AJ Dybantsa during official visit to BYU (Source: Instagram/@aj.dybantsa)

"We are in money laundering mode now": NCAAB fans react to CBB analyst's comments on AJ Dybantsa's rumored deal

Modified Oct 17, 2024 18:27 GMT

AJ Dybantsa may still be in high school, but many NCAA basketball fans are already raising their eyebrows because he has reportedly been offered $7 to $9 million just to play college hoops for a year. Bailey Jackson, a college basketball analyst, posted on Threads that the deal with the five-star forward and No. 1 prospect from the Class of 2025 may not be worth it at all.

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Jackson said that Dybantsa, who will likely head to BYU, may only be at the school for less than a year as he may enter the NBA draft soon after his freshman year finishes. She questioned if this was worth all the money, although she acknowledged that schools, including BYU, are willing to pay that amount to land him.

Several fans reacted to her analysis, with one fan saying that NCAA teams are in "money laundering" mode already.

Fan reacts to reported AJ Dybantsa college deal Source: (Threads/tedfunches)

"We are in money laundering mode now with the NCAA portal," the fan wrote.

However, other fans pointed out that BYU or whatever team gets his commitment is getting much more in return for AJ Dybantsa's one season.

NCAA fans react to possible AJ Dybantsa deal (Souce: Threads/@Baileyjacksonsports)

"You don't know what BYU is getting in return on the back end of things. He's bringing exposure to the school, much like what Deion Sanders is doing with Colorado and the recruits he brought there. No one cared about BYU in terms of basketball, but now they do. At least for 1 or 2 seasons. Advertisers will be knocking at that school's door," one fan replied.

"Let that young man get his bag 🙃😂," another replied.

"Yeah she tripping it's worth every dime if he goes there and excel and making them way more then what they already been making," another fan wrote.

"Easy, BYU is about to make triple to quadruple that for the attention they’ll receive with him playing basketball for them 😎💯," another fan commented.

Hefty offer made to AJ Dybantsa not final yet

While fans are reacting to the Utah Prep star possibly making $7-9 million to play just one year of college basketball, the deal itself is not yet final.

College basketball insider Jeff Goodman first said last week that he had heard Dybantsa had been offered that range.

“Now, again, you can’t prove that yet," he said. "Nothing’s done, and revenue sharing's not in yet, so that could change a little bit but, yeah, these numbers are gonna be pretty hefty."

AJ Dybantsa has yet to announce where he will go. However, his final seven schools are BYU, Kansas State, Alabama, North Carolina, Auburn, Kansas and USC. He has announced he will be making his decision known in February.