In his opening press conference at SEC Media Days, first-year LSU head coach Brian Kelly pushed back against the idea that the school is underfunded and that LSU is "as competitive as anybody else."
"I don't feel like we're being out-bid by anybody," Kelly said. "I don't think that's the place of NIL anyway. So if we were being out-bid, then we're going to be out-bid if we have $50 million in our collective."
Kelly, who was hired by LSU in November, said the timing was right for his departure from Notre Dame after 11 years at the school.