It would appear that the players are certainly better than average but probably not elite.
My concern is that so many players who got and would have got playing time left and assistants leaving as well. Not a lot of evidence of everything is ok.
as for NIL, my son is in favor of paying the players because he said that there are so many demands on the players that they have no opportunity to earn money. I can buy into that but what would be wrong for the NCAA to set a maximum that a player can get.