SEIZING CONTROL OF YOUTH BASKETBALL - ALL-MET ELITE

SEIZING CONTROL

OF

YOUTH BASKETBALL
TO
 DEVELOP BETTER PLAYERS
OR
TO REMOVE AAU INFLUENCE?
ALL-MET ELITE

 

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.

 

The Commission recommends significant changes to the resources and programs available for the development of young, pre-collegiate players, ideally by the summer of 2019. Allowing players to enter the professional ranks earlier brings with it the responsibility to provide appropriate resources for earlier development.

 

Institutional influence—by USA Basketball, the NCAA, and the NBA and the NBPA—has been largely missing in this space for the past 20 years and that non-scholastic basketball has been largely ungoverned.

 

Strongly recommend that the named institutions lend their expertise and, wherever possible, work together to provide an alternative to the individual and corporate influences which currently dominate pre -collegiate youth basketball particularly in the summer.

 

In the Commission’s view, the NCAA, USA Basketball, the NBA and the NBPA all have significant institutional interests in developing prominent roles in non-scholastic basketball, particularly in the areas of player identification, development and evaluation. There is a great deal of work to be done in the development of pre-collegiate players, and the three institutions should also welcome partners and sponsors willing to work within the standards, disciplines, and accountability these institutions will bring to youth development.

 

It is important to note that the Commission believes developing players at each level will require a collaboration among USA Basketball, the NCAA, the NBA and the NBPA. The absence of any one of these stakeholders in the youth development space will exacerbate the current problems with recruiting and development.