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NCAA reportedly approves plan to end recruiting dead period
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A recruiting dead period that lasted over one year is reportedly, well, dead.
On Wednesday afternoon, Nicole Auerbach of The Athletic reported that the NCAA Division I Council has approved to allow recruiting to return to normal on June 1. However, in the report Auerbach clarifies that it will not become officially official until it’s voted on Thursday.
https://twitter.com/nicoleauerbach/status/1382414637249990656?s=21
Recruiting has been in a dead period since March 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic. Student-athletes were not permitted to take official or unofficial recruiting visits to campus during that time and no live evaluations were permitted.
That forced coaches in every sport to get creative with the recruiting process. Interactions via Zoom, text messages, phone calls and social media were still permitted, and coaches often provided student-athletes with virtual tours of facilities and campuses.
Still, a return to normal recruiting practices should make life a lot easier for coaches and staffs in every sport moving forward.
Dustin grew up in the heart of Big Ten country and has been in sports media since 2010. He has been covering Big Ten football since 2014. You can follow him on Twitter: @SchutteCFB