LSU latest basketball program to tap into G League ranks, signing former pro guard RJ Luis Jr

New York Yankees President Randy Levine, Vice Chair of 'Saving College Sports' Board, joins Brian Kilmeade to break down the 'Wild West' of college sports. Levine highlights the escalating issues of name, image, and likeness (NIL) deals, the chaotic transfer portal, and athlete eligibility impacting student-athletes. He details the financial strain on universities and President Trump's efforts to find legislative solutions, hoping for a bipartisan fix within 90 days.

The NCAA has been a bit of a mess as of late.

Between players getting popped for sports betting scandals and guys in their mid-20s eschewing both the professional ranks and the workforce to stay in college, Van Wilder style, it's hard not to be black-pilled about the current state of college sports.

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Speaking of which, we saw yet another case of a college basketball team tapping into the pro ranks to land a player, as the LSU Tigers and head coach Will Wade signed G League guard RJ Luis Jr. earlier on Tuesday.

Luis comes to the Tigers by way of the Maine Celtics, the G League affiliate of the Boston Celtics, and was previously undrafted out of St. John's, where he won Big East Player of the Year a season prior.

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To give LSU even a shred of benefit of the doubt here, the Tigers didn't sign Luis in the middle of the season fresh off a G League roster to try and bolster a tournament, so this isn't exactly an apples-to-apples comparison to the infamous Charles