Ryan Day didn’t mince his words.
The third-year Ohio State head coach, for the second time in seven days, left his football program’s ongoing high school camp in order to advocate for the passage of Senate Bill 187, which would allow college athletes in Ohio to profit off of their name, image and likeness. Athletic director Gene Smith, state senator Niraj Antani, former quarterback Cardale Jones and Schottenstein Real Estate Group president Brian Schottenstein joined him at the Ohio Statehouse, also testifying in favor of it passing.
If the bill isn’t signed within the next week-and-a-half, Day told the house state and local government committee on Tuesday afternoon that he believes the result could “possibly be a disaster” for Ohio State and other universities within the state.