INDIANAPOLIS Ind. — The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Council extended the recruiting dead period in all sports through August 31 during a virtual meeting on Thursday, June 25.
The full Council and the Council Coordination Committee will continue to review the recruiting dead periods on a regular basis. A dead period precludes all in-person recruiting. Phone calls and correspondence can continue to occur.
Council members also granted a waiver to modifying the start date for preseason practice in sports other than football. Fall preseasons generally begin a specific number of days prior to the first scheduled regular season contest. The waiver allows teams to count back from the first day contests are allowed, instead of a team’s actual scheduled first contest.
The waiver allows some flexibility for additional acclimatization for fall sport student-athletes who missed out on spring participation opportunities and accounts for schedule changes due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Information courtesy National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)
