As schools like Louisville and Arizona claw their way back up from the taint of scandal that hit with the FBI’s arrest of assistant coaches last year, the NCAA has put in place new policies aimed at restoring fans’ confidence in college basketball.
The crux of the scandal was the lengths agents would go to to secure clients, usually in violation of the NCAA rules in force at the time. Now the NCAA rules will allow rising high school seniors to sign with agents if the player is identified as “elite” by USA Basketball. On top of that, college players seeking to go pro can sign with an agent after any season if the player requests an evaluation from the NBA Undergraduate Advisory Committee, which tells players what their expected draft position would be.