The Commission spent seven months reviewing potential recommendations, all with hopes of ending the corruption in the sport and creating pathways for student-athlete success.
Originally, they decided it was in the sport’s best interest to end the one-and-done, allow student-athletes to receive earlier assistance from agents, and earn an actual education (*cough* UNC *cough*).
Still, though, the organization decided student-athletes had no business receiving monetary benefits while in college.
KSR’s Aaron Torres wrote a piece at the time about how the NCAA Commission accomplished little-to-nothing in their original recommendations and failed to address the real issues that plagued college basketball.