Post by CFF on Feb 2, 2024 18:53:53 GMT -5
Ex-Alabama defensive coordinator Kevin Steele talked about how NIL has changed recruiting in the college football world. NIL regulations prohibit coaches from involvement, and collectives are excluded from recruiting. Steele notes the intriguing conversations this restriction prompts in the recruiting process.
“I’ll give you an example, and it’s a real example. And I’m not opposed to players getting paid. I’m not sure where the lines are,” Steele said Thursday on The Paul Finebaum Show. “You go in the home and the mom tells you, ‘Coach, we loved you. We’ve been up there 15 times, you know everybody in the family’s name. We trust you, we know we’re gonna get developed there, we know we’re gonna have a chance to become a first-round draft pick, we know we’re gonna have a chance to become a first-round draft pick, we know we’re gonna have a chance to win a national championship. But you guys aren’t in the ballpark in terms of the money.’ Well, we as coaches, we can’t be involved in that, per NCAA rules.'”
Steele recently retired from coaching in large part because of the new world of NIL and the challenges that come with it. He shared his concerns about the future of NIL in college football.
“If you look at the track record over the last couple of years with the lawsuits and those kinds of things, I don’t know – and I can say this now, I couldn’t have said it two months ago – I don’t know what role the NCAA has, as a coach,” Steele said. “Now, I’m not an administrator, I’m not somebody smart enough to figure it all out. But just as a boots-on-the-ground soldier, it doesn’t seem to have any effect anymore.
“But again, the NCAA is college administrators. They run the NCAA. That’s who the NCAA is. So we need to get it figured out pretty quick.”
“I’ll give you an example, and it’s a real example. And I’m not opposed to players getting paid. I’m not sure where the lines are,” Steele said Thursday on The Paul Finebaum Show. “You go in the home and the mom tells you, ‘Coach, we loved you. We’ve been up there 15 times, you know everybody in the family’s name. We trust you, we know we’re gonna get developed there, we know we’re gonna have a chance to become a first-round draft pick, we know we’re gonna have a chance to become a first-round draft pick, we know we’re gonna have a chance to win a national championship. But you guys aren’t in the ballpark in terms of the money.’ Well, we as coaches, we can’t be involved in that, per NCAA rules.'”
Steele recently retired from coaching in large part because of the new world of NIL and the challenges that come with it. He shared his concerns about the future of NIL in college football.
“If you look at the track record over the last couple of years with the lawsuits and those kinds of things, I don’t know – and I can say this now, I couldn’t have said it two months ago – I don’t know what role the NCAA has, as a coach,” Steele said. “Now, I’m not an administrator, I’m not somebody smart enough to figure it all out. But just as a boots-on-the-ground soldier, it doesn’t seem to have any effect anymore.
“But again, the NCAA is college administrators. They run the NCAA. That’s who the NCAA is. So we need to get it figured out pretty quick.”