Article by USC Writer Mike Piellucci at VICE Sports :
Recruit Got His Scholarship Pulled, And That's More Common Than You Think
" But this story is an anomaly only in the sense that Edsall was up front about his intentions not to fax Dickens a National Letter of Intent. The far more prevalent method of ghosting on recruits—as in, happens at every single program, all throughout the year, and will definitely happen a lot more prior to Signing Day—is to simply pull as much contact as possible from a recruit the school has soured on, until they take the hint and withdraw their commitment. The player then announces that his recruitment is open, and that he or she is open to new suitors. Rarely, if ever, is the actual reason discussed. "
" Case in point, here's a tweet from Jake Byczko, who like Dickens was a longtime commit to UConn's old coach coaching staff and just happened to decommit yesterday, and, oh, yep, this is probably a total coincidence........in message board parlance, this is called "making room" or "processing." USC fans even have a term for it-—Mickens-ed, in reference to Jaydon Mickens, a slot receiver who had been committed for months and was pushed out to free up another scholarship. That's how ubiquitous the process is and how desensitized those who actually pay attention to the recruiting landscape are to situations like Ryan Dickens': They assigned a proper name to it. "
Recruit Got His Scholarship Pulled, And That's More Common Than You Think
" But this story is an anomaly only in the sense that Edsall was up front about his intentions not to fax Dickens a National Letter of Intent. The far more prevalent method of ghosting on recruits—as in, happens at every single program, all throughout the year, and will definitely happen a lot more prior to Signing Day—is to simply pull as much contact as possible from a recruit the school has soured on, until they take the hint and withdraw their commitment. The player then announces that his recruitment is open, and that he or she is open to new suitors. Rarely, if ever, is the actual reason discussed. "
" Case in point, here's a tweet from Jake Byczko, who like Dickens was a longtime commit to UConn's old coach coaching staff and just happened to decommit yesterday, and, oh, yep, this is probably a total coincidence........in message board parlance, this is called "making room" or "processing." USC fans even have a term for it-—Mickens-ed, in reference to Jaydon Mickens, a slot receiver who had been committed for months and was pushed out to free up another scholarship. That's how ubiquitous the process is and how desensitized those who actually pay attention to the recruiting landscape are to situations like Ryan Dickens': They assigned a proper name to it. "
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