NCAA Proposes Early Signing Period

by **smupony94** » Wed Oct 05, 2016 5:19 pm

@slmandel 49m49 minutes ago
NCAA D1 Council proposes major changes to football recruiting -- two early signing dates, 10th assistant coach

High school football prospects could experience greater transparency in the recruiting process if a new football recruiting model introduced by the Division I Council is adopted.

The heavily debated proposal focuses on four areas: camps and clinics; revising the recruiting calendar; regulating employment of individuals associated with prospects; and coaching limits.

The proposal would make accommodations for two, 72-hour early signing periods beginning on the last Wednesday in June and in mid-December. The December date is also the initial time junior college players can sign a National Letter of Intent.

Because the Division I Collegiate Commissioners Association provides governance oversight for the National Letter of Intent program, the Council will ask the commissioners’ association to adopt the changes to the signing periods for Division I football.

The Division I Football Oversight Committee, spearheaded by months of work by a football recruiting working group, recommended the proposal.

Currently, the only signing period for high school football prospects begins the first Wednesday in February. Coaches and administrators have discussed creating an early signing period for years, and the Football Oversight Committee studied the issue thoroughly. Ultimately, members believe they have developed a recruiting model that balances the interests of all involved.

“The working group did a deep dive on recruiting from beginning to end, and I think what we came up with as a proposal is both student-athlete-friendly and coach- and staff-friendly,” said Bob Bowlsby, chair of the Football Oversight Committee and commissioner of the Big 12 Conference. “We hit a sweet spot.”

The proposal would be effective for the 2017-18 signing year.

http://www.ncaa.org/aboutresourcesmedia ... 37967635=1

by **Stallion** » Wed Oct 05, 2016 6:05 pm

I think these changes would be great. The sooner these recruits learn they aren't at the top of BCS schools offer list the better

by **mrydel** » Wed Oct 05, 2016 6:13 pm

I have wanted this for a long time.

by **Rebel10** » Wed Oct 05, 2016 6:38 pm

The big schools will not allow this to pass. Most of the Power 5 schools make their big push after the season is over. Kind of like Nick Saban and Charlie Strong like to flip players in the 2 weeks before signing day. It failed the last time this proposal was made.