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Nolan Catholic head coach David Beaudin responds to NCAA dead period extension

Shana Willeford
Feb 20, 2021

David Beaudin guides athletes at a football practice before semifinal game.

Shana Willeford (VYPE Media)

The NCAA Division I Council announced on Wednesday that they would be extending the recruiting dead period through May 31. This comes as a huge blow to many high school athletes who have yet been able to visit a college campus before making what could be a life-long decision to play a sport for a college.


Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been almost a year since recruits were able to visit a school. The current ban on in-person recruiting was put into place in March 2020. With the NCAA extension on the dead period, the dead period will last far longer than a year. The council has a plan to provide an update on potential return to in-person recruiting no later than April 15.

Fort Worth Nolan Catholic's head football coach, David Beaudin, took to Twitter on Wednesday to share his response to the NCAA's decision:


Dear @NCAA, https://t.co/yLwwjwLQA4 pic.twitter.com/NrM5sw2I9u
— David Beaudin (@CoachBeaudin) February 18, 2021


In Beaudin's letter, he chalks the NCAA's decision up to three possibilities:

  1. The NCAA is "so far out of touch with reality" and this decision is based on ignorance.
  2. The NCAA's interests "don't align with what is best for the young people under [their] umbrella" and instead lie in virtue signaling, money, or not wanting the backlash that comes with "strong leadership".
  3. The NCAA simply doesn't care.

Beaudin lays out his hope for the future by describing that the ones who need to be thought about in decisions like this are the student-athletes who are making major life choices blindly due to the NCAA's extension. His plea? For the NCAA to try their best to make decisions in the best interest of "the next generation of leaders in this world."

Beaudin closes out his letter reminding the NCAA, fans, and student-athletes alike that the younger generation is extremely resilient given all they have had to go through thus far and that this is yet another road bump they will plow over. "We will find a way - always do," wrote Beaudin.


Head Coach David Beaudin watches athletes workout at practice.Shana Willeford (VYPE Media)

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Previewing DFW Girls Hoops State Semis

Stephen Peters
06 Mar, 2021

Just two more rounds of tip-offs in the UIL girls basketball season. That means we've reached the State Semifinals, and just like in the recent years, the DFW is well-represented.

Five teams remains in the hunt with a potential for four of the six state titles coming back to the Metroplex.

Let's quickly break them down here.

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Previewing DFW Boys Hoops Regional Finals

Stephen Peters
05 Mar, 2021
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There are just three more rounds of basketball - well four technically - in the boy's UIL basketball schedule. Eight, and potentially nine Regional Final games coming up this weekend.

And in those games, we have a few inter-district rematches that create quite the buzz. Let's quickly preview them here.

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W.T. White Longhorns plow through district opponents

Shana Willeford
04 Mar, 2021
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Currently on a five-game win-streak, the W.T. White Longhorns are cruising through district play. With an undefeated 10-0-1 record in their district, the Longhorns sit atop their district standings at the No. 1 position. They are currently ahead of Turner (8-1-2), Adams (5-3-1), and Wilson (3-2-5).

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