Critics of the rule claimed it specifically targeted sports agent Rich Paul, who doesn't have a college degree but represents some of the biggest names in sports, including LeBron James.
The NCAA, which governs college athletics, amended a rule requiring agents representing student-athletes to have a bachelor's degree after facing heavy criticism.
Many criticized the NCAA for requiring agents who represent student-athletes to have completed their college degree and several prominent celebrities claimed it directly targeted sports agent Rich Paul. Paul, who never graduated from college, represents some of the biggest names in sports, including NBA starsThe rule was quickly dubbed"The Rich Paul Rule" and gained so much traction on social media that it became a trending topic.
"NCAA executives are once again preventing young people from less prestigious backgrounds, and often people of color, from working in the system they continue to control," Paul wrote."In this case, the people being locked out are kids who aspire to be an agent and work in the NBA and do not have the resources, opportunity or desire to get a four-year degree."
He wrote that he supported requiring agents to have three years worth of experience and could get behind requiring the passing of an exam. Requiring a four-year degree, though, he wrote, would only systematically exclude people who"come from a world where college is unrealistic."the requirement was amended.
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