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Commission announced recommendations...here is an article that gives a short version. Most notable, it appears they've followed baseball's requirement of 3 years if you choose to attend college. Also allows players to return if they go undrafted.

A lot of people anticipated they may allow players to profit off of their own likeness's (with 3rd parties) or even sign agents in order to curtail the black market. Of course, greed and cowardice won the day once again with the NCAA.

Committee called for the end of "one and done". Also noted, if the NBA and Players Association did not act on the recommendation the committee could reconvene to discuss potential freshman ineligibility. That's serious language in my opinion.

DudeAnon wrote:A lot of people anticipated they may allow players to profit off of their own likeness's (with 3rd parties) or even sign agents in order to curtail the black market. Of course, greed and cowardice won the day once again with the NCAA.

The article I posted was definitely a "reader's digest" recap. This CBS sports article is more detailed, and includes the comment that engaging with an agent "is on the table." It also mentions that it did not address players making money off their own likeness because of ongoing legal issues. One would hope that, once the legal issues are resolved, that matter would be addressed, as well.

https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/commission-on-college-basketball-proposes-major-changes-to-ncaa-to-fix-the-sports-problems/

This article also has the whole (I believe) commission report embedded within.

Savannah Jay wrote:http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2018/04/college_basketball_commission.html

Commission announced recommendations...here is an article that gives a short version. Most notable, it appears they've followed baseball's requirement of 3 years if you choose to attend college. Also allows players to return if they go undrafted.

They have not followed the baseball rule, not sure where you got that.

Savannah Jay wrote:It also mentions that it did not address players making money off their own likeness because of ongoing legal issues. One would hope that, once the legal issues are resolved, that matter would be addressed, as well.

Don't hold your breath.

I still think they should follow the hockey model - allow NBA teams to draft players and then stash them back in college while retaining their rights as long as they haven't signed/been paid. Of course, it's unlikely the NBA would allow this because it could be a G-league killer unless they expand the draft beyond 2 rounds. It would also require the NBA eliminate the need to "declare" for the draft and simply make every of a minimum age eligible (like the NHL).

FriarJ wrote:

Savannah Jay wrote:http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2018/04/college_basketball_commission.html

Commission announced recommendations...here is an article that gives a short version. Most notable, it appears they've followed baseball's requirement of 3 years if you choose to attend college. Also allows players to return if they go undrafted.

They have not followed the baseball rule, not sure where you got that.

Yeah...I read way too many recaps of the commission report trying to get a grasp. Obviously, the committee only "considered" the baseball rule. Sorry about that...

Playing musical chairs of amateurism rules while the giant elephant made of cash sits in the corner.

I like the harsher language with regards to coaches that break the rules, as well as programs that hire coaches who break the rules there are on the show-cause list. This (would have) affected coaches like Bruce Pearl, Kelvin Sampson, Donnie Tyndall, and (technically) Larry Brown. While Brown was never put on the show-cause list, he has demonstrated repeated lack on control on his college teams, and has consistently left teams under his guidance on probation and/or postseason ban. This would surely make a school like Memphis think twice about hiring him as an assistant.

The only "issue" I have with these recommendations is that it still avoids the elephant in the room: the illegal exchange of money to or for players to play at a certain program. It's why the FBI got involved in the first place. While I am not against paying players in college, I do think it creates more problems than solutions. Due to Title IX, you cannot only pay football and men's basketball programs. If you pay for all players, an extraordinary amount of sports will inevitably be cut from athletic programs due to the lack of funding. Even if you begin paying players, there becomes an incredibly slippery slope for other students. Do schools pay scholarship students, like inevitable athletes, fees in order to make grades? If they are paid, do they still get a scholarship? What about books? Room?

I'm not sure how you solve the issue of corruption, but I do think that is the biggest threat right now within college athletics.