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The NCAA has been dragging their feet on the dead period for over a year now, the class of 2021 has the most impact, as they never got to officially visit any schools.
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With the current extended dead period set to end on May 31st, a report by CBS Sports Dennis Dodd claims the NCAA council will consider lifting the dead period.
NCAA Council will consider formal recommendation to end the dead period after 14 1/2 months on May 31. But what will Council do? https://t.co/ANsWp4wDcq
— Dennis Dodd (@dennisdoddcbs) March 15, 2021
They key word here is consider, but it seems like some of the wheels are in motion for when that should occur according to a report by Athlon Sports Bryan Fisher.
Sources: Conferences providing feedback this week to NCAA on post dead period football recruiting. Current plan is two periods of on-campus recruiting starting June 1-27 + a week in July. Recruits take visits/workout on campus.
— Bryan Fischer (@BryanDFischer) March 16, 2021
This obviously would be much different than we have seen in the past, but it’s a step in the right direction. There needs to be closure on the dead period soon as the 2022 class is less than 9 months away from the early signing period beginning. Team also need to get things prepared for recruits to get on campus. Hopefully these reports are correct and college football recruiting gets back to a semblance of normalcy.