Introducing this week's top non-draft story, Voepel examines whether and how to "change the culture of recruiting."

Do coaches spend too much time on recruiting? Do we need new rules about high-tech contact between coaches and high school players-- in particular, all-hours text messaging?

Do AAU, other non-school teams, and non-school tournaments have too much power? Should the NCAA ban coaches from summer tournaments, or otherwise regulate the AAU season? (Does the Rick Lopez disaster have policy implications for the NCAA?)

Joanne McCallie and Ceal Barry think modern recruiting has gone way too far. Jim Foster says it doesn't matter: "no matter what the rules are or the legislation is, in my opinion, the same kids end up going to the same schools... Ohio State is going to be mostly kids from Ohio and a couple from somewhere else." Candace Parker agrees: "Honestly, the changes that they want to make I don't think are going to affect things."

The WBCA's Beth Bass says high school coaches deserve more power. Duke recruiter Gale Valley: "You didn’t used to see all this pressure in the women’s game. But now there is much more media attention... With the WNBA growing, players now ask how we can get them to the next level.”

The WBCA's "recruiting and access package" considers twenty-one separate proposals. Voepel explains what most of them mean. (The WBCA itself offers a bunch of PDFs. Perhaps they should rethink their website.)

On the men's side, similar ideas have also come up.

The NCAA's DI Management Council will vote on proposed changes this week: any changes they green-light then go to the Board of Directors.