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Originally Posted by itownbuckeye
Not really sure what you're getting at with regards to football recruiting. As far as I know there is no difference between oversigning in basketball or football. You can sign more players than you have scholarships available but you must be down to the alotted number by the time those scholarships take effect. Players do not count against the number at the time the letter is signed. For instance most of this years basketball class will sign their letters in the fall of '09 but they will not count against the limit until they enroll and begin receiving aid. Matta could sign an extra player or two as long as there is an open spot for them by Fall of 2010.
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This is exactly right-a letter of intent is just that-a letter of intent, not the actual school scholarship papers. SEC teams oversign like crazy on signing day for football, they know that a some of those kids will be gone by fall. Actually, I think a school can sign a kid to a scholarship-putting the kid on the allotment allowed by the NCAA, w/out signing an actual LOI-like the football players who enroll every year for winter quarter-they might just bypass the LOI and go straight to the financial aid papers.