Common Contracts
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THE NCAA LETTER OF INTENT: A VOIDABLE AGREEMENT FOR MINORS?November 6th, 2011
The National Letter of Intent Program (“NLOI”) provides member schools a systematic way of recruiting student athletes.1 But are these letters of intent binding on prospective players who sign the agreement when they are minors? In 2008 a female basketball player signed a letter of intent to play for a Division I regional university.2 Subsequently, the head coach for women’s basketball announced that she would be leaving to coach at a larger Division I school.3 With the departure of the coach, the prospective player no longer wished to play for the university with which she had signed, and sought a release from her commitment; however, the university refused to release her. So she filed suit, claiming that her letter was invalid because she was not yet eighteen years old when she signed it, and thus under state law, the agreement was not binding.4 A basic principle of contract law provides that minors can disaffirm agreements entered into during their minority.5 Although the university
