May 8, 20179 yr Early signing period 2017 date: College football recruits can sign December 2 - SBNation.com College football’s early signing period was already a formality, but now it’s official. After an NCAA panel signed off on the idea last month, the Collegiate Commissioners Association — a committee of league commissioners — gave the new signing period final approval on Monday, it announced. The early signing period goes into effect this year, making Class of 2018 recruits the first to have the choice of using it. The signing period will last 72 hours, beginning Dec. 20 and running through Dec. 22. Players who choose to sign early this year can take official visits after their senior year of high school begins, as has been standing NCAA policy. (For future years, the official visit period is slated to move up to April during players’ junior years.) Players will have the choice of whether to sign in December or wait until the signing period that starts on the first Wednesday of February and runs until April 1. That one’s the traditional period, and it remains to be seen how much luster the February date will lose. That likely depends on how many recruits choose to sign early and how many opt to hold out, creating suspense until February. At any rate, the way fans and media follow recruiting will change a great deal.
May 9, 20179 yr A lot of kids well those who sign early, will sign and watch their coaches leave 30 days later. Or sign and possibly get recruited over in January/February if other kids become available.
May 9, 20179 yr Author A lot of kids well those who sign early, will sign and watch their coaches leave 30 days later. Or sign and possibly get recruited over in January/February if other kids become available. Will it be any different than Basketball? After a kid signs his LOI and Financial Aid paperwork can the school still drop him before he arrives?
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