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| Title: | College basketball's $7M freshmen: How NIL changed everything about player development |
| Link: | Original article on nytimes.com |
| Region: | US |
| Topics: | coaches; changed; 7m; pearl; money; basketball; players; player; told; development; college; coach; going; freshmen; nil; basketballs; NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament; Student athlete compensation; The Athletic; Bruce Pearl; College basketball; Guard (gridiron football); Mick Cronin (basketball); Freshman; Head coach; Fraternities and sororities; St. John's Red Storm men's basketball; California State University, Fullerton; Rick Pitino; Amateur Athletic Union; Mid-major; Tennessee Titans; Combo guard; Chris Paul; Auburn Tigers; Basketball |
| Datetime: | 4/3/2026, 9:00:21 AM |
| Summary: | St. John’s coach Rick Pitino said the quality of play this season is the best he’s seen in his 50 years as a college basketball coach. (Jamie Squire / Getty Images)“They’re worried that players are just making too much, too fast,” Pearl told The Athletic. That players in college basketball believe that these types of lucrative contracts will always be obtainable because of the current unregulated marketplace. Arkansas coach John Calipari went on a diatribe in December about how older players are sticking around in college basketball to earn a living. For decades, college basketball coaches held all the cards.... |
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