Letter of intent in college athletics is faulty  Staff
WriterAugust 8, 2010   Across the country, thousands of athletic
recruits only months removed from their high school graduations
are arriving on college campuses to begin practice for fall
sports like football and women's soccer.  More than a few of
those new athletes will be met on campus by new coaches, the
people who fought so hard for the signature on their National
Letter of Intent having left for a better job or been fired by
the school.  The new coaches may not want them, may not even
like them, but there's no way out for the students. Their
letters of intent tie them to that school no matter what happens
to the people who actually recruited them.  Most of the time,
schools are willing to release recruits from their letters in
the case of a coaching change, but they're under no obligation
and don't always. It's time for that to change.  "[A recruit
has] developed a relationship with a coaching staff," Duke
basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski said. "Th