NCAA targets Deion Sanders and Colorado with more proposed rule changes
The NCAA is trying to assert their authority in the ever-changing world of college football. On Wednesday, the oversight committee proposed a few rule changes regarding adding an extra signing period to "prioritize high school recruits" before four-year student-athletes who hit the transfer portal.
This is a direct jab at Deion Sanders at Colorado who've primarily focused on using the transfer portal in the past two cycles. The NCAA wants a signing period to start on the last Wednesday in June for seven days. Another one starting on Wednesday after the last FBS regular season game for three or seven days. The final one would come on the first Wednesday in February through April 1.
The NCAA is also considering what to do with the month of December and if it will become a dead period. It's a key period for Coach Prime and his staff under the current model. While these dates are spread out, it pushes everything around and caters towards high school recruits who will be allowed more time to commit and sign.
If this gets pushed through, it will also force coaching staff around the country to rethink when they try to bring in players from the portal. The NCAA has already reduced the amount of days for the portal window to be open and will likely do more with an emphasis on this not being used like free agency.
It's another way to slow down schools and allows the NCAA to enforce another rule. The governing body might want to focus on fixing themselves to be relevant over the next decade, as they'll be out of the equation for major college athletics soon. NCAA football officials meeting in Indianapolis to discuss changes this week.
