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The NCAA's Board of Directors met yesterday and passed emergency legislation to end the practice that allowed several schools to hold early Midnight Madness events. Schools like Illinois, Kentucky, and West Virginia exploited the loophole to use it as a recruiting tool, according to the National Association of Basketball Coaches.
The NCAA discussed several other controversial topics, like applying an Academic Progress Report for individual coaches, instead of just for schools. Coaches would be graded based on the graduation rate of their players.
One other proposal discussed (requested by the ACC) was to amend the time a college player has to withdraw from the NBA Draft when he puts his name into the draft early. The ACC want to give the kid only 10 days to decide whether he will withdraw, instead of allowing him to wait until mid-June, well after the coaches have any chance of replacing him with another recruit. This obviously would only benefit the top schools who land the 5-star recruits.
The NCAA ends early version of Midnight Madness-
NCAA wants to judge coaches by athlete's academic performances-
Gary Parrish of CBS Sportsline suggests that if the NCAA is serious about closing loopholes that allow some coahces to exploit the rules for a clear recruiting advantage, there are a few other issues they should put a stop to:
A college coach puts a prospect's AAU coach, uncle, father or "advisor" on staff.
A college coach subscribes to a ridiculous recruiting service run by a prospect's AAU coach.
A college coach hires a prospect's AAU coach to speak at a camp in exchange for thousands of dollars.
A college coach cuts a deal with a prospect's AAU coach, who just might happen to be a runner for an agent.
The NCAA discussed several other controversial topics, like applying an Academic Progress Report for individual coaches, instead of just for schools. Coaches would be graded based on the graduation rate of their players.
One other proposal discussed (requested by the ACC) was to amend the time a college player has to withdraw from the NBA Draft when he puts his name into the draft early. The ACC want to give the kid only 10 days to decide whether he will withdraw, instead of allowing him to wait until mid-June, well after the coaches have any chance of replacing him with another recruit. This obviously would only benefit the top schools who land the 5-star recruits.
The NCAA ends early version of Midnight Madness-
NCAA wants to judge coaches by athlete's academic performances-
Gary Parrish of CBS Sportsline suggests that if the NCAA is serious about closing loopholes that allow some coahces to exploit the rules for a clear recruiting advantage, there are a few other issues they should put a stop to:
A college coach puts a prospect's AAU coach, uncle, father or "advisor" on staff.
A college coach subscribes to a ridiculous recruiting service run by a prospect's AAU coach.
A college coach hires a prospect's AAU coach to speak at a camp in exchange for thousands of dollars.
A college coach cuts a deal with a prospect's AAU coach, who just might happen to be a runner for an agent.
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