Commission recommends significant changes to college basketball model

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…