Dabo Swinney put a new spin on criticism of college athletics’ name, image and likeness rules on Wednesday.
The Clemson football coach said at his early signing day news conference that Clemson’s program has been built on “God’s name, image and likeness” while he’s been the head coach. The deeply religious Swinney has long been outspoken against what he thinks is the “professionalization” of college sports while being one of the highest-paid coaches in college football after Clemson won two national titles on his watch.
“We built this program on NIL,” Swinney said.