NCAA suspends recruiting nationally a day after the ACC
Taking the lead from the Atlantic Coast Conference the NCAA announced on Friday that all recruiting nationally is suspended indefinitely.
The NCAA announced on Friday afternoon a day after it was announced by the Atlantic Coast Conference that all recruiting is suspended indefinitely. The decision is aligned with the decision announced by NCAA President Mark Emmert on Friday that all winter and spring championships have been canceled.
The decision by the NCAA came amid all of the Power Five conferences canceling their postseason tournaments and was only three days before the announcement of the brackets for the NCAA Men’s and Women’s basketball tournaments. There have been conflicting reports about any official visits set up for the Miami football program.
Five-star safety James Williams who is crystal balled to Georgia and was previously a Miami commit told Inside the U on Tuesday that he was planning a visit to Coral Gables on March 21. That might not have been the official visit for the South Florida native. It was reported on Friday all recruiting is suspended until April 15.
The Coronavirus has wiped out sports as we know it for 2020 in some sports and put others on indefinite hiatus. Andrew Ivins of Inside the U reported on Friday that Miami head coach Manny Diaz and his staff did not have any major recruiting events or official visits set up before April 15.
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The NCAA issued a press release on Friday stating that all in-person recruiting on and off-campus in banned immediately through April 15. The Division I Coordination Council will convene on April 15 to re-evaluate the situation with the Covid-19 virus to determine if in-person recruiting will resume at that time.
In the interim, phone calls and written correspondence, that is presuming, text, email and social media contact will be allowed. The Miami football team and the vast majority of FBS schools have suspended spring practice indefinitely. Miami is currently on spring break and was scheduled to return to practice on March 16.
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Miami does have a leg up on most schools per Ivins in that they held their junior day last month. Miami currently holds the sixth-ranked recruiting class in the 2021 cycle. The group of commitments is led by running back Thad Franklin who is ranked 11th at his position nationally.