NCAA to consider recruiting rules changes
Oct. 06, 2016
On Wednesday, the NCAA’s Division I Football Oversight Committee recommended a proposal that aims to provide “greater transparency in the recruiting process” for football recruits.
According to this release on Wednesday, the proposal addresses four areas: camps and clinics, revising the recruiting calendar, regulating employment of individuals associated with prospects and coaching limits.
An early signing period also is part of the conversation.
According to the release, “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 also is the initial time junior college players can sign a National Letter of Intent.”
If passed, the proposal would go into effect in 2017-18.
There are a few significant items worth mentioning, as it relates to on-campus camps and satellite camps:
“We needed to limit the number of days (for camps and clinics) and do things differently than we did before,” Bowlsby said. “But the best chance for us to manage this is to acknowledge that the summer is about recruiting, not skill development, and to manage it in ways that reflect best on our universities and the process.”
If passed, this proposal will go into effect immediately. All matters will be voted on in April.
Oct. 06, 2016
On Wednesday, the NCAA’s Division I Football Oversight Committee recommended a proposal that aims to provide “greater transparency in the recruiting process” for football recruits.
According to this release on Wednesday, the proposal addresses four areas: camps and clinics, revising the recruiting calendar, regulating employment of individuals associated with prospects and coaching limits.
An early signing period also is part of the conversation.
According to the release, “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 also is the initial time junior college players can sign a National Letter of Intent.”
If passed, the proposal would go into effect in 2017-18.
There are a few significant items worth mentioning, as it relates to on-campus camps and satellite camps:
- Schools would be required to “choose not more than 10 days for conducting or participating in football camps and clinics.” That would change from the current model, which permits coaches to participate in camps and clinics during two periods of 15 consecutive days.
- “In the new proposal, the 10 days would not have to be consecutive, providing greater flexibility to attend more events and visit with more students at various locations.”
- All summer camps must be “owned, operated and conducted by NCAA member schools and occur on the school’s campus or in facilities the school primarily uses for practice or competition.”
“We needed to limit the number of days (for camps and clinics) and do things differently than we did before,” Bowlsby said. “But the best chance for us to manage this is to acknowledge that the summer is about recruiting, not skill development, and to manage it in ways that reflect best on our universities and the process.”
If passed, this proposal will go into effect immediately. All matters will be voted on in April.