“The thoughtful and far-reaching
recommendations released today by the Commission on College Basketball
provide a pathway to making meaningful and needed changes to
intercollegiate athletics.
The Commission’s mandate was straightforward
but not simple: Prescribe a cure for what ails college basketball. The
alleged federal criminal violations that sparked the Commission’s work,
if proven, defraud students and institutions alike and threaten the
integrity of college sports.
The result of the Commission’s work is a set
of proposals that can help colleges and universities restore the
public’s trust in the integrity of college basketball and of all
intercollegiate sports. We commend both the Commission’s members for
laying out clear-eyed and comprehensive proposals and the National
Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) for creating such an independent
body. We look forward to working with the NCAA and our member
institutions to make these recommendations a reality.”