As NIL money to college athletes continues to increase and the NCAA looks to address the changes to the system that it did not foresee, Atlanta Hawks star Trae Young tweeted advice to high school basketball players considering their future in the sport.
For athletes who are offered six-digit sums of money or more, it is easy and understandable to accept the life-changing payment, even if it may come at the cost of choosing a school that would have better on-court fit or chemistry with coaches.
Young advised that athletes who think they have a true chance to make it to the pros should focus not on the short-term benefit of money but instead the long-term goal.
