Thursday, April 26, 2018

AAU HAS BEEN ATTACKED PT.1 - ALL-MET ELITE

AAU HAS BEEN ATTACKED
PT.1

 
OFFICIAL EXCERPTS FROM THE COMMISSION ON COLLEGE BASKETBALL: 
REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO NCAA BOARD OF GOVERNORS, DIVISION I
BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND NCAA PRESIDENT EMMERT.
 
Currently, non-scholastic basketball is an ungoverned space with coaches, players and their families, agents and sponsors exchanging money and goods in the hope of future benefits and without accountability. The corruption we observe in college basketball has its roots in youth basketball. The reforms recommended by the Commission will be fruitless unless the NCAA gives serious attention to regulating summer programs.
 
1. The Commission recommends that the NCAA take short and long-term actions to reform non-scholastic basketball and disassociate the NCAA and its member institutions from the aspects of non-scholastic basketball where transparency and ethical behavior cannot be assured.
 
2. As part of this effort, the Commission recommends that the NCAA partner with USA Basketball, the NBA, the NBPA and others to create and administer new resources and programs for youth basketball development, including substantial regional camps for collegiate prospects in July where NCAA coaches would evaluate
players.
 
3. The Commission recommends that the NCAA promptly adopt and enforce rigorous criteria for certifying the non-scholastic basketball events that its coaches attend.
 
In order for the NCAA to certify a non-scholastic
basketball event, the owners, event operators, sponsors, and coaches for the event must agree to financial transparency about all events they run, including those that are not certified by the NCAA.
 
A. This requirement includes agreement to be
subject to audit and to provide all required IRS and other tax filings upon request.
 
B. Disclose all sources of financing and other payments and the recipients of all funds provided for or collected in relation to the event; and to disclose any financial relationship between the event sponsors and coaches with any administrator, coach or booster at any NCAA school.
 
To recruit effectively, many NCAA coaches need to attend non-scholastic basketball events in which large numbers of elite players participate. In turn, these events, leagues and teams attract high school players by giving them the opportunity to be seen and evaluated annually by college coaches. Thus, using its certification requirement, the NCAA has some leverage to impose the financial transparency requirements and other reforms that
the Commission recommends above.
 
4. The Commission recommends that with a
goal of 2019, the NCAA work with USA Basketball, the NBA and the NBPA and
others to establish and administer new youth basketball programs. One centerpiece of this program would be NCAA-administered regional non-scholastic basketball events in July that NCAA coaches would exclusively attend.
 
The Commission recognizes that Division I men’s college basketball is just one part of a much larger ecosystem that includes Youth, High School, Non-Scholastic and Professional Basketball. Stakeholders include student-athletes, parents and extended families, coaches, trainers, agents and other advisers, apparel companies, colleges and universities, professional leagues and players’ associations and others. In making its recommendations, the Commission sought
to take into account these other parts of the basketball ecosystem.

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