Lots of questions come to mind...just thinking out loud.......
1) Did they single out baseball for this new contact period?
2) If true, it sounds like travel baseball would become more influential and instrumental in recruiting because the college coach is very limited in what he can do and say. Travel coaches don't have that limitation.
3) TxballDad - I think it will increase the likelyhood of committed players getting dumped at the last minute. The recruiting window looks to be a lot smaller with a lot of moving parts. This is going to create more chaos and confusion. I think more time is needed for the Coach and the player to make the best decision for each if the goal is to stay at one school.
4) ARCEKU21 - Not sure if they are trying to solve a problem that doesn't exist. I've never heard of any baseball recruit taking multiple official visits, but it may exist in the D1 P5 realm. Typically, it is an official visit and then multiple unofficial visits tot he same school. But then again, most scholarship recruits were committing prior to the official visit period at least in baseball. So, this one (if true) has me scratching my head.
JMO