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.
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It's a great take and worth reading to the end. I agree with his whole opinion. an excerpt:
Two days before that exchange erupted, Kiffin told SI that 100% of high school players are choosing schools based on the highest NIL guarantee—and he doesn’t blame them. Despite those saying otherwise, he believes the current model is, in fact, sustainable, yet it will produce uncomfortable locker-room environments where boosters evolve into team owners, manipulating coaching decisions and so on.
The NIL-disguised inducements are widening the gaps in FBS, he says, further separating the Group of 5 from the Power 5 but also creating more separation within the Power 5. NIL will allow Saban to win more championships, he claims, and he does not believe the 70-year-old Alabama coach will ever retire.
Finally, in a dose of honesty and reality that few care to admit publicly, Kiffin does not understand how college football has not yet moved to a professionalized model.
“We’re a professional sport,” he says, “and they are professional players.”
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