Tank Bigsby addresses NIL, talk of jealousy created in locker room
When NIL first emerged across the college landscape in the summer of 2021, many college football fans across the country immediately thought introducing money into the locker rooms was going to create jealousy and divide teams. Recently at SEC Media Days in Atlanta, Georgia, Auburn running back Tank Bigsby said the team talked about NIL a lot last year, but this year the team doesn’t talk about it much at all.
“I got asked that question today, too. It’s no jealousy, and that’s the best thing about it. The guys that are making a lot of money don’t come in the locker room saying, ‘I got this and that.’ When they don’t even talk; we don’t even speak about NIL. NIL is really not like everybody making a big deal, like everybody be like NIL, NIL. It’s not such, it’s not even, we don’t even talk about it a lot,” Bigsby said.
“We talking about, ‘Hey bro, when we play them…’ We talking about that type of stuff now. When NIL first came out last year, that’s all you heard around the locker room. All you heard. ‘NIL, man? We finna get paid!’ But it’s not like that no more, and I respect them guys for doing that. Like everybody else say, if a dude come in and we see that he post a deal. Congratulations. Bruh, I got to work hard to get where you at. I’m not hating on you. Congratulations. You just did something that made me know what I can do now, so I’m finna go out there and compete and do the same thing. I’m not finna sit here and hating on you now, mine ain’t coming,” Bigsby said.
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Bigsby was expected to enter the transfer portal, Auburn Live’s Justin Hokanson reported in December, but the Tigers ended up getting him to stick around. He was a huge part of the offense last season, rushing for 1,099 yards and 10 touchdowns to lead the charge. Bigsby currently has piled up 1,933 rushing yards and 15 total touchdowns on the ground for the Tigers in his career. Heading into the 2022-2023 season, he currently ranks 20th all-time in career rushing yardage for Auburn.
The Auburn Tigers face off against the Mercer Bears on Sept. 3. Kickoff for that one is slated for 7:00 PM EST.
On3’s Nick Schultz also contributed to this article.