The landscape of college basketball seems to be changing at every opportunity.

The NCAA has gone from over-regulating the most minuscule of things to lessening a lot of their enforcement, especially when it comes to assembling a roster.

On Thursday, the NCAA approved a blanket waiver that will allow coaches to host as many official visitors as they want, according to The Athletic.

This waiver will go into effect on July 31st, 2024, and will cover both men’s and women’s basketball.

It’s unfortunate that this change wasn’t put into place just a bit sooner, because there’s no doubt that newly hired Kentucky Wildcats men’s basketball coach Mark Pope had to make some concessions when building out his official visit list while trying to build a roster from scratch.

Now, hoops coaches across the nation won’t have to prioritize visits and will be able to bring as many recruits on campus as they see fit. No longer will there be the need to determine whether it’s worth “wasting” a visit on a prospect that is very unlikely to ultimately commit to your program.

It’s unclear how this will impact the top programs like the University of Kentucky, but the move comes as little surprise, considering the NCAA has been harboring a no-holds-barred mentality when it comes to the transfer portal.

It has to be the best time in the history of its existence to be an NCAA athlete, right?

I often think about the past athletes who were seemingly cheated out of favorable updates to the landscape of college sports, such as the allowance of unlimited visitors on campus.

Kids around the country will be courted on beautiful campuses in even higher numbers than they already are. I wouldn’t blame a player for taking as many visits as he or she needed to make the best, informed decision for themselves.