The NCAA has instituted a temporary Recruiting Dead Period and suspended all NLI signings

[Da Coach]

I can understand all the decisions made so far by the NCAA, but this one is a little harder to understand.
The NCAA declared a Recruiting Dead Period (no watching, visiting, or face-to-face contact with recruits or family) starting Friday, March 13 through at least Wednesday, April 15.
And all NLI signings have been suspended until at least April 15.
https://twitter.com/NLIinsider/statu...38164168396801


This ruling makes it far more difficult for coaches to evaluate and recruit players this spring. The way I understand this, it also attempts to block all scholarship offers (see last paragraph).
Much of the evaluation and recruiting has already taken place throughout the year, and a lot of players signed during the early period last November. This ruling favors those schools that already locked up their recruits last November, and discriminates against coaches who were going to sign players this spring.
I don't understand the logic of preventing coaches from recruiting kids, offering scholarships and getting commitments now. This seems to hurt the colleges and the kids equally and I don't see the benefit. Why shouldn't recruits be allowed to make visits, be seen by coaches, and accept scholarship offers?

[LongTimeFan]

I hope Bradley has a real good idea of who they are trying to sign. I believe it has to hurt the schools outside of P5 the most. The P5 schools have the largest official and unofficial staffs and have seen more recruits. They usually have their pick of the recruits, especially in the spring signing period.

I believe the NCAA has allowed text messages during dead periods, especially when a recruit initiates the contact. Correct me if I am wrong. I am assuming the NCAA is trying to reduce the person-to-person contacts while recruits travel to the schools and visit the campus. They have been saying 'flatten the curve'. I guess I can understand everything but forbidding the signing of a NLI if the recruit wants to sign one during this time. Of course promises can be made.

Personally I can understand this more than the run on grocery and paper items in all stores and online.

My wife and I are in the more endangered groups and hopefully these steps help.

[bradleyfan124]

They can still make personal phone calls to recruits. Correct?

[Da Coach]

They can still make personal phone calls to recruits. Correct?

Yes. During Recruiting Dead Periods, written, telephone, email, text, and social media contacts are allowed.
https://www.ncsasports.org/ncaa-elig...es/dead-period
http://www.ncaa.org/student-athletes...ting-calendars

[BRAVE82]

Schools with fewer resources will be at a disadvantage. Will have to view only film vs. seeing the players in person. Less chance of finding a sleeper. Brian Wardle has been pretty good at getting under the radar players. With two open spots, it is important that Bradley not misfire. We have holes to fill and needed to capitalize on our success this year.

[bradleyfan124]

Schools with fewer resources will be at a disadvantage. Will have to view only film vs. seeing the players in person. Less chance of finding a sleeper. Brian Wardle has been pretty good at getting under the radar players. With two open spots, it is important that Bradley not misfire. We have holes to fill and needed to capitalize on our success this year.

I would think Wardle would have his choices narrowed down already. They just have to keep them on the line til they are able to sign.

[Da Coach]

I've already pointed out how this move by the NCAA makes little sense and hurts players.
But I think this move by the NCAA to suspend NLI signings is actually intended to benefit the Power 6 schools, and it clearly hurts the mid-majors.
Every year, there are a number of players at high-major colleges who declare for the draft but who choose to pull out before the deadline. The deadline is usually in early June, forcing the big schools to hold open the scholarships for those players who declare for the NBA Draft, but who decide to withdraw and return to school. It leaves many of the Power 6 schools in limbo, because they cannot re-use those scholarships until they are sure their players aren't returning.
This move by the NCAA keeps recruits from signing with the mid-majors, and allows the high-majors the time they needed to find out if they need to sign extra recruits, which would have otherwise been available to mid-majors.

[Tommy]

This move by the NCAA keeps recruits from signing with the mid-majors, and allows the high-majors the time they needed to find out if they need to sign extra recruits, which would have otherwise been available to mid-majors.

Coach, you aren't implying the NCAA does things to favor the power conferences are you? Well I never!

[Da Coach]

The recruiting cycle has been slowed down by these decisions by the NCAA and CCA (group in charge of NLI's).
For now, recruiting is in a bit of a holding pattern awaiting what happens with the recruiting "dead period", and whether the NLI signing period will start as scheduled on April 15,
But I hear that Bradley is in a good position to get one or two impact commitments if and when things start to get back to normal.

[Da Coach]

The NCAA has extended their mandatory recruiting dead period through May 31. This hurts teams trying to recruit kids, and it really hurts the kids even more by preventing them from being seen and evaluated by coaches and harming their chances at scholarship offers.

https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/28982750/division-ii-extend-recruiting-dead-period-31

[houstonbrave]

Maybe this is obvious but it is not clear to me if NLI ‘s will be delayed past April 15 to May 31 or longer. It quickly approaches the (hopefully) beginning of classes in the fall.

[bradleyfan124]

Maybe this is obvious but it is not clear to me if NLI ‘s will be delayed past April 15 to May 31 or longer. It quickly approaches the (hopefully) beginning of classes in the fall.

I don't see why a kid who has been recruited by a school can't sign with that school on 4/15. Can't they sign and send by fax without any actual contact?

[Da Coach]

Recruits can verbally commit, but not sign, at least through April 15. If they are trying to enforce social distancing, it would still make sense for the NCAA to allow previously recruited and offered kids to sign an NLI. But the NCAA doesn't always make decisions that make sense.

[Da Coach]

The Collegiate Commissioners Association, the group that oversees the National Letter of Intent and the NCAA have agreed to reinstate the start of the spring signing period to start on April 15. The signing period will now run from April 15 to August 1.
The recruiting dead period is still in effect through May 31, but at least now recruits are going to be allowed to sign NLIs, end their recruiting, and secure their scholarships.

https://twitter.com/NLIinsider/status/1245828514215010305

[bradleyfan124]

The Collegiate Commissioners Association, the group that oversees the National Letter of Intent and the NCAA have agreed to reinstate the start of the spring signing period to start on April 15. The signing period will now run from April 15 to August 1.
The recruiting dead period is still in effect through May 31, but at least now recruits are going to be allowed to sign NLIs, end their recruiting, and secure their scholarships.

https://twitter.com/NLIinsider/status/1245828514215010305

Finally somebody with common sense stepped up!!