Every college coach in the country has their own recruiting strategy and pitch to get the athletes that they’re after. Obviously, the new generation of student-athletes force them to make changes, but it’s always the NCAA rules and regulations that they need to be cognizant of. And now it seem that there could be some changes coming with a new proposal on the table. According to NCAA.com, the proposal includes the following:
- Amend the trigger for student-athlete status to align with the approach authorized by waivers the past two academic years in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
- An individual would remain a prospective student-athlete until the individual signs a National Letter of Intent or the school's written offer of admission and/or financial aid or the school receives the individual's financial deposit in response to its offer of admission and completes all high school graduation requirements or all transfer academic eligibility requirements.
- An individual would revert to prospective student-athlete status if the individual does not attend classes at the beginning of the first full-time regular academic term after the individual completes all high school graduation requirements or all transfer academic eligibility requirements.
- Specify a school shall not provide more than two consecutive nights of lodging to a prospective student-athlete in conjunction with an official visit.
- Eliminate the limitation on the number of official visits a prospective student-athlete may take.
- Specify that in sports other than basketball, contact may not be made with a prospective student-athlete during the time of day when classes are in session at their school.
