FC/OT: Lane Kiffen has some thoughts. SI interview….

[Midnighter]

Lots of thoughts on NIL and the future of college football….

Lane Kiffin opens up on NIL running amok in college football - Sports Illustrated

The Ole Miss coach shares how he feels about bidding wars, Alabama’s dominance and college football’s new normal.

www.si.com

 

[PSUJam]

Lots of thoughts on NIL and the future of college football….

Lane Kiffin opens up on NIL running amok in college football - Sports Illustrated

The Ole Miss coach shares how he feels about bidding wars, Alabama’s dominance and college football’s new normal.

www.si.com

I read this earlier and this part stuck out to me:

LK: "There are all kinds of issues that are coming. Let’s say reports are true, and some high school quarterback is making $6 to $8 million. How is that going to work? How is he coming into the locker room? Are the coaches going to need to play him, or are donors going to be mad when he’s not playing—the first-round pick that the donor drafts. I’ve been in that situation.

The people paying that are going to want that guy to play. If he’s not playing, how is the backup quarterback who is earning just a scholarship check going to play over him?"

Hmmmm. He's been in that situation. But wasn't it was illegal before this year?

 

[VaDave4PSU]

Dead on.

Hmmmm. He's been in that situation. But wasn't it was illegal before this year?

Just below the part you referenced...

SI: When you were head coach at the Raiders, you and then owner Al Davis became embroiled in a public fight over the playing time of No. 1 draft pick JaMarcus Russell. Do you see that starting to play out in college?

LK: How is that not going to be an issue—that the donor pays the money for the player, and you’re not playing them and that same donor gets you hired and fired. That donor is now what? The owner.

I’ve been there, where the owner calls and says, ‘We need to play this guy!’ And I say, ‘No, we need to play this other guy.’ I’ll tell you what happens—you get fired. You get fired on an overhead projector. What’s going to happen when the lead donor calls and says to play this guy, and you don’t—do you not get fired?

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I think this is what he was talking about. But it's Kiffin.