NCAA takes a sensible precaution
by opting to extend dead period
I
t's been nearly seven months since the
NCAA suspended all on- and o;-cam-
pus recruiting. Back in mid-March, no
one questioned whether this was the
right thing to do. COVID-19 cases were
rapidly rising in a handful of states, and
no one had any idea what would come in
the weeks and months ahead.
But what no one expected at the time
was that the dead period would still be in
e;ect come the fall. The virus has now
jumped to every corner of the country,
spreading from major population cen-
ters like New York and Los Angeles to
Midwestern states, many of which were
reporting record highs in August and
into September.
The ever-shi=ing nature of the pan-
demic has made it very di
