Tuesday August 6th the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) sent out a memo which outlines the new rules when it comes to the requirements for representing college basketball student athletes when it comes to entering the draft who for those who want to test the waters. The new rules stated that in order for agents to represent student athletes they must meet 3 requirements which include having a minimum of 3 years of National Basketball Players Association (NBPA) Certification, also taking an in person exam at the NCAA Headquarters in Indianapolis. The most important requirement which has caused many to believe that the NCAA is targeting NBA super agent Rich Paul is the fact that the agents have to have a Bachelors degree. Rich Paul who represents stars such as Lebron James, Ben Simmons, and John Wall to name a few of his clients, does not have a college degree.
These new rules do seem to target Rich Paul who is a rising agent that many others do not like. Also the new rule does not seem to make much sense because the NBPA requires that you just pass the certification exam to become eligible to represent NBA Players. Also the idea that just because someone is college educated means that they are an ethical is false . This is the reason the NCAA gave as an explanation as to why they implemented this new criteria for being able to represent college basketball student athletes. All these new rules prove that Rich Paul is not only changing but dominating sports landscape as we know it. This is seemingly just the beginning and will be exciting to see what barriers Rich Paul will break next.
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