An unwritten rule about college recruiting is there are two types of offers: Committable and non-committable. All big-time colleges behave in this manner.
Not every program gets banned from a high school over it, though, which is recently what happened to Alabama.
Parkway (La.) coach David Feaster banned Nick Saban and the Tide for what he saw as unethical recruitment of former four-star LSU QB (and Ohio State target) Brandon Harris.
From sportingnews.com (via @GoBucks2204):
"LSU's welcome in my school anytime," Feaster said. "The only school that can't come to Parkway is Alabama. And there's a long story behind that, but it had to do with not being ethical in their recruiting. They can't come. Everyone else is 100 percent welcome."
Turns out Feaster said he was duped by Tide recruiters because they didn't explain the difference between an scholarship offer and a committable offer, which in reality is nothing more than an expression of interest by the school in the recruit.
Feaster and former LSU quarterback Brandon Harris had to find out the hard way when the Tide offered Harris a committable scholarship offer but not a guaranteed scholarship.
Feaster's players are welcome to choose Alabama if they wish. Those meetings just won't be arranged by Feaster.
