The NCAA Division I Council met earlier Friday to pass a series of proposals to overhaul the recruiting process for the foreseeable future.
Proposal 2016-116 changes around some rules regarding official visits, allowing prospects to take school-paid visits starting April 1 of their junior year through the Sunday before the last Wednesday in June. The change will come into effect in August and will affect the 2019 recruiting class.
The proposal is largely seen as the first step towards a new early-signing period format, which the council is expected to revisit in meetings scheduled for June. Under this new proposal, the early-signing period would start in mid-December.