The AAU & its major tournaments have been under high scrutiny recently. The current FBI investigation into shoe company kickbacks to college coaches means big changes may be coming. Changes which will change the AAU landscape for a long time. Hopefully for the better.
“[The NABC ad hoc committee] is going to recommend four regional camps, potentially one in June and one in July, involving somewhere between 2,000 and 3,000 kids,” Goodman
Jeff Goodman posted his thoughts on the CelticsBlog.com – check it out.
“The big thing here, according to sources, that’s likely to happen is that AAU basketball is no more,” said Goodman. “That coaches wouldn’t be able to go out in July to these shoe-sponsored events anymore.”
Doug DeVries has been working in youth basketball for over 25 years. He has a passion to see sports in balance in life, for kids to thrive in sports, and for parents to enjoy the entire process.