Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) has dominated the college football conversation during the offseason and continued at the spring SEC meetings in Destin, Florida.
missouri head coach Eli Drinkwitz Asked about the future of student-athlete compensation Tuesday, Drinkwitz said he wasn’t sure what’s to come.
Missouri Tigers head coach Eli Drinkwitz in the fourth quarter of a college football game between the Missouri Tigers and the Kansas State Wildcats on September 10, 2022 at Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium in Manhattan, Kansas. (Scott Winters/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
«I think the future is unknown,» Drinkwitz told reporters. «I think we are in a very unknown situation»
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«I know in my opinion right now what we have is a broken system that needs some kind of guidance,» he continued. «We have been criticized for our State Lawwhich seems unfair to me. We don’t criticize other people for being innovative in what they try to design for offense or defense or how they execute their schemes to try to create an opportunity for success. So why would we be criticized for creating an opportunity for success for us through our state laws?
«So, I don’t think that’s fair criticism from anyone. And I think it’s an unknown situation. Until there’s some kind of crisis, I would assume you have to create it, create some simplified standards, I don’t know if there is.» It will be a change.»
Missouri House Bill 417 passed in early May, allowing state recruiters to start taking advantage of NIL as soon as they sign on with state universities.
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Missouri Tigers head coach Eli Drinkwitz during an SEC college football game between the Arkansas Razorbacks and the Missouri Tigers on November 25, 2022 at Memorial Stadium in Columbia, Missouri. (Scott Winters/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
The bill has yet to be signed by Gov. Mike Parson.
Alabama head coach Nick Saban also discussed the future of student-athlete compensationsuggesting that college football adopt a salary structure similar to the model that exists in the NFL.
«Yeah, I don’t have a problem with that,» Saban said, according to AL.com. «Unionize it, make it like the nfl. I mean, if it’s going to be the same for everyone, I think it’s better than what we have now because what we have now is we have some states and some schools in some states are investing a lot more money in terms of managing their roster. than others and I think this will create a real competitive disadvantage for some in the future. And it will also create an imbalance in the competitive nature of the sport, which is not good for the sport.
Alabama Crimson Tide head coach Nick Saban looks on before the game against the Vanderbilt Commodores at Bryant-Denny Stadium on September 24, 2022 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. (Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)
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«Everything they do in the NFL is to create what? Parity. Parity. And if they could have every team going into Week 17 8-8, that would be like a dream for the NFL… Well, if you think While there is disparity in college football right now, there will be much more in the future.»
Fox News’ Chantz Martin contributed to this report