Mitch Barnhart’s first comments about Name, Image, and Likeness legislation back in June suggested he wasn’t a big fan of this new era of college athletics. During an appearance on Kentucky Sports Radio, Kentucky’s athletic director said he’s warming up to NIL as several of the school’s student-athletes take advantage of new opportunities.
“If I wasn’t excited before, it wasn’t — and Matt, you know this about me. I’m conservative by nature. I’ve built our program from a conservative platform of, we’re going to walk slowly and do things gently. So, I’m going to gather information on everything that we do and make sure we’re proceeding through those processes the right way.