Will Ark Players/ Recruits be granted a release?

[3 Rocky Top Cove]

The answer to the OP is no.

If players could be released because the coaches lied to them, there would be no one tied to any school.

 

[DeerPark12]

Ok, My main question is would the NCAA really not let a Signee that hasn't even practiced yet change programs because of Fired Head coach?

You've asked to different questions in this thread.

1. Students that are already on scholarship and on campus can ask for and be granted a release, but still must sit out a year as a usual transfer. They can appeal to the NCAA for a hardship, but "The coach got fired" doesn't qualify as a hardship in any way.

2. Signees that are not enrolled in classes yet can ask the school to release them from the National Letter of Intent that they signed. The NCAA has absolutely NOTHING to do with the Letter of Intent Program. They do not govern it, they do not require it, they do not enforce it. The letter binds a school and a prospect to each other for one calendar year. An athlete can break it, but they then have to sit out two years.

The athlete can ask the school to release him or her from the NLI, but if they decline, there is no appeal. The NCAA is not involved.

In either case, the decision is 100% on the school.

 

[LittleCat]

They should.

 

[Aavoxx]

we just went through a bunch at UT not too long ago. How many players were released?

One. Thompkins.

You've asked to different questions in this thread.

1. Students that are already on scholarship and on campus can ask for and be granted a release, but still must sit out a year as a usual transfer. They can appeal to the NCAA for a hardship, but "The coach got fired" doesn't qualify as a hardship in any way.

2. Signees that are not enrolled in classes yet can ask the school to release them from the National Letter of Intent that they signed. The NCAA has absolutely NOTHING to do with the Letter of Intent Program. They do not govern it, they do not require it, they do not enforce it. The letter binds a school and a prospect to each other for one calendar year. An athlete can break it, but they then have to sit out two years.

The athlete can ask the school to release him or her from the NLI, but if they decline, there is no appeal. The NCAA is not involved.

In either case, the decision is 100% on the school.

Yup.