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The Noncommittable Offer: College Football’s Unpublicized Reality

Coaches increasingly use non-committable offers to generate buzz and visibility on social media.
Families often celebrate offers that are not committable, leading to confusion and heartbreak.
Internal rosters use greenlight, yellowlight, and redlight labels to show which offers are truly committable.
Non-committable offers can still drive exposure, evaluation, and opportunities for other prospects.
The article argues the core issue is clarity, not a recruiting crisis, with offers often inflated or misinterpreted.
The piece details how gatekeeping and marketing tactics influence a recruit’s perception of offers.
The article provides criteria to judge if an offer is real, such as weekly calls, transcripts, and campus visits.
The analysis emphasizes that the non-committable offer can still determine a recruit’s exposure and opportunities.
The piece highlights the risky dynamic between public celebration of offers and private disciplinary processes.
The author draws on personal experience to explain how offers can be used as leverage in recruiting boards.

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