re: Looks like Shipley and Womack are taking advantage of

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Can someone explain this? Is there a new rule for early signing ?

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It's kind of an insurance policy for the kids. They sign a financial aid agreement with the school, so the school has to honor their scholly and can't try to greyshirt them. It's non-binding for the player, but binding for the school. No player has broken the deal yet that I know of, so it essentially means they've signed.