Ten months after federal prosecutors announced wide-ranging investigation into corruption in college basketball, the NCAA announced policy changes related to the sport, including allowing top players to sign with agents while in school and players who enter the NBA draft but are not chosen to retain their college eligibility.
The reforms also call for more transparency around amateur events and hold university presidents and chancellors accountable for noncompliance within the athletic department.
The changes are “in general aimed at eliminating some of the corrosive influences that we’ve seen in college basketball that the federal investigation highlighted,” NCAA President Mark Emmert said during a conference call Wednesday.