Santa Clara Law Review Volume 61 Number 1 Article 1 2-1-2021 The Changing Landscape of Intercollegiate Athletics—The Need to Revisit the NCAA's "No Agent Rule" Sahl, John P. Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.law.scu.edu/lawreview Part of the Law Commons Recommended Citation John P. Sahl, The Changing Landscape of Intercollegiate Athletics—The Need to Revisit the NCAA's "No Agent Rule," 61 SANTA CLARA L. REV. 1 (2020). This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Journals at Santa Clara Law Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Santa Clara Law Review by an authorized editor of Santa Clara Law Digital Commons. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. THE CHANGING LANDSCAPE OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS—THE NEED TO REVISIT THE NCAA’S “NO AGENT RULE” John P. Sahl* The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), the primary governing body for intercollegiate athletics, promulgated its “No Agent Rule” in 1974 prohibiting advisors of student-athletes from communi- cating and negotiating with professional sports teams. As part of a core principle of amateurism, the NCAA adopted this rule, in part, to deline- ate between professional athletes and student athletes. However, through economic and societal evolution, this policy is antiquated and detrimental to the personal and professional development of college ath- letes. This Article argues in favor of expanding the recent Rice Commis- sion’s recommendation, adopted by the NCAA, to grant an exception from the No Agent Rule for Men’s Division I elite basketball players to all college sports and levels of competition.