On Wednesday the NCAA announced sweeping rule changes — some of which will be set into action immediately, others that are no more than framework that require being built out — that directly impact college athletics. More specifically, college basketball.
The changes were announced, more or less, in response to the ongoing FBI probe into corruption within the sport in an effort to clean up its dark underbelly.
Whether or not that goal was accomplished is definitely up for debate (Dan Wetzel called the changed no more than a smoke-and-mirror show, and Jay Bilas called it meaningless window dressing), but it doesn’t change the fact that there are real initiatives now set in place that will be enacted to change the game.