCAA will force Baylor to release the kids.......
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While I'm not for kids being able to follow a coach from school to school without having to sit a year, there needs to be an exception for when a coach is just outright fired/forced to resign in the period relative post Signing Day.
 
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Mahoney-Pearson said:
UMFarArcher said:
Players, with the support of their parents, can just let the coaches and school know that they won't be practicing - more like stumbling, probably be late for team meetings, and will do a half-assed job in the gym - but not nearly as half-assed as they'll be on game day.

The school will have to kick them off the team - freeing them up to go where they will.

There's ways, and then there's ways.
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They should collectively lawyer-up and send letters to both Baylor and the NCAA while appealing. Problem solved. On another note, these Kids can transfer and "sit" (redshirt) a year at a school outside the Big12. A school like Miami.
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They could just withdraw from the school for a semester & then shop themselves privately.
 
Sickening. Tell them to their LOI and shove it up their *** pops! I'm with Peruche & Mahoney, hire some legal council, and call the media.
 
One of the SI.com college football writers wrote an interesting column leading up to signing day this year. In the column he suggested that kids stop signing LOIs because the document gives the university all the power once signed. He said a kid can just sign his financial aid agreement that binds the school to the kid and not the kid to the school. If kids did it this way and a coach up and leaves or something happens after signing day then the kids have an avenue of recourse because they didn't sign the LOI.

Problem solved. Stop signing LOIs and just enroll when you're ready
 
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