According to the NCAA, their DI Council Coordination Committee has approved multiple new blanket waiver requests, along with providing increased recruiting flexibility during the recruiting dead period.
The three blanket waivers that were granted for all Division I members includes, according to NCAA.org:
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Basketball and football student-athletes to participate in currently defined summer athletic activities without being enrolled in summer school.
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Schools to provide less than the currently legislated minimum financial aid requirements to maintain membership in Division I. This waiver does not provide relief from other financial aid rules, including financial aid commitments to prospective and current student-athletes or regulations related to the cancellation or reduction of financial aid.
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Reclassifying schools to count as Division I opponents in the first year of the reclassification process, whether or not the school meets Division I scheduling requirements.
The committee also added new policies to increase flexibility for recruiting from May 11 to the current end of the dead period on May 31st, mostly related to allowing additional people to join recruiting calls with an uncommitted athlete.
