In fall 2017 in response to an FBI investigation and arrests by the Justice Department’s Southern District of New York of executives of Adidas, sports agents and basketball coaches Emmert formed the Commission on Division I Men's Basketball, chaired by Condoleezza Rice. He called for swift and decisive action to address this scandal. Within less than a year the commission called for sweeping reform within the NCAA and the board of governors and membership bodies passed and the NCAA implemented the recommendations marking a dramatic improvement in the basketball environment.