Back in February, when we were first beginning to see how the newly available NIL (name, image and likeness) opportunities were impacting college football, Clemson coach Dabo Swinney shared some words of warning:
“The portal is good from the aspect of kids being able to go somewhere else. I think that is good. I just think that there should be some parameters. The combination of the portal and NIL and tampering, we’ve created this environment in college football that’s not healthy. Any adult that is really involved in it knows that. Very few people will say that because they are worried about getting criticized or somebody is going to write a bad article about them.