Why More College Basketball Stars Are $taying In $chool
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🗓️ 1 July 2022
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Last week, many of the top college basketball players in the country heard their names called in the NBA draft. But others, including some of the most recognizable names in the game, decided to stay in school for another year instead -- in part because of NIL money. Today, The Athletic’s CJ Moore and Eamonn Brennan explain why college hoops is becoming an increasingly attractive option for college big men in particular, and how the decision to enter the draft (or not) played out for three top players. Plus, what all of this means for the future of the men's college game.
Read CJ Moore and Eamonn Brennan's full story about NIL and college big men:
https://theathletic.com/3357888/2022/06/16/bacot-tshiebwe-nil-college-basketball-nba/
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| 0:40.9 | So if there was an NIL, do you think you'd still come back to school or do you think you |
| 0:45.7 | would have at least tested the waters and probably left? |
| 0:50.3 | I mean, this decision was close, but it would have been probably even closer probably. |
| 0:54.2 | Would it have maybe leaned a little bit more towards leaving? |
| 0:58.2 | Last week, many of the top college basketball players in the country heard their name called |
| 1:02.2 | in the NBA draft. |
| 1:03.9 | But others, like the guy you heard right there, UNC Big Man Armando Becott, decided to stay |
| 1:09.3 | in school for another year, and a big reason why is NIL money. |
| 1:14.3 | Autograph sign is like a lot of the players we do that make a good amount of money off |
| 1:25.1 | that. |
| 1:26.1 | I mean, the pisses, you know, and the chap will hear I got my home burger, so I got to do |
| 1:31.5 | restaurant appliances and things like that. |
| 1:33.5 | Today, the Athletics C.J. Moore and Eman Brennan, who's why some of college basketball's best |
| 1:33.5 | players are finding that the new NIL rules, name, image, and likeness, are making staying |
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