The transfer portal. Name, image and likeness deals. Sixth-year seniors. Conference realignment. The ever-shifting prospects of the one-and-done rule.
Very few coaches want to go on record saying that allowing players to earn money through NIL or to freely move around in a billion-dollar business that imposes no such restrictions on the coaches themselves is a bad thing.
Hamilton is not the only coach concerned by a recent NCAA study that showed 43% of Division I athletes who enter the transfer portal - taking advantage of their newfound ability to switch schools without having to sit out a year - end up without a place to play. “However it all shakes out, what I want is whatever is best for the kids,” said Kentucky coach John Calipari, who for years has embraced the one-and-done system.“I think that’s an issue that we’re going to have to deal with that we’re totally avoiding,” he said.
Exhibit B: Including 25-year-old guard Adam Seiko, San Diego State has four key contributors who are in their fifth or sixth year of college. Baker would like to see the creation of a registry of contracts, financial literacy programs for families, a certification process for agents and a uniform standard contract for NIL deals.It played out at FAU, where coach Dusty May said some of his players were being approached while the team was in the middle of its run.
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