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On Wednesday, the NCAA council announced a proposal which could completely change the landscape of recruiting on the college football level.
The proposal includes two, 72-hour early signing periods beginning on the last Wednesday in June and in mid-December. The December date also coincides when junior college players can sign National Letters of Intent.
DI Council proposes early signing periods and additional assistant coach for football: https://t.co/6sxJMlCLXD
— NCAA (@NCAA) October 5, 2016
As it currently stands, the only signing period (outside of early enrollees) is in early February. This proposal would in theory enable some recruits to not drag out the process — rather signing early and focusing solely on their high school academics.
Additionally, the proposal talks about increasing the limit on the number of assistant coaches in the FBS from nine to 10. This is meant to help compensate for the bigger roster sizes when compared to other sports.
The early signing periods proposal (June and December) plus going to 10 assistants in FBS for football makes a ton of sense. Love these.
— JC Shurburtt (@jcshurburtt) October 5, 2016
