 they happen for all kinds of reasons... and what you point out is so very true...
more recently, the decommits away from Stanford have for the most part (with few exceptions) been because they simply did not get past admissions... and that goes with our territory
going further, most other sports have a Nov LOI date... Football, the exception...
if NCAA moves the Football LOI calendar up to Nov (which has been seriously discussed of late), the Admissions office will have to start staffing up for earlier decisions for athletes in the Admissions cycle... basing their decisions on earlier data... which in turn means our staff would have to begin their process much earlier in scouring the country for good football players who are also good students... with fewer solid data points... and thus, more uncertainty in the outcomes
more recently, the decommits away from Stanford have for the most part (with few exceptions) been because they simply did not get past admissions... and that goes with our territory
going further, most other sports have a Nov LOI date... Football, the exception...
if NCAA moves the Football LOI calendar up to Nov (which has been seriously discussed of late), the Admissions office will have to start staffing up for earlier decisions for athletes in the Admissions cycle... basing their decisions on earlier data... which in turn means our staff would have to begin their process much earlier in scouring the country for good football players who are also good students... with fewer solid data points... and thus, more uncertainty in the outcomes