Staff and wire report
ATLANTA -- The NCAA Division I legislative council voted Thursday to prohibit schools from hiring anyone associated with a basketball recruit for a two-year period before or after the player enrolls at the school.
"I think it's a good rule," Texas A&M head men's basketball coach Mark Turgeon said. "I think they are trying really hard to get things cleaned up in college basketball. Hiring was an easy way to get players and some schools did it and some didn't do it, but it was becoming more of a common practice."
The council did not pass a proposal to limit who can be hired as basketball camp instructors.
Joe D'Antonio, the chairman of the council, says schools were concerned they would not be able to stage camps with a limited number of employees. D'Antonio says there is "overwhelming support" at the annual NCAA convention for other proposals to clean up basketball recruiting. The proposals may be voted on in April.
"I think it's good," said Turgeon, who is in his third year at A&M. "I think everything they try to do is going to be positive for college basketball."
The proposal passed by the council must be affirmed by the Division I board of directors.
Notice about comments:
Theeagle.com is pleased to offer readers the ability to comment on stories. We expect our readers to engage in lively, yet civil discourse. theeagle.com cannot promise that readers will not occasionally find offensive or inaccurate comments posted in the comments area. Responsibility for the statements posted lies with the person submitting the comment, not theeagle.com. If you find a comment that is objectionable, please click "report abuse" and we will review it for possible removal. Please be reminded, however, that in accordance with our Terms of Use and federal law, we are under no obligation to remove any third party comments posted on our website. Full terms and conditions can be read here.
Aggiesports.com is proud to offer our users enhanced commenting features. You can now build user-to-user connections, follow friends’ recent posts, add an avatar that fits your personality and more. If you have posted here before you’ll need to sign up again, and if you’ve never posted start now by signing up! If you've already registered for the new comments on www.theeagle.com then just use your Eagle username to log in and start commenting.