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April Zooms might have to bring about May blooms again this year.

On Thursday, the NCAA's Football Oversight Committee recommended to extend the longstanding recruiting dead period from April 15 through the end of May.

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The NCAA's Division I Council meets Wednesday and could vote to decide the issue then, or delay its decision until its mid-March meeting. Odds are there's resolution next week, considering precedent.

And chances thus are that the Council follows the Oversight Committee's lead yet again.

Which would mean still no on-campus recruiting visits where prospects and their families can meet with coaching staffs or program representatives -- going on one year and two months.

We've beaten our opinion on this matter into the ground, although what this observer feels about it doesn't necessarily matter. It's the prospects and coaching staffs who are impacted.