Add Urban Meyer to the list of legends disrupting the NIL status quo.
The three-time national champion football coach said name, image and likeness have become a form of “cheating” when recruiting players.
“If you were a women’s basketball player, like this great girl from Iowa, and they wanted to put her on a billboard and pay her, they could do that. But that wasn’t the case,” Meyer said. said in an interview. Lou Holtz.
“What’s going on is an arms race to get money from donors, and donors are just paying players. I understand that’s what’s going on, and I’m I don’t like it.
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Urban Meyer during the NCAA Tournament first round game between the West Virginia Mountaineers and Maryland Terrapins at BJCC Legacy Arena on March 16, 2023 in Birmingham, Alabama. (Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)
“If Lou Holtz or Urban Meyer or Marvin Harrison Jr. or CJ Stroud wants to use their name to help sell cars and do business, that’s great. But a 17-year-old kid “To ask for money for a visit,” to pay players a lot of money to go to a charity event for 20 minutes and have them write a check for $50,000, that’s cheating. I am very disappointed in the content of this incident. ”
Meyer retired from coaching six years ago, but the NIL was still unimaginable when he left.
Jacksonville Jaguars head coach Urban Meyer stands on the sideline during the second half of a game against the Tennessee Titans at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Dec. 12, 2021. (Steve Roberts/USA Today Sports)
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Meyer went so far as to argue that NIL is “wonderful,” but if it turns into “capitalism,” then there is a problem.
“There’s something called the Collective, and they collect money from donors, they get this huge chunk of money, and they pay the players,” Meyer said. “That’s not my intention.”
Fox Sports announcer Urban Meyer on air during halftime of the Big Ten Championship Game between the Purdue Boilermakers and the Michigan Wolverines at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis on December 3, 2022. told. (Brian Spurlock/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
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Meyer coached the Florida Gators from 2005 to 2010 and then coached Ohio State University from 2012 to 2018. He last coached the Jacksonville Jaguars in 2021, when he was fired after a 2-11 start to the season.
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