The NCAA announced that thanks to the spread of COVID-19, all recruiting activities have been suspended, as well as all winter and spring championships.
And now, it’s been taken a step further.
The signings of athletes’ Letters of Intent will not be able to take place until at least mid-April, as that activity has also been put on hold. The NLI Twitter account released the following statement:
“On Friday, March 13, 2020, the NCAA adopted emergency legislation to establish a temporary recruiting dead period for all NCAA Division I and II sports, effective immediately, and in effect until at least April 15, 2020. Accordingly, the Collegiate Commissioners Association (CCA) has suspended all National Letter of Intent (NLI) signings until at least April 15, 2020. This suspension will be re-evaluated on or before April 15, 2020. The NLI suspension applies to both Division I and II NLI member institutions. As such, NLI’s cannot be issued to Division I and II prospective student-athletes effective March 16, 2020 through at least April 15, 2020. NLI’s issued and signed by prospective student-athletes before March 16, 2020 should still be managed through the normal validation process with the conference office.
“Once the NLI signing period resumes, the Division I football signing period (February 5 – April 1, 2020) will be extended by 30 days.
“The CCA will evaluate the basketball signing period on or before April 15, 2020. (NOTE: This is necessary because the Division I men’s and women’s basketball signing starts April 15, 2020 and ends May 20, 2020).
