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In light of widespread federal bribery and corruption charges in the world of college basketball, the National Collegiate Athletic Association has announced a new commission that will study the current system.
Former Secretary of State and Stanford University provost Condoleezza Rice will chair the Commission on College Basketball, the NCAA announced on Wednesday. Other members include university presidents from University of Notre Dame and Georgia Institute of Technology, as well as ex- and current athletics directors, and Mark Emmert, NCAA president, among others.
“Individuals who break the trust on which college sports is based have no place here,” Emmert said in a statement. “While I believe the vast majority of coaches follow the rules, the culture of silence in college basketball enables bad actors, and we need them out of the game. We must take decisive action. This is not a time for half-measures or incremental change.”
The commission will examine the relationships among the NCAA and member institutions and their staffers to apparel companies, other corporations and agents.
Federal prosecutors and the Federal Bureau of Investigation revealed charges against 10 people last month, among them four assistant or associate basketball coaches at high-profile universities, and Adidas executives, and some affiliated with the company. The FBI investigation remains ongoing, with officials hinting that fraud is more widespread.
The commission will also try to fix institutions’ relationships with the NCAA national office and study the NCAA’s relationship with the National Basketball Association and the so-called “one and done” phenomenon, the practice of a college athlete playing for a single season for transitioning to the professional level.
It will start work for the first time in November and give recommendations in April.
