LOS ANGELES – Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott spoke of "an eroding trust in the NCAA" and said Friday that now is the time for "a new vision" in college sports but stopped short of calling for a secession of the major conferences from the NCAA in prepared remarks at the Pac-12 Media Day.
"Unlike some of what you've heard (from other conference commissioners) this week, I believe we should be pursuing the strategy of evolution rather than radical overhaul," Scott said.
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Scott said he was delighted that NCAA President Mark Emmert has called for a summit in January to discuss what change for the five major college conferences should look like.
Scott called the current discussion "too radical and too narrow at the same time. The answer from my perspective is not breakaway but to evolve into something better. It's been too narrow in that it's solely focused on the NCAA and the governance process. Our discussions shouldn't be merely about the institution but broader, focusing on the future shape of the college athletics, what it means to our fans and to our student-athletes.
Scott said discussions should focus on four areas: student-athlete welfare, including a focus on health and well-being as well as finances and covering the full cost of attendance; governance, saying it's time to acknowledge that "one size does not fit all" and that the major, high-revenue schools need more flexibility; enforcement, saying confidence in the NCAA enforcement process "is at an all-time low"; and the issue of one-and-done in college basketball, saying the trend "threatens our credibility and the goal of balancing academics and athletics. It's time to reconsider a system that currently allows student-athletes to be on our campuses for less than 12 months."
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