Sounds like the NCAA's attempt to change summer recruiting isn't going so well.
https://kansas.rivals.com/news/three-point-play-texas-tech-ncaa-s-goat-rodeo-tristan-enaruna
"As anybody who follows recruiting knows, the NCAA decided to change how summer recruiting works. A reaction and look into change after all that has been exposed during the FBI trials regarding college cheating was both warranted and understandable. The solution that was put together by a group with little familiarity with the game has been looking both laughable and nonsensical.
But, I don’t want to do a tap dance on the NCAA here and call them all bad. They were trying to improve the image of the game and I like that even if I disagree with the results. I also want to compliment the NCAA and event directors across the country for what, by all accounts, was a very successful live period over the last weekend. Lots of kids got looks and exposure they deserved and coaches got to see lots of players.
That being said, what is coming in the next few months is looking like a goat rodeo. In short, the NCAA wants power back to high school coaches and added live evaluation periods in June, cut down live events in July from three periods to one and then added a period of NCAA-run camps and USA Basketball at the end of the month. So far, that idea has been a massive flop and I don’t see it turning out very successful.
Several states have already said they want nothing to do with sanctioning June events so there will be thousands of kids left out in the dark in June. College coaches want no part of going to high school events in June either. As for July, well it’s looking potentially disastrous.
I spent all weekend asking college coaches, summer coaches, kids and parents if they have any clear view of how the NCAA camps will work and nobody has any idea. On top of that, the kids I found who are interested in competing in them and the coaches who want to try and evaluate massive numbers of kids in a camp setting (the idea is to get some 2,000 or so players evaluated in four regional camps) are few and far between. The NCAA has asked coaches to nominate players for the camps and the coaches want nothing to do with it. On top of that, I would look for several events to start popping up that will live stream the games and it will basically end up business as usual in July with coaches simply watching on their computers instead of courtside.
It’s not too late to change it (at least I don’t think so) but the time to switch things up is running short. I think it’s too late to change the calendar, but it’s not too late to scrap the regional camps and certify the types of team events we’ve always seen in the past. I would require they be round robin, limit teams to going to one place during the last period and even say no shoe company funding of the events. It would be a much better solution than what is currently in place."
https://kansas.rivals.com/news/three-point-play-texas-tech-ncaa-s-goat-rodeo-tristan-enaruna
"As anybody who follows recruiting knows, the NCAA decided to change how summer recruiting works. A reaction and look into change after all that has been exposed during the FBI trials regarding college cheating was both warranted and understandable. The solution that was put together by a group with little familiarity with the game has been looking both laughable and nonsensical.
But, I don’t want to do a tap dance on the NCAA here and call them all bad. They were trying to improve the image of the game and I like that even if I disagree with the results. I also want to compliment the NCAA and event directors across the country for what, by all accounts, was a very successful live period over the last weekend. Lots of kids got looks and exposure they deserved and coaches got to see lots of players.
That being said, what is coming in the next few months is looking like a goat rodeo. In short, the NCAA wants power back to high school coaches and added live evaluation periods in June, cut down live events in July from three periods to one and then added a period of NCAA-run camps and USA Basketball at the end of the month. So far, that idea has been a massive flop and I don’t see it turning out very successful.
Several states have already said they want nothing to do with sanctioning June events so there will be thousands of kids left out in the dark in June. College coaches want no part of going to high school events in June either. As for July, well it’s looking potentially disastrous.
I spent all weekend asking college coaches, summer coaches, kids and parents if they have any clear view of how the NCAA camps will work and nobody has any idea. On top of that, the kids I found who are interested in competing in them and the coaches who want to try and evaluate massive numbers of kids in a camp setting (the idea is to get some 2,000 or so players evaluated in four regional camps) are few and far between. The NCAA has asked coaches to nominate players for the camps and the coaches want nothing to do with it. On top of that, I would look for several events to start popping up that will live stream the games and it will basically end up business as usual in July with coaches simply watching on their computers instead of courtside.
It’s not too late to change it (at least I don’t think so) but the time to switch things up is running short. I think it’s too late to change the calendar, but it’s not too late to scrap the regional camps and certify the types of team events we’ve always seen in the past. I would require they be round robin, limit teams to going to one place during the last period and even say no shoe company funding of the events. It would be a much better solution than what is currently in place."
