The new rules for NCAA players that allow them to profit off of their name, image, or likeness (NIL) as a means of a concession against paying players at that level outright has a few veteran players thinking about how their college careers might have been different had the NIL option been around when they were enrolled.
Among them is former Boston Celtics player and assistant coach Evan Turner, who revealed he might have spent more seasons with Ohio State had he been able to get enough NIL money to make it worth his while to not go pro on a recent episode of The Athletic “NBA Show” podcast.
Buy Celtics TicketsTake a look at the clip embedded below to hear what the former No. 2 pick of the 2010 NBA draft had to say about the new name, image, and likeness rules — and what he might have done had then been around in his college days.
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