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The ongoing soap opera of the Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) landscape is not disappearing anytime soon, whether coaches like it or not. Yes, there will be some type of legislation eventually passed, but Bob Stoops called the rules established by the NCAA a failure.
There’s no need to re-hash all that has transpired over the past twelve months when it comes to NIL. But what most college coaches agree on is how the lack of rule structure has made this the wild west of college athletics. How does the NCAA expect to all of a sudden stop the influence of boosters? They aren’t just going to magically disappear after all the involvement we’ve seen in the last several months.
DEION SANDERS WANTS PLAYERS FOCUSING ON ‘NFL, NOT THE NIL’
Head coach Bob Stoops of the Oklahoma Sooners looks on against the Auburn Tigers during the Allstate Sugar Bowl at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome on January 2, 2017 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images)
But this all goes back to the NCAA, which wasn’t prepared or didn’t care enough to look at what NIL would do once folks figured out that it could be used for other purposes besides a deal with a local bar. What we are seeing now is a massive change in how we approach paying players, who deserve to be paid by the way. But the coaches are now looking around the country and are fed up with having to engage in a public bidding war for a player. When it was all done under the table, at least they didn’t have to discuss it.
Former Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops appeared on ‘The Rush’, a talk show hosted by Tyler McComas and Teddy Lehman and broadcast around the state of Oklahoma. During his appearance, Stoops
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