The commission on college basketball, led by Condoleeza Rice, announced its recommendations for changes to the sport to the NCAA Board of Governors and Division I Board of Directors.
The full report, which is 60 pages, can be accessed here. We’ve summarized some of the key recommendations below:
· Abolish the one-and-done rule:
The Commission calls on the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the National Basketball Players Association (NBPA) again to make 18-year-olds eligible for the NBA draft, so that high school players who are drafted may proceed to the NBA. The NCAA lacks the legal power to change one-and-done on its own; the power to make this change lies exclusively with the NBA and the NBPA.