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Gorney: Millionaire coaches need to stop preaching against NIL

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In the game of NIL irony, I see LSU’s Brian Kelly and raise you Boise State’s Spencer Danielson.

Both stepped in it this week while making comments about NIL that quickly backfired on them because it was so wildly out of touch (Kelly) or so crazily misguided (Danielson).

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Let’s start with Kelly, the winningest coach in Notre Dame history who left South Bend for LSU because in part he felt the Tigers were fully invested in winning national championships.