NCAA proposes multiple changes to recruiting calendar

Changes could be coming to the NCAA’s football recruiting calendar. The NCAA Division I Football Oversight Committee submitted a proposal Thursday that included a dead period in November.

According to the proposal, which the NCAA announced Thursday evening, a four-day dead period would start the Monday after Thanksgiving. That means the Sunday after the holiday would be an evaluation period. The Division I council is set to discuss the proposal during a virtual meeting Oct. 27 and the changes would take effect immediately if approved.

In addition, a five-day quiet period would take the place of the current seven-day period prior to the start of a school’s second academic term, beginning on the first Wednesday before the first Saturday in January for two-year and four-year college mid-year transfers.

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The NCAA said the proposed November dead period would give coaching staffs the chance to make in-person conversations a priority after the season ends and before the transfer portal window opens in December.

Earlier this year, the NCAA proposed — and approved — windows for the transfer portal to try and mitigate the number of potential infractions that could come with portal entries. However, the one-time transfer rule is still in place, despite reports saying the NCAA might consider allowing unlimited transfers.

“The board adopted the following notification-of-transfer windows: Fall sports: a 45-day window beginning the day after championships selections are made in their sport, or May 1-15,” the NCAA announced in August. “Reasonable accommodations will be made for participants in the Football Bowl Subdivision and Football Championship Subdivision championship games. Winter sports: a 60-day window beginning the day after championships selections are made in the sport. Spring sports: Dec. 1-15, or a 45-day window beginning the day after selections are made in the sport.”