NCAA not eliminating summer recruitment for basketball
The NCAA has elected to hold off on baring schools from recruiting players in the month of July. Originally the college governing body was going to limit college basketball coaches' recruiting period to
the school year. However, the NCAA will now spend another season studying the proposal before making their final decision.
The NCAA believes that stopping college coaches from recruiting during the summer will limit the amount of third parties involved in the process and give the coaches more time to develop their players
on campus.
However, basketball coaches strongly disagreed with the proposal and after making their voices heard had the issue tabled for another year.
“The initial flurry was to get everybody’s attention and they got everyone’s attention,” said Saint Joseph’s head coach Phil Martelli. “We just have to go through the process. Coaches will be heard. It’s
not something that would be healthy for a large portion of the country.”
The vast majority of coaches disagree with the NCAA on the issue and several conferences have also voiced their concerns.
The coaches and basketball conferences argue that if their summer recruiting period is taken away they will have less time for evaluations and will be more likely to use third parties in order to find
and lure players to their schools.
Nevertheless, college coaches have said they would be willing to give up recruiting time in the month of July if they were given back evaluation time in April.
“I think the coaches need to be careful how they talk about July,” said Martelli. “When guys are offering up proposals of giving up a couple days, what that does is just fuel the case for those that want
to alter it or abolish it. They get strengthened by saying, ‘See the coaches don’t even like it.’ Well that’s not true.”
The NCAA will review the proposal over the next year and plan to come to a decision before the start of the 2011-12 season.
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