2013 Recruits

[don23lucia]

So far he's 100%

[don23lucia]

Twitter is saying Randle cancelled trip to UK ill post a link if i can find anything confirming this.

[flwgator2]

http://www.allkyhoops.com/2012/10/ju...e-madness.html

[don23lucia]

On Saturday, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints made a rather momentous announcement: Going forward, the minimum age requirement for church members' missions would be lowered. The new rule will allow men to take their missions at age 18, instead of 19, and allows women to embark at age 19, down from 21.

It didn't take long to measure the impact this wholesale change could have on the recruitment and collegiate careers of LDS athletes at all schools, but particularly schools in Utah, and -- most obviously -- Brigham Young. The football team alone has 38 players serving in 17 different missions around the world. The Deseret News's Dick Harmon did the math:
To say this new decision impacts BYU sports is an understatement. It changed the world for LDS athletes who are now 17 and juniors or seniors in high school.

"We've already received tweets from people on this," said Elder Jeffrey R. Holland of the LDS Church's Quorum of the Twelve. "They can go sooner and return sooner and play four straight years."

Which brings us, not for the first time today, to 2013's No. 1 overall recruit, Jabari Parker. Parker is a devout Mormon who listed BYU on his final list of five schools (alongside Duke, Michigan State, Florida and Stanford); Parker's father told ESPN Chicago's Scott Powers his son isn't merely listing BYU as lip service, but genuinely considering Dave Rose's program alongside the rest.

But the new rule might completely change the nature of Parker's recruitment. As NBC's Rob Dauster notes, because the NBA's age minimum merely requires a player to be older than 19 -- it doesn't require one year of college; a year of college is still merely the path of least resistance -- it is conceivable that Parker could choose to embark on his mission after high school and return to the states able to join the NBA draft without ever having played a game of college hoops.

This seems somewhat unlikely, because it would require Parker to interrupt his hoops career at arguably the most inopportune time. Likewise, Parker has yet to commit to a mission in the first place. His most recent predecessor in the "high-profile Mormon athlete" category, former BYU star Jimmer Fredette, chose not to go on a mission, instead playing an uninterrupted four years at the school before heading to the NBA draft. (There has been debate on this among Mormons, with some arguing that Fredette's talent and popularity inherently serve the purpose of his mission.) Parker could choose a similar path. It's possible the new rule will have no influence on his decision either way.

But from a larger perspective, the rule change is bound to revolutionize the way Mormon athletes -- especially those at BYU and Utah, but theoretically at any university -- treat their recruitment and collegiate sports schedules. For the first time, those athletes can avoid the somewhat awkward (but no doubt rewarding) calculus of arriving at school, playing one season, leaving for two years and returning to finish later than most athletes. It's a big deal.

http://espn.go.com/blog/collegebaske...byu-recruiting

[tupacbiff]

I thought they would address the societal benefits of multiple wives first since its such a clear no brainier.

[dailydoublecat]

I'm hearing that Randle and UF has a big chance. This will go to the bitter end.

[Singaporegator]

Originally Posted by tupacbiff

I thought they would address the societal benefits of multiple wives first since its such a clear no brainier.

You are not married, are you?

[jshaas]

Daily so you think UF gets Randle? or do you think UK in the end? also when does he announce?

[StrangeGator]

Originally Posted by Singaporegator

You are not married, are you?

No one who has never been married has even an inkling of the downward spiral their life would take having two wives.

Mormonism sounds great to a 17 year-old single mormon. Mormonism sounds like the Nine Circles of Hell to a 54 year-old married Jew.

[ugaGator]

Originally Posted by flwgator2

http://www.allkyhoops.com/2012/10/ju...e-madness.html

Well, good for Julius! Enjoy high school while you can (and college too)! Hope he enjoyed his time this past weekend!

[UFreak]

Originally Posted by StrangeGator

No one who has never been married has even an inkling of the downward spiral their life would take having two wives.

Mormonism sounds great to a 17 year-old single mormon. Mormonism sounds like the Nine Circles of Hell to a 54 year-old married Jew.

Brilliant!

[tupacbiff]

Might be married might not. Read my post. I am talking about tge societal benefits not male benefits.

[DeBigLeezard]

A little known fact about the Mormon faith is that only 2% of the men in that religion practiced having more than one wife.
Secondly...as I understand it... a man was "called" by the leadership to take on another wife. This was done because the woman's former husband had died, leaving her with a farm to work and small children to raise.

Many times, the husbands were also killed through pursecutions and their homes were burned in the process. No other religion was pursecuted more severely in the history of America... than the Mormons.

I know of this because I had a friend (Glenn Cameron) who was a Latter-day Saint on the team (All SEC and All-American linebacker) while I attended Florida back in the mid to late 70's.
He had a Great-Grandfather who lived in Utah and had two wives. The man kept a journal of his life. He was called by the Apostles in Salt Lake City to take on another wife. His first wife (and children) lived in Salt Lake. His second wife lived 30 miles south in Provo who had a farm and several young children.
One Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, he would be in Salt Lake and work his farm and be with his first family.
On Wednesday, he would then, travel all day by horse to Provo to be with his second wife and "family." He would work that farm the rest of the week and then, travel back on Saturday by horse to get back to Salt Lake City.
He mentions in his diary that he did not care for all that he had to do in having a second wife and all the work that was involved.

Basically, it showed me a different life than what I preceived, at first... to be pretty cool.
Glenn was never pushy with his religion on me. But being around him certainly opened up my eyes to what the Mormons have gone through... even in a country that was founded on religious freedom.

[StrangeGator]

Since UF is not a Mormon school, maybe we should offer him two girlfriends so he feels more at home.

[InstiGATOR1]

I too thought StrangeGator's description of having more than one wife quite apt. I also found DeBigLeezard's post on Cameron really interesting. You can learn something about Gator and related history on the internet almost every day.

Now back to recruits, I wonder if this investigation of Myck Kabongo at UTx will hurt their chances with Randle at all. I doubt it does much if at all, but it can not be a good thing for UTx in his recruitment.

[Osiris_DPM]

Originally Posted by StrangeGator

Since UF is not a Mormon school, maybe we should offer him two girlfriends so he feels more at home.

Don't have to be Mormon to pull that move off in G'ville. It is, after all, when women like to "experiment" lol.

[dailydoublecat]

Originally Posted by jshaas

Daily so you think UF gets Randle? or do you think UK in the end? also when does he announce?

I think Florida is a real player--the UK people I trust belive that to be the case. it will go to the bitter end--April, May or even later. Of course he could call a press conference tomorrow.

Jeff

[Osiris_DPM]

Originally Posted by dailydoublecat

I think Florida is a real player--the UK people I trust belive that to be the case. it will go to the bitter end--April, May or even later. Of course he could call a press conference tomorrow.

Jeff

I'v been saying this on here for a while, I don't know why people keep asking as if it's a foregone conclusion and well-hidden secret. The kid is still working through the process, and has a lot to consider before deciding which school is the best fit. Florida has a real shot, so does UK, and so does Texas.

The UF visit went a long way towards making him feel good with location like he already felt about the coaching. Gotta let that sink in, let the coaches and our recruits keep working on him, and hope that in the end, this is the place he wants to call home (rather than splitting the difference and just calling "home" home by staying at Texas, which a lot of recruits close to their families end up doing).

[GatorLurker]

Maybe today's news will make Texas less attractive. We will see.

[Juggernautz]

Originally Posted by don23lucia

Twitter is saying Randle cancelled trip to UK ill post a link if i can find anything confirming this.

Excellent!