The NCAA announced new guidelines Wednesday, in an effort to curb corruption in college basketball and restore accountability to an organization that has faced multiple corruption scandals.
This announcement comes months after the completion of former United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice’s commission into corruption and fraud in college basketball, which directed the NCAA to make considerable changes to its policies.
The new reforms allow high school athletes deemed “elite prospects” and college players to hire agents to guide them on their way through college and toward playing professionally, pending approval by the NBA and National Basketball Players Association.