Following the revelation that the FBI is investigating the state of corruption in college basketball, the NCAA formed a commission, which is led by Condoleezza Rice and has 12 members, to come up with ideas on how to fix the issue.
On Wednesday the panel addressed their research have asked the NBA and the NBA Players’ Association to end the current one-and-done rule — which forces elite prospects to go to school to a season before leaving.
“One-and-done has to go one way or another,” Rice said on Wednesday.
While that’s what the NCAA commission and many in college basketball may want, it’s a complex issue that apparently can’t be fixed overnight. According to ESPN NBA insider Adrian Wojnarowski, the rule won’t be changed for at least two years.
The NBA and NBPA conversations on eliminating the one-and-done draft rule — which would allow high school seniors to enter the NBA — are centered on the 2020 Draft as the earliest possible date for change, league sources tell ESPN.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) April 25, 2018
If and when any rules take effect, it could be years in the making before anything changes for college basketball.
A graduate of the University of Tennessee, Michael Wayne Bratton oversees the news coverage for Saturday Down South. Michael previously worked for FOX Sports and NFL.com
