You may have heard recently that the NCAA has implemented a series of new men’s basketball rules changes designed to “cleanup” the issue of corruption in the sport.
The motivation by the NCAA to roll out these changes has been driven largely by the FBI investigations into corruption that earlier this year resulted in several high-profile coaches being implicated including Louisville’s Rick Pitino.
These new rules, fueled in large part by recommendations flowing from the independent commission chaired by Condoleeza Rice, are far from a fix-all and will certainly result in the kinds of unintended consequences that make average fans question both the sanity and the intelligence of NCAA officials.