Significant changes to the NCAA’s football recruiting model could lead to an early signing period that several coaches, including Colorado’s , have wanted for years.
During its meeting in Indianapolis on Thursday and Friday, the NCAA Division I Council approved several changes to the recruiting calendar, voted to eliminate two-a-day practices, and approved the hiring of a 10th assistant coach in football.
“I think they’re all good rules,” MacIntyre said in a press release from CU. “They should be productive and good for everyone involved.”
Pending approval from the College Commissioners Association, the Division I Council made a change in its recruiting calendar to add an early signing period in December, in addition to the February signing period.
“The benefit it adds for the student-athlete that we’re recruiting is that they’ll be able to make a decision and make it final that much sooner,” Macintyre said. “Their holidays and all the other things going on in that period of time then won’t be interrupted with schools trying to flip them. All that pressure will be gone. They’ll have made their decision and can begin planning ahead that much sooner.”
CU had most of its 2017 recruiting class verbally committed long before December, but coaches spent a large chunk of their December and January visiting those committed players to make sure they were still on board.
An early signing period would allow coaches to focus that time on unsigned players and lighten their work load, especially for those teams preparing for a bowl game.
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