This proposal allows them to attempt to make those dreams a reality without taking away their ability to come back and play in amateur collegiate sport if they happen to be unsuccessful.” The rule, recommended by the Men’s Basketball Oversight Committee, is the result of extensive collaboration among the NCAA, NBA and the National Association of Basketball Coaches, which worked together to provide more flexibility for men’s basketball student-athletes with professional aspirations.Dan Guerrero, chair of the Men’s Basketball Oversight Committee and athletics director at UCLA, said the new rule would help students make decisions with as much information as possible.

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Beginning July 16 through July 29 basketball coaches are restricted to working with no more than 3 students who initiate a request for individual help/coaching instruction from their coach.

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That relationship included several occasions over the last year when there was unlawful sexual contact between the coach and the girl, who is a 16-year-old junior at the school, Johnson said.

He was booked on suspicion of multiple felony counts, including committing lewd and lascivious acts with a minor, Johnson said.“If this has been going on for a year, another student may know of this or have heard of it,” Johnson said.