All we heard last week was one allegation after another tying unscrupulous agents to college football players and whether any NCAA rules had been broken.

Four SEC schools that we know about -- Alabama, Florida, Georgia and South Carolina -- have had players questioned by NCAA representatives about improper dealings with agents or have been notified that there will be an inquiry. This probe stems primarily from parties in Miami back in the spring that might have been agent-funded.

What can the NCAA really do about this problem? Is there a better way to police some of this agent activity, which goes on everywhere? And is it time for the NCAA to change the way it views the agent/athlete relationship?

Here are three links that delve deeper into the whole issue:

Gene Wojciechowski: NCAA has lost its way

The NCAA is well-meaning. But the once lean and mean organization has become a bloated bureaucracy. There is a new world of college sports. It would be nice if the NCAA was part of it.

Pat Forde: Course adjustment

College sports saw the collision coming but didn't slow down. Recent NCAA moves have altered the course, but a collective accountability by multiple parties is needed to melt the agent iceberg.

Dana O'Neil: NCAA debates athlete-agent relationship

The NCAA is currently looking into how student-athletes can get more and better advice from advisers and (gasp) agents. The mere thought of cracking the door open for agents has many in the college community fretting.