In a reaction to a federal investigation’s revelations last year of widespread corruption in college basketball recruiting, the Pacific-12 Conference announced Tuesday that it was putting its weight behind several reforms that would fundamentally change the sport. The proposals include new eligibility standards and limiting the presence of shoe companies — a bold statement from a league that counts the so-called University of Nike among its members.
“I think the time is well past for incremental tweaks or cosmetic reactions to what we’ve seen over the last year,” Larry Scott, the Pac-12 commissioner, said in a phone interview on Monday.