NCAA Begins Response To Upheaval
None of this is ideal, but Notre Dame’s decision to halt all recruiting for the time being certainly seemed like a prudent one. Not all schools had committed to do so though, so the NCAA has reportedly stepped in.
So while the Irish are certainly disadvantaged by having their major spring recruiting events canceled while other programs already had the chance to get theirs in, moving forward they won’t be penalized for having shut it down themselves, at least not for the next month.
The NCAA has also stepped in swiftly with regard to athletes who participate in spring sports after just as swiftly shutting them all down. According to Jeff Goodman, 2020 won’t count as a year of eligibility for spring athletes and the 2019-20 season may not count against winter athletes.