Rick Pitino brought a Big East title to St. John's for the first time since 2000 in just his second year as the college basketball coach in Queens. He did

Rick Pitino wanted to set the record straight: St. John’s isn’t the product of a high Name, Image & Likeness payroll.

Except now, paying players is completely legal under NIL rules, and Pitino even says some of the stars of his current St. John’s team -- Zuby Ejiofor and Big East Tournament MOP RJ Luis -- are “under-paid” in today’s NIL market.