Check your calendars. I bet I know what you had planned for December 20th. I’m guessing that there was a college football bowl game on the agenda. Duh. Perhaps some Christmas shopping or maybe even an ugly sweater party?
Well, you might need to rethink those plans. The early recruiting period in college football is now the law of the land. This year and every year going forward will see a window open up between December 20th and Dec 22nd in which NCAA football programs can officially sign their “committed” recruits.
The establishment of the early signing period is one of several rules that were approved by the NCAA a few weeks ago.