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SPORTS Thursday 26 april 2018

NCAA

Continued from Page 17 much-anticipated and de-
tailed 60-page report , sev-
Now it’s up to various en months after the group
subcommittees, working was formed in response to
groups and college admin- a federal corruption inves-
istrators to dig into a moun- tigation that rocked col-
tain of work over the next lege basketball. Ten peo-
three months as the NCAA ple, including some assis-
attempts to change NBA tant coaches, have been
draft rules, create a new charged in a bribery and
enforcement body, tough- kickback scheme , and
en penalties for rules viola- high-profile programs such
tions, revamp summer re- as Arizona, Louisville and
cruiting and certify agents. Kansas have been tied to
All while trying to get buy- possible NCAA violations.
in from organizations that “They believe the college
might not be motivated to basketball enterprise is
help. worth saving,” Rice told the
“It’s going to be a chal- AP of commission mem-
lenge to say the least,” bers in an interview before
NCAA President Mark Em- addressing NCAA leaders. NCAA President Mark Emmert speaks about the recommendations by the Commission on College
mert said. “This is a pace of “We believe there’s a lot of Basketball at the NCAA headquarters, Wednesday, April 25, 2018, in Indianapolis.
decision making that the work to do in that regard. Associated Press
association’s really never That the state of the game nancial disclosures. lax responsibility.” game,” they said.
done on this kind of scale is not very strong. We had The commission offered ONE-AND-DONE The commission did, how-
before.” to be bold in our recom- harsh assessments of tooth- The commission empha- ever, say if the NBA and
The Division I Council, com- mendations.” less NCAA enforcement, sized the need for elite NBPA refuse to change
prised mostly of athletic The proposals were wide- as well as the shady sum- players to have more op- their rules in time for the
directors and headed by ranging, falling mostly mer basketball circuit that tions when choosing be- next basketball season,
Miami AD Blake James, has into five categories: NBA brings together agents, tween college and profes- it would reconvene and
the job of turning the rec- draft rules, specifically apparel companies and sional basketball, and to consider other options for
ommendations into rules. the league’s 19-year-old coaches looking to profit separate the two tracks. the NCAA, such as making
That requires feedback age limit that has led to on teenage prodigies. It The commission called for freshmen ineligible or lock-
from schools, then council so-called one-and-done called the environment sur- the NBA and its players as- ing a scholarship for three
votes with some confer- college players; non-scho- rounding hoops “a toxic sociation to change rules or four years if the recipient
ence votes counting more lastic basketball such as mix of perverse incentives requiring players to be at leaves a program after a
heavily than others. Each AAU leagues and summer to cheat,” and said respon- least 19 years old and a single year.
proposal then goes to the recruiting events; the rela- sibility for the current mess year removed from grad- “One-and-done has to go
Board of Directors, where a tionship between players goes all the way up to uni- uating high school to be one way or another,” Rice
majority vote is needed to and agents; relationships versity presidents. draft eligible. The one-and- told the AP.
send it to the Board of Gov- with apparel companies; It also defended the done rule was implement- ENFORCEMENT
ernors for final approval. and NCAA enforcement. NCAA’s amateurism mod- ed in 2006, despite the suc- The commission recom-
It’s a winding path — cross- “Some people like some el, saying paying players a cess of straight-from-high- mended harsher penalties
ing 351 Division I schools of (the recommendations) salary isn’t the answer. school stars such as LeBron for rule-breakers and that
with varied priorities and more than others, which “The goal should not be James, Kobe Bryant and the NCAA outsource the
concerns — and requiring is human nature, but as a to turn college basketball Kevin Garnett. investigation and adjudi-
consensus building and board we’re unanimous into another professional “I’m confident they are go- cation of the most serious
compromise for measures in the endorsement and league,” the commission ing to be very supportive,” infractions cases. Level I
to pass. NCAA rule chang- the acceptance of these wrote in its report. Emmert said of the NBA violations would be punish-
es can sometimes take a recommendations for the The commission did leave and NBAPA. able with up to a five-year
full calendar year to sort NCAA,” said Minnesota open the possibility that The NBA and players union postseason ban and the
out. President Eric Kaler, chair- college athletes could earn praised the recommenda- forfeiture of all postseason
“We’ve got to make sure man of the Division I Board money off their names, im- tions on enforcement and revenue for the time of the
we don’t let the good fall of Directors. ages and likenesses , but expressed concerns about ban. That could be worth
victim to the perfect here,” It’s not yet clear how the decided not to commit on youth basketball. On draft tens of millions to major
Emmert said. “Nobody be- governing body would pay the subject while the courts eligibility rules, however, conference schools. By
lieves we’re going to get for some of the proposals, are still weighing in. there was no commitment. comparison, recent Level
everything perfect the first though the NCAA reported Rice called the crisis in col- “The NBA and NBPA will I infractions cases involv-
time through.” revenues of more than $1 lege basketball “first and continue to assess them in ing Louisville and Syracuse
The independent commis- billion dollars for fiscal year foremost a problem of order to promote the best basketball resulted in post-
sion Rice led released a 2017 in its most recent fi- failed accountability and interests of players and the season bans of one year.q