Early Signing Day

[WestWYOPoke]

Collegiate Commissioners will vote this week on whether or not to institute an early signing day for high school seniors.

http://espn.go.com/college-sports/recru ... ing-period

From the article it appears that the proposal is expected to pass. The signing period would be 72-hours long starting on December 16 of this year (same date as JC transfers sign).

I like this for a number of reasons:
1) The less time our commits have to get snagged by another program, the better;
2) Harder for larger programs (I.E. Alabama) to over-sign which means trickle down effect; better players available late;
3) Easier to focus recruiting needs - "now that we've signed all the LBs and WRs we need, we can use the next 2 months to focus on our other needs";
4) If you get half your recruiting done 2 months earlier, that saves time and money that can be used to recruit elsewhere.

I see it as a win-win for a program like Wyoming. The only problem I have with it is I would want it even earlier, maybe same day as Basketball early signing period, November 11.

[J-Rod]

Yep, all non-P5's would benefit from an early signing period. No more "wait until January to really recruit, then poach" approach from the P5 programs.

[WestWYOPoke]

Commissioners decided to table the vote until next year.

Kinda disappointing, I was hoping this would pass; I truly think this would help the UW's of the world...hopefully next year.

http://espn.go.com/college-football/sto ... d-proposal