Sunday afternoon, a text message came through from Cardinal O'Hara coach Dan Algeo informing the Daily Times of Corey Brown's verbal commitment to play his college football for Ohio State. Had the chance to chat with Brown that night for a commitment story, and as expected, he is genuinely excited to be heading to the Big Ten Conference, and to have the recruiting process completed - at least for the most part.

Because football players can't sign letters of intent until February, Brown is sure to be recruited over the next few months by schools trying to change his mind. In all likelihood, Brown will stick with OSU, but he's still going to be subjected to the onslaught of negative recruiting, a term used to describe schools that fire shots at others in an attempt to sway a recruit away from certain schools.

It really would be a good decision by the NCAA to institute an early-signing period for football, rather than force the football players to wait until February. A move of this nature would take the pressure off the players and not subject them to endless phone calls. Every other sport has an early signing period. It's time the NCAA kicks that way in football, too.