<p>D is committed and is participating in the early signing come November. My question is will the coach just send the papers to D before the singing period? Can she sign any date she wants within the signing period (13-20th)? I want to have a small signing party for her and I just don't know how things work. Thankfully this is the easy part! :)</p>
<p>Yeah was wondering the same thing myself. Through a google of NLI early signing came up with the NCAA home page for NLI. Believe I read that the prospective athlete has 7 days to sign the NLI or no later than the last signing day which is November 20 for my Ds particular sport. Never could find any information on HOW it was delivered but read somewhere that it could be sent by courier (FedEx, Priority mail, etc.) or by e-mail. My guess is that institutions want the athlete to have the full 7 days to consider and sign so that would put delivery pretty close to November 13 - but that is just a guess. Others may know. We’re looking for a photo op when the big day comes too! Happy endings to a long journey! :-)</p>
<p>For my son the NLI came via Fed ex and it had specific instructions about when it could and could not be signed. We had a little celebration as well. It was very easy and very clear how to do it.</p>
<p>The NLI and Financial agreement came to our home via FedEx. We (a parent signature was required) signed them, scanned the documents and emailed a pdf back to the school by the required deadline (the due date was very clear). The originals were then mailed back via USPS. For school pictures/HS signing event my son used a blank piece of paper with the school logo on it (just in case you could see anything in the photo) but the real signing event took place at the kitchen table!</p>
<p>Is early signing the same as an NLI?</p>
<p>rhandco - I guess I would technically say she is signing her NLI during the Early Signing period (11/13-11/20).</p>
<p>We have had the same experience as OnTrack: NLI comes FedEx with instructions and the award letter; player signs the papers during specified period ( both coaches wanted it signed the first day); send back package via email and hard copy with wet signatures; celebrate. We also used the trusty kitchen table for the actual signings, and then the school had a signing ceremony for all the athletes after the fact.</p>
<p>Our experience last year was slightly different for the NLI signing. We received a packet of instructions and the NLI via email from the University. It had extremely specific instructions in it about signing, but not before 7am of the first date of the signing period. (in the time zone of the school, not the time zone of your residence). They wanted it signed within the first hour of opportunity to sign. They then wanted the signatures faxed back to them, and followed by FedEx next day early am delivery. The compliance team was literally sitting next to the fax machine logging in signers’ paperwork. Once signed, they called us to acknowledge receipt. Signing was done at school in a formal ceremony near the guidance counselor office…who coordinated the signing ceremony, photos, etc. His admin then managed the faxing and FedEx’ing to the University for us.</p>
<p>Parents: ecstatic. Guidance Counselor: ecstatic. Studen Athlete: “Can I go study for my English test now?” Life goes on…</p>
<p>Make sure you all take a few minutes–that day–or later on–to celebrate all the hard work from athlete and parent to get this done. One of the best days of our lives was when it was done–D going to college!</p>
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Thanks for your post! Yes we fully intend to celebrate after all the years of going to swim meets and initially failing and then finally making all those “cuts”, getting the attention of the coach at the perfect college, his recruiting her, and the mutual excitement by all that she will swim for them - well, it’s been worth all those expensive tech suits and hotel fees!</p>
<p>swimdogmom;</p>
<p>Don’t go spending that extra cash from the tech suits and hotel fees on other things just yet…you will just move that money into a travel fund of a different kind so you can get to a few college meets and conference championships. Best wishes for swimming fast in college.</p>