Another signing day came and went across the college football landscape, but not without some controversy about major programs not recruiting in “good faith”. I introduce the issue of recruiting in "good faith" below and offer some insights from bargaining scholarship to discuss what recruits can do if coaches are not recruiting in "good faith".
“Good faith” refers to regular contact during negotiations (i.e. “recruitment”) in attempts to reach a mutual agreement during which neither party is negotiating with malice or an intent to defraud the other side. Recruiting in "bad faith" became a source of controversy before signing day.