Media underwhelmed by college basketball commission report

The fear/concern among many hoping for change was that members of this Commission didn't/wouldn't fully understand the biggest problems in college basketball. Not seeing much that will lead to real change in this report.

— Ben Roberts (@BenRobertsHL) April 25, 2018

The NCAA's backup plan if the NBA doesn't start making high school players eligible to go straight to the draft is gross: consider freshman NCAA ineligibility or locking a scholarship for three or four years if the recipient is a one-and-done. Awful.

— Kyle Tucker (@KyleTucker_SEC) April 25, 2018

The college hoops commission is so mad at Nike, Adidas and Under Armour about those spring/summer sneaker circuits that they're gonna shake their firsts and scream about transparency ... but whisper softly, "Please don't take away all that money, Sneaker Friends."

— Kyle Tucker (@KyleTucker_SEC) April 25, 2018

Here’s Condoleezza Rice’s argument for allowing players to engage with agents: “If NCAA rules do not allow them to receive that advice openly, they will receive it illicitly.”

Same goes for money.

Which is why these recommendations won’t solve college basketball’s problems.

— Gary Parrish (@GaryParrishCBS) April 25, 2018

Basically calls for NCAA to triple down on enforcement. Same old, same old. Not a chance it'll work. https://t.co/MDfdOwj9DA

— Dan Wetzel (@DanWetzel) April 25, 2018

Statement on Commission recommendations: pic.twitter.com/6PWo1WuY3c

— NCAA (@NCAA) April 25, 2018

This is my instant reaction, too. Just seems like more wishy-washy gobbledygook from an institution that excels at providing it. https://t.co/P37xPLa8q4

— Josh Moore (@HLpreps) April 25, 2018

The notion that one and done was bad for college basketball is incredibly wrong and foolhardy. The stud freshmen are the players that fans most want to watch. You'll miss then when they're gone. https://t.co/Kqv2cKeLNu

— Seth Davis (@SethDavisHoops) April 25, 2018

Can’t tell you how disappointing it is that the very first recommendation made by the commission is ending one and done. 1) It is not an NCAA rule. 2) It has nothing to do with the FBI case. @TheAthleticCBB

— Seth Davis (@SethDavisHoops) April 25, 2018

The NCAA's basketball commission took direct aim at the #UNCscandal, saying the rules have to be reformed to prevent schools from using a 'non-athletes benefited too' defense in academic fraud cases.

— Dan Kane (@dankanenando) April 25, 2018

Commission calls for clarifying NCAA rules on academic fraud so universities cannot use excuse that 'regular students benefited too' as escape for academic fraud primarily enacted to keep players eligible. Wonder who that is in reference to?

— Mark Story (@markcstory) April 25, 2018

Commission wants stronger certification for recruiting events and greater transparency from sneaker companies about how they spend. But they are NOT asking for elimination of their involvement. You thought they’d turn away all that money? @TheAthleticCBB

— Seth Davis (@SethDavisHoops) April 25, 2018

So this committees recommendations to #NCAA to “save CBB” is...

1) Refuse to evolve on any level.
2) Demand that others evolve.
3) Hope everyone just forgets the amount of money this “broken” sport generates.
4) Convince all that the “1 & done” is the big problem. https://t.co/ftYFYFOZrl

— CAMERON MILLS (@CameronMillz) April 25, 2018

The bottom line is that the committee failed to strike at the heart of the problem — the NCAA's amateurism model. Elite players are valuable, and the NCAA is artificially preventing them from receiving what they're worth aboveboard. A black market will exist until that changes.

— Jeff Eisenberg (@JeffEisenberg) April 25, 2018

Quick read on the basketball commission: Some good, overdue change recommended. Still, it perpetuates a dubious premise: that the NCAA is under siege by corrupt outside forces which must be contained — instead of the truth, which is that the NCAA itself has created this climate.

— Jason Gay (@jasongay) April 25, 2018

That imbalance has been left intact, with some alterations (allowing agents, pushing NBA on one done) that will take some pressure off players, but also (let’s be real) take it off NCAA itself.

— Jason Gay (@jasongay) April 25, 2018

Also: harsh penalties seldom work as enforcement tool, they just penalize the defenseless. Didn’t we go thru this with drug war.

— Jason Gay (@jasongay) April 25, 2018

Rice says their goal is to strengthen the collegiate model, not to bring aspects of professionalism into the college game. Ho hum.

— Justin Rowland (@RowlandRIVALS) April 25, 2018

Will the @NCAA respond in a positive manner to this report by super ppl that care? ? The @NCAA should sponsor summer camps for top 100 players & get top HS coaches to mentor ! Hoops committee: Ban cheats, end 1-and-done - via @ESPN App @leefotting @ https://t.co/qedznUUkOs

— Dick Vitale (@DickieV) April 25, 2018

Here's the thing for the college basketball establishment to keep in mind regarding the Rice report: get onboard or get run over. The recommendations will be enacted very quickly. Coaches rolling their eyes and complaining will not have a sympathetic audience.

— Pat Forde (@YahooForde) April 25, 2018

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

In the eyes of NBA executives, the only thing of value to come out of College Basketball Commission report today: The opportunity for undrafted players to return to college basketball. Even the G League can't absorb so many of these non-prospects. https://t.co/aVWL6NQr8H

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) April 25, 2018