In an interview with Dan Dakich, Urban Meyer discussed his concern with the emergence of NIL collectives - programs not affiliated with universities that provide NIL opportunities for student athletes at specific schools...

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“I don’t know,” Meyer said. “I’m not saying it’s all that way, but from my understanding, it’s a fancy word for cheating."

“When I hear that word [collective] I kind of cringe right now and I hear the stories behind it that they’re going to go to donors and boosters and ask for a lot of money and then decide who gets that money based on ability level," Meyer said.

"Which, I think is 1A of the rule of NIL, you can’t do that.”

(The Spun)

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MudCatMatt•13 months

He's one to talk... Dumbass

Shamoan•13 months

yeah, like this is something new. more brazen? yes, but not new urb.

Billy Mays•13 months

There's always been cheating. How the hell do these coaches who leaned on plausible deniability all these years have to nerve to say crap like this now?

Lying bastards lol.

RunningJacket•13 months

Exactly. His teams were in the protected class for decades and now he has the nerve to talk about cheating? I can’t wait for some school outside the protected class to buy every 5star and whip them all. Where is SMU when you need them?

Signal Soldier•13 months

Urban Meyer no stranger to cheating, feeling up young blondes at the bar.

xGeauxLSUx•13 months

LOL at Urban Meyer bringing this up.

atltiger6487•13 months

pot, meet kettle.

Morpheus•13 months

This fukin guy.
Should have taken a break.
MF has so much nerve he can’t even feel anymore.

stang14•13 months

I could have said that and I am just an old retired man that drives a school bus for fun. Wish it would stay out of baseball

PsychTiger•13 months

Urban Cryer

KAGTASTIC•13 months

For this to end...schools will need to self-impose a rule that no NIL money players will be recruited or pay to play.

The money should be getting taxed, no fed (Pell) money, and schools should pull all scholarships and free housing/food so players need to pay from their NIL money to play.

Lets see if these coaches are "Xs and Os" or "Billy and Joes" types.

InVolNerable•13 months

Or just let the free market decide and sort itself out. Rich kids with shitty fiscal sense is where trickle down economics really starts to shine.

KAGTASTIC•13 months

Nah I'm good with that garbage...stop ruining the sport or make it officially the minor leagues. No need to keep up the "student-athlete" lie anymore.

DesScorp•13 months

For this to end, athletic scholarships must be ended. Period, no exceptions. Div III type football across the board.

boudinman•13 months

He's got to keep his name out there for his next college job. Texas.

Lowes knowsLSU•13 months

Nah he would not be a good fit there. Might as well keep Sark. But Tx atm now there is a good one which i would enjoy beating him' texas and bama every year :)

Tiger1988•13 months

Traylor will be the next UT coach.

TrueLefty•13 months

Traylor might go to LSU if Napier decides to stay put at Florida.

OGTiger•13 months

He ain’t wrong.

Strannix•13 months

How is his heart? POS

KennabraTiger•13 months

Urban has no room to talk knowingly keeping murderers and thieves on his team

davidlsu•13 months

Right because he didn't do any cheating at Florida and osu. Gtfo just like Saban complaining about NIL