The NCAA Division I Council met last week in Indianapolis to decide on recruiting rule changes and other necessary decisions which need to be made for the upcoming season. The changes that are supposed to give the student-athlete a better recruiting process were supported by the national Division I Student-Athlete Advisory Committee. For all sports other than basketball and football, the student-athlete can take “official visits now can begin Sept. 1 of a prospect’s junior year in high school instead of the first day of classes for senior year.”
Better yet this council “eliminated restrictions on the sale of alcohol at Division I championships.