Sign an NLI and you must spend a year in residence at the school. Period.
The only exception: If the school releases you.
It's in the link I previously provided.
In a word: Nope.
https://www.ncsasports.org/blog/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-national-letter-of-intent#:~:text=The NLI is a binding,aid for one academic year.
Aren't you somewhere in hinterlands Wisconsin?
Out in those parts I thought as long as you're not serving the dog for dinner or < ahem > "something else" the dog you're good.
Need a @MafiaManruling on this.
The evil of the portal is going on full display for all to see.
Wisconsin will pluck MSU-Mankato of recruits and select players via the portal. And the rest of us can only watch in amazed horror.
This gamble of holding out may pay off.
There are a lot of names from Frozen Four teams showing up in the portal.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1SQ4XmlO3FZQRk0oz28lqvw-sg7US4nQJneD7KmVewUY/edit#gid=876547355
What's book on Keaton Pehrson of Michigan? One year left, RH D, 127 career games, 1 goal (as a freshman, ouch). Must be the "D" guy to cover all the young offense's mistakes.