Indiana Basketball: Five former players who could have benefited from profiting from their likeness

The NCAA voted unanimously on Tuesday to allow players to profit from their likeness and image. Which former Indiana players could have benefited most from this ruling?

It’s been about a month since California voted to allow student-athletes to profit from their likeness. A vote in which the NCAA vehemently tried to block. It was not shocking that the NCAA wanted to block it as they have always had antiquated rules about how athletes could make money or receive gifts.

But on Tuesday the NCAA did a complete 180 and voted unanimously to allow it to be allowed across the board, not just California. Maybe they felt pressure from other states or high ranking presidents from big schools. Who knows why they exactly did it, the bigger news is that they actually did.

It is a long time coming from an organization long since thought of as unreasonable on these types of situations. Whatever reason it has happened it did and the athletes are definitely going to benefit from it.

The fans may too, as lots of video game enthusiasts have anxiously been awaiting a new NCAA football and basketball game. This seems to help pave the way for that to come back and everyone is very excited.

The biggest question is how are they going to regulate it and what limitations might there be on it, but those are still to be seen.

The athletes that have graduated are probably thinking too little too late, but at least it is a change.

Indiana like most schools has had a lot of great players come through their halls that could have benefited from this had it been in place when they were in school.

So which basketball players from the past would have benefited the most? We take a look at the five we think could have had the best chance to make some money.