This is simply not true. The first day your athlete may sign their NLI is known as Signing Day. Congratulations if you obtain an NLI before signing day. Your efforts in recruitment have paid off. However, there are many athletes that receive National Letters of Intent (NLI) well after signing day. In fact, some programs will send hundreds of NLIs each year and it is very unlikely that they will follow through with any of them. The only way an athlete can be considered for additional offers or recruits after signing day is if they remain committed to the school they signed with early in February. If an athlete tells us that they want to visit other schools and doesn't sign with us by March 1st, we cannot offer them a contract. We need to know this early so that we have time to find another player. Here at USC, we refer to these players as "committed prospects". We use this term because even though they have obtained an NLI, we believe that there is a chance they could change their mind and not sign with us. If this were to happen, we would lose all rights to them. They would become a free agent and be able to visit other schools without any restrictions. USC has several commitments from high school players every year.