If the team was busy with a game with another team or with a community social event, then a verbal commitment was made to play the next available weekend.

Players occasionally decide to sign with a different school from which they gave a verbal commitment, which often causes rancor between the fans and coaching staffs of the two schools.

So far, so good, but there were more steps to complete, including breathing exercises and verbal commitments.

However, verbal commitments are usually accurate predictors of signing activity.