Recruiting. Something getting out of control?

Every year around early February, there is always a big deal going on with College Football Recruiting. Whenever you turn on your television to a sports channel during this time, you always hear about the big time recruits and what offers they have been given to play football. Although you can give your commitment early to the college, February 3rd is national signing day for football. After all this hype got over on this day, a new recruit came onto the scene. David Sills, a 13-year-old quarterback from Delaware, already committed to the University of Southern California to play college football. Is this not crazy or is it just me? Offering a scholarship to a 13-year-old kid is outrageous. Many people are wondering what is this going to do to recruiting at the college level. Is it going to change it some, a lot, or definitely? The verdict is still out there, but many people don't understand this and why you would invest in someone so young. You hear about players getting offers maybe their junior year, but not when they're only a seventh grader. Recruits say that David has the potential to become another one of the great quarterbacks at USC. Although he goes down to California once a year and works out with the quarterback trainer, Steve Clarkson, that has worked with Matt Leinart and Matt Barkley. Does that make him that great of a player at the age of thirteen? He states that David is the most impressive thing he has seen from a kid that is that young. Players say that sometimes making a commitment early is better, because it takes the recruiting process off of their backs and they can just fully commit to the game of football. But how does a 13-year-old quarterback do that? That is over 5 years of playing football still. I think the pressure would be greater on him, because everyone knows where he is going and if he doesn't do well then it is a down effect on the program of USC. Although he does all of the football things well now, the real question is he going to develop fully into a college football player and make it at a HUGE Division 1 college like USC? In 5 years, many things can go wrong like severe injuries, grades, not developing fully, etc. I feel that colleges should focus on just a few years of their programs in developing or continuing their success, rather than worrying about someone that wont make an impact on your program for over 6 years.