AAU IS QUIETLY UNDER ATTACK PT. 11 - ALL-MET ELITE

AAU IS QUIETLY UNDER ATTACK

PT. 11

The following quotes are from the NCAA Division I Basketball Committee Chairman Bruce Rasmussen given recently in regards to shoe company involvement in youth basketball.

"My feeling is this, we spend too much time on the one- and-done," "There's an old Chinese proverb: No matter how pure the lake, if the stream flowing into the lake is polluted, the lake will soon be polluted"

"We've got to get control over basketball from [ages] 10 to 17. If we do a better job of getting control of basketball from 10 to 17 I think we'll see a lot fewer problems in college. I think we can."

"Shoe companies are always going to be part of the equation but there has to be some transparency," "We need to know where they're giving their money and we need to know where AAU programs are spending their money."

 "They have to be accountable to the NCAA and summer camps, if Adidas wants to run a summer tournament they can, but coaches can't be there."