BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Arkansas coach John Calipari, whose one-and-done era at Kentucky saw NBA talent come and go nearly every season, criticized what he is seeing in the name, image and likeness portal era, saying he will not become a “transactional” coach or he “won’t do this anymore."

The 66-year-old Calipari said he welcomes some changes in college athletics more than others after three-plus decades of head coaching.

“I want to help 25 to 30 more families,” Calipari said Tuesday at SEC basketball media days . “The only way you do that is to be transformational as a coach. If you’re not, you’re transactional. If I become transactional – ‘I’m going to pay you this to do this and that’ – then I won’t do this anymore. I don’t need to.”

A transactional approach has become exceedingly

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