Last May when Michael Foster told Sports Illustrated that he was bypassing college for the pros, opting to suit up for the G League Ignite instead, he referred to his move as “the golden path.”
“It’s the thing to do right now,” Foster said.
Two and a half months later on July 1, the NCAA shifted the landscape of college athletics by changing its policy to allow student-athletes to profit from their name, image and likeness (NIL).
“It’s a whole new world now,” says Centennial (Corona, Calif.) shooting guard Jared McCain, a Duke commit.