The Ole Miss head coach likened the sport to a “pay-for-play” system that helps big schools.
Lane Kiffin blasted name, image and likeness compensation and the transfer portal during Thursday’s SEC Media Day, calling college football’s new system “a disaster.”
“We have this NIL, it’s great, and this portal, it’s great. Whoa. And I’m not saying I was the only one saying it. Whoa, this is a disaster coming because you just legalized cheating and you just told donors they can pay the players is what you did,” Kiffin said at a press conference. “When you add the NIL at the same time, we have created, I’ve said it before, we’ve got different caps and no luxury taxes,” Kiffin added. “So we’ve got professional sports, because that really is what we are, what’s been created now, and there’s no caps on what guys can make or what teams’ payrolls are.”This season, Ole Miss acquired 20 players through the portal, including Oklahoma State quarterbacks Spencer Sanders and five-star LSU recruit Walker Howard.
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