Bill Self on NIL—Top Player

[Bill Lowery]

IMO, NIL is absolutely killing college sports and teams like Tulsa don’t stand a chance to compete against big money schools.​

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Kansas head coach Bill Self has a straightforward reason for passing up on AJ Dybantsa​

ANDREW HUGHES
October 28, 2024•7:41 pm CDT

On SI’s Eli Henderson relayed Bill Self’s reasoning for passing up on the next big thing wing, AJ Dybantsa: Kansas needs to spread the NIL wealth around the entire lineup. One-man shows don’t tend to win titles at the collegiate level.
“Traditional Powerhouses like the Kansas Jayhawks, which initially pursued Dybantsa, appear to be opting out of this bidding war, instead focusing on other top players with a lower NIL price tag,” Henderson prefaced before saying, “This isn’t about Kansas being cheap; it’s about long-term strategy. With the average NIL compensation for top-tier players in the transfer portal estimated at around $750,000, allocating $4 million to one high school recruit could have major repercussions on a program’s ability to build a complete,competitive roster.”

Dybantsa told Paul George and the “Podcast P” panel that he was looking for a family-oriented approach that will fast-track him to the NBA.
“Everybody’s gonna think you should have the four or five blue-bloods in there, but I mean me and my family have pillars,” Dybantsa said. “We need a family-oriented school, I need a coach that’s not gonna sugarcoat, I need the best and fastest development plan — I’m trying to be a one-and-done, I need a winning organization and I just picked the best seven schools that I think fit that … I’m just trying to choose the school that’s best for me.”

AJ Dybantsa on why he reclassified from 2026 to 2025 recruiting class​

Dybantsa explained how his frame filling out was the only thing that kept him from reclassifying from 2026 to the Class of 2025 during that interview with George – a player he is hoping to emulate from an earnings standpoint but is hoping to have a shorter college career than.
“This is my original class, I just wasn’t ready to play with these guys yet, and then once I grew into my body and once I got a strength coach, I was like ‘I’m ready to go back up,'” Dybantsa said.
Dybantsa has no crystal ball predictions yet. Where he’s looking to attend for a one-year transformation into an NBA-ready prospect is unclear.

 

[TUMU]

NIL makes me ill and has made college sports ill.

 

[Gmoney4WW]

I want a way to completely ignore the aspect of a degree. I want a way to ask the most money I can for you to immediately act like a family member whom I will abandon after one year. And I want you as a coach, and you as a program to eat my & like it, as I take a ton of your money for a one year quickie, slam bam thank you maam. Thanks for the money, cuz I wasn't here long enough to make any memories. Also, if it turns out I am not as good as advertised, I want you to take the hit, & continue paying me 4M until I can reach that point at which I make my fast getaway to the league. So I want you to be on the hook for four years if it takes me that long to get to the league. All good?

G league, take these fckrs out of high school, and turn our league back into a student/athlete college athletics program, please!

 

[TU_BLA]

He'll end up at UCONN. He and Hurley are made for one another. As for the NIL aspect, make the deal multi year and have them sign a contract. Since the NCAA is powerless to enforce any rules these days, including making sure the players are actual students at the schools, then the schools should be able to enforce an actual legal contract complete with a hefty buyout if the players leaves for any reason prior to the completion of the terms of the agreement. You can transfer as many times as you want but if the buyout is bigger than the NIL deal you're getting, is the new school going to pay that buyout for you. The players and now agents want all the benefits and pay of being a pro player, including free agency, well make them sign contracts like pros and hold them to it.