Coach Nolan warns parents that while AI can explain scholarship rules—partial awards, blended aid, and NIL uncertainty—it can’t show how fast recruiting status can change. Offers can vanish as coaches, budgets, and rosters shift, and preferred walk-on spots can disappear unexpectedly.
This episode emphasizes that real recruiting experience, not just maps from AI, is needed to understand consequences. Coach Nolan previews a follow-up on the misunderstood preferred walk-on path and how keeping an opportunity matters as much as getting one.