http://www.cbssports.com/collegefoo...ll-early-signing-date-but-big-12-has-concerns
"An NCAA committee recommended last January the creation of a three-day early signing period beginning Dec. 16 in addition to the normal February period. Under the proposal, the early signing period would be in place this year for the 2016 recruiting class and get reevaluated after two years."
The proposal goes to a preliminary vote in June and could be effective this year.
And this is why the XII may not support it:
""While most recognize the early signing period has a number of advantages, there was a concern with how it would affect those high school teams in the state of Texas who would still be competing in the playoffs that overlapped with the 72-hour signing period," Hocutt said."
But it doesn't sound like GOL would get his wish of an early fall date:
"Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott said his conference will support the mid-December period.
"We're absolutely not supportive of moving it toward as early as August," Scott said. "We've got schools for whom your grades in first semester (as a high school senior) matter in terms of whether you get you get in (to a university) or not. We'd like to see as much track record as possible academically and allow for more mature discussions in general. But I think we've been persuaded the move from February to December is a compromise for some that have been pushing for earlier."
So it could happen.
"An NCAA committee recommended last January the creation of a three-day early signing period beginning Dec. 16 in addition to the normal February period. Under the proposal, the early signing period would be in place this year for the 2016 recruiting class and get reevaluated after two years."
The proposal goes to a preliminary vote in June and could be effective this year.
And this is why the XII may not support it:
""While most recognize the early signing period has a number of advantages, there was a concern with how it would affect those high school teams in the state of Texas who would still be competing in the playoffs that overlapped with the 72-hour signing period," Hocutt said."
But it doesn't sound like GOL would get his wish of an early fall date:
"Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott said his conference will support the mid-December period.
"We're absolutely not supportive of moving it toward as early as August," Scott said. "We've got schools for whom your grades in first semester (as a high school senior) matter in terms of whether you get you get in (to a university) or not. We'd like to see as much track record as possible academically and allow for more mature discussions in general. But I think we've been persuaded the move from February to December is a compromise for some that have been pushing for earlier."
So it could happen.
