Moving up the Early Signing Period does little to address crowded calendar

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National Signing Day is moving up a few weeks.

According to multiple reports, the NCAA has decided to move the December signing period up to the Wednesday before the conference championship games and before the transfer portal window opens.

It will be a three-day signing window but, as usual, most of the signing announcements will happen on that first day.

ESPN’s Pete Thamel reported that the officials also decided to table a decision as to whether to add a third signing period in the month of June, now something that would not happen until at least the summer of 2025.

As the calendar falls this year, the early signing period would start on Dec. 4.

Rivals national recruiting director Adam Gorney takes a quick look at the pros and cons of this decision – and whether it means anything drastic to the recruiting calendar, decision timelines or the packed schedules of coaches during that time anyway:

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… One positive from this development is that December becomes slightly less hectic for coaches who have to juggle conference title games, bowl preparation, the coaching carousel, the early signing period and the transfer portal window which is incredibly time-consuming and happens so quickly with such high stakes.

I’d imagine there would be three official visit weekends like usual leading up to signing day in November which…

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Publish date : 2024-03-06 19:40:20

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