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The NCAA is considering a proposal to allow college basketball teams to play basketball exhibition games in the summer months. The NCAA's men's and women's basketball oversight committees were scheduled to vote on this proposal today (6/28/23), but it was tabled, and will not be taken up again for the 2023-24 season. The NCAA released a statement saying "the sport has other priorities right now."
The Basketball Summer Initiative is a movement to create a bigger offseason spotlight for the sport. It would involve limited competition in the summer, including exhibitions, scrimmages or "tournament-style" matchups for teams that would be open to the public.
Interesting that "47% of men's basketball coaches and 59% of women's basketball coaches who were polled did not support the summer basketball proposal. Those numbers were even higher among leadership: More than 60% of collegiate administrators polled did not support the summer basketball proposal."
However, "the majority of college basketball players, on men's and women's teams, supported the concept. Nearly 70% of men's college basketball players and 63% of women's basketball players who were polled either "somewhat or strongly" supported the measure."
I think most college basketball fans would love to see this. Grade school-level kids and high school-level kids all have events throughout the summer with the AAU and shoe sponsored programs, and they are extremely popular. And with the popularity and success of the Basketball Tournament, 3 on 3 tournaments, and other summer events for post-college players, it seems the only kids who are not allowed such competition in the summer are the college kids.
The Basketball Summer Initiative is a movement to create a bigger offseason spotlight for the sport. It would involve limited competition in the summer, including exhibitions, scrimmages or "tournament-style" matchups for teams that would be open to the public.
Interesting that "47% of men's basketball coaches and 59% of women's basketball coaches who were polled did not support the summer basketball proposal. Those numbers were even higher among leadership: More than 60% of collegiate administrators polled did not support the summer basketball proposal."
However, "the majority of college basketball players, on men's and women's teams, supported the concept. Nearly 70% of men's college basketball players and 63% of women's basketball players who were polled either "somewhat or strongly" supported the measure."
I think most college basketball fans would love to see this. Grade school-level kids and high school-level kids all have events throughout the summer with the AAU and shoe sponsored programs, and they are extremely popular. And with the popularity and success of the Basketball Tournament, 3 on 3 tournaments, and other summer events for post-college players, it seems the only kids who are not allowed such competition in the summer are the college kids.
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