According to a source with direct knowledge of the new legislative initiative to alter recruiting in men's basketball, there will be a new rule adopted to allow a prospect to bring a parent or guardian with him on an official visit.

The source said that the initial proposal is for two people, either guardians or parents, but the expectation is that it will be reduced to one when this is voted on in October.

That would be a major mistake. If a son or daughter is choosing a college, the norm is that both parents would want to accompany their child. But when players are recruited from all over the country, cost becomes a problem. So much money is spent on recruiting that it makes sense to ensure that the parents/guardians are at ease with the situation.

But to have to pick one?

"Good luck trying to make that phone call that you can pay for one of you and not the other," Alabama coach Anthony Grant said. "Especially if there is a mom and a dad not in the same home."

Auburn coach Tony Barbee said the NCAA has been trying to eliminate the third party forever, but the reality is that the third party has been around since recruiting started. He said at one point the third party was the high school coach but has now evolved into various forms, from AAU coach, to advisor, to handler, etc.

Still, Barbee is pleased that there will be more access to recruits to possibly bring down the number of transfers. That's in response to the proposals that would allow high school juniors to start making official visits after the Final Four.

But Grant isn't sold that allowing juniors the chance to commit earlier would solve the problem of players transferring at an "alarming rate."

Quick hitters

• A number of coaches wanted the April recruiting period to return and it appears the legislative council will do that for them. The offset will be a July recruiting schedule that will likely be on the weekends instead of two 10-day periods. The question: Is that going to be a three-day or four-day weekend?

• How do you think Kelvin Sampson feels about the potential deregulation of phone calls and text messages after he was fired for such offenses at Indiana? Even if the rules were archaic, and they were, they were still rules at the time and they were broken. But at least now there is some sense.

• The good news for coaches is that they will be able to call a player in June to say that they'll see them at the event in July. And then after Aug. 1 of their junior year, the unlimited communication begins. But that contact with the player would have to be at the high school or home in the fall and beyond.

• Coaches must get access to their players in the summer. It's one of the most ridiculous things that a coach can't watch his own players work out or play pickup. Who fills that void? Workout coaches who work for agents. Tell me the harm in watching your own players?

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• Andre Drummond picked his final five schools, and four of them were in the Big East. Still, the consensus among coaches is that Drummond will wait for the 2012 NBA draft since he would be a year out of his graduating class and be 19 years old. The only flaw in that plan is if the NBA and the NBPA come to an agreement with a new collective bargaining deal that alters the current setup and possibly forces players to stay out two or more years after graduating high school. That would be a reach but it's still possible.

• The new 12-team conference setup for the SEC comes at the right time. Kentucky, Vanderbilt and Florida will be pushed by Alabama and Mississippi State, and the standings should reflect. But the problem is that the schedule remains the same for this season since the league said it didn't have enough time to alter the format. So that means Alabama and Mississippi State won't have the possibility of two chances against those three former SEC East teams while those three teams will have a tougher schedule that requires playing each other twice.

• This feel-good story of NCAA change is great news for the game. But then there are the rumblings of another conference alignment shift with rumors of Texas A&M heading to the SEC. How is that good for the game? Stability has to occur in the foreseeable future. If more conference raids continue and the Big 12 becomes unstable, there is a domino effect. If the NCAA presidents are serious about streamlining the rule book, then they should stop raiding each other's conferences. They can't talk about unity and then crush each other in a back room.

• Remember when the Pac-10 put out a proposal in 2009 to cancel foreign tours? Well, that might have been one of the worst proposals ever out of a conference. More teams are off on foreign tours this month and they should benefit greatly during the season. Exposing players to foreign teams and different styles of play as well as building team harmony does nothing but help a program.

• The U.S. roster for the World University Games is a great representation of the game this season. There are players from a variety of conferences, especially ones that will surprise during the season. It shows the diversity that has become the new norm in the game.

• I get the sense Chris Mack will stay at Xavier for a long time, much like Mark Few has done at Gonzaga, and that's great news for X. Xavier is a power that isn't going to shrink.

• There has been no bigger offseason injury than the torn ACL of Miami's Reggie Johnson. That may have taken a bubble team off the radar and into the NIT if he doesn't return.

• UConn athletic director Jeff Hathaway, who is being reviewed by new UConn president Susan Herbst, is showing no signs that he's going to lose his post as chair of the NCAA tournament selection committee. Hathaway is already planning his fall schedule to watch a slew of games.

• Texas A&M's Billy Kennedy and Fairfield's Sydney Johnson pulled savvy moves to ensure there were foreign trips this month. Both squads could win their respective conferences but the new coaches needed extra time to get to know their teams.

• I said Jereme Richmond made a mistake by leaving Illinois early. He wasn't drafted. But it was a tremendous move for the Illini after Richmond's arrest for assaulting a woman. Bruce Weber can't get farther away from Richmond. Weber needs a clean slate with this team.

• It's almost been too quiet an offseason for Ohio State in men's basketball. The top-tier Buckeyes have one of the best players in the country in Jared Sullinger. I'm convinced they're going to be a consistent player for the national title.

• From Aug. 15 to Aug. 19 at 5 p.m. ET, ESPNU will televise our College Coaches roundtable that I held in Orlando last month. Here is the schedule:

Mon, Aug 15
Tom Izzo , Michigan State; Matt Painter, Purdue; Bill Carmody, Northwestern; Mick Cronin, Cincinnati; Ed Cooley, Providence; Tom Herrion, Marshall

Tue, Aug 16
Kevin Stallings, Vanderbilt; Andy Kennedy, Ole Miss; John Beilein, Michigan; Jamie Dixon, Pittsburgh; Jim Larranaga, Miami; Mitch Henderson, Princeton

Wed, Aug 17
Brian Gregory, Georgia Tech; Mark Gottfried, NC State; Seth Greenberg, Virginia Tech; John Thompson III, Georgetown; Sydney Johnson, Fairfield; Fran Dunphy, Temple

Thu, Aug 18
John Calipari, Kentucky; Mike Brey, Notre Dame; Phil Martelli, Saint Joseph's; Jim Baron, Rhode Island; Blaine Taylor, Old Dominion; Leonard Hamilton, Florida State

Fri, Aug 19
Jim Calhoun, UConn; Rick Pitino, Louisville; Brad Stevens, Butler; Roy Williams, North Carolina; Josh Pastner, Memphis; Mike Anderson, Arkansas; Gregg Marshall, Wichita State