TORONTO – As a response to the on-going COVID-19 pandemic, the U SPORTS Board of Director has extended the moratorium on all in-person recruiting for its 12 sanctioned sports until April 30, 2020.   This moratorium includes all in-person recruiting visits (on- or off-campus official or unofficial visits) as well as the scheduling and rescheduling of any future in-person recruiting visit; no travel arrangements can be made with prospective student-athletes during the moratorium.   Recruitment by phone call, text message, social media, email, or other non-in-person mediums are permitted to continue during this blackout.   U SPORTS will revisit this decision in the coming weeks to determine whether to extend this moratorium.

About U SPORTS
U SPORTS is the national brand for university sports in Canada. Every year, over 20,000 student-athletes and 900 coaches from 56 universities vie for 21 national championships in 12 different sports. U SPORTS also provides higher performance international opportunities for Canadian student-athletes at Winter and Summer Universiades, as well as numerous World University Championships.
For further information, visit USPORTS.ca or please contact:

John Bower Director, Marketing & Communications U SPORTS 780-667-5646 jbower@usports.ca

Alan Hudes Manager, Communications & Content U SPORTS 647-991-5343 ahudes@usports.ca