Change is coming slowly to NCAA basketball. It is moving slowly, but there is movement. North Carolina State (NCSU) and former Alabama basketball coach Mark Gottfried have been charged with Level 1 violations by the NCAA.
The violations are explained below but more importantly is the message being sent by the NCAA. The NCAA is not going to let the rules-breaking uncovered in the FBI investigation go unpunished. In addition to standard penalty responses, the NCAA is flexing the muscle of a new rule.
The new rule is aimed at head coaches who use being unaware of staff or assistant coach violations as a defense.