Baylor is a sinking ship.
After dropping its head coach, athletic director and president, five players from the 2017 class have decommitted. The only thing going for the Bears are the incoming players who inked Letters of Intent. Obviously the right thing to do would be to let these incoming freshman out of their commitments if they wish (which ESPN is reporting seven would like to do), but why would anyone expect Baylor do the right thing.
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According to Fox Sports, Baylor isn't letting signees out of their LOIs and parents are furious:
"On Wednesday night FOX Sports spoke to Collis Cobb, the father of one of those seven players, Parrish Cobb, a highly regarded cornerback. The elder Cobb told FOX that they filed to get his son's release from his LOI on Saturday, two days after Briles was let go, and someone in Baylor's compliance office told him they weren't willing to do it. Baylor has a 30-day deadline to respond to each recruit's request for a release and without that release, the recruit is not allowed to have any contact with another school."
We'd love to be surprised at this news, but judging from how everything has played out, it's really not all that shocking.
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