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![SuaKCravens Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:24/cr:twitter::2584242516.png) Su’a Kristopher Cravens [@SuaKCravens](/creator/twitter/SuaKCravens) on x 155.8K followers
Created: 2025-07-16 17:17:59 UTC

I get it … “THESE KIDS ARE NO LONGER KIDS ONCE THEY ACCEPT THESE 6-7 FIGURE DEALS”, but let’s relax a little bit. If you were a former D1 athlete, you know how much of a grind college was and how much better the experience would’ve been with some extra bread in your pocket! So I have no issue with these kids getting paid, but I do think there needs to be some type of regulation to stop teams from poaching & to stop kids from jumping ship while pocketing money on a deal they didn’t follow through with. Here’s a quick little story on how my era and the athletes before me walked so the athletes today can SPEND, I mean run ! 😂✌🏽 #NIL #BrokeAF #BornAtTheWrongTime

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