SEC paying players before NIL

[Sparklecity]

College Football Alerts  on X: "Coach O confirms the SEC was paying players before it was legal with NIL… https://t.co/uCMWuvkJcO" / X

 

[bayrooster]

Clickbait, but without a link to click? FAIL Wasn't this "college football alerts" outlet spamming our board with links to articles last year?

 

[Harvard Gamecock]

SEC Bagman is/was the worst kept secret in CFB.

 

[Harvard Gamecock]

Clickbait, but without a link to click? FAIL Wasn't this "college football alerts" outlet spamming our board with links to articles last year?

From article in SI

 

[bayrooster]

From article in SI

No quotes or links were provided in the tweet shared by the OP.

We also know of ACC schools with bagmen (and "rich uncles") paying players before NIL, but at least none of their former coaches are dumb enough to provide anecdotes about it.

 

[ThinnyJ]

I know Clemson was.... I was there and roomed beside basketball players who got paid... Excuse me, "found money in their lockers" ..... One night, a dude brought up a big flat screen tv he said he found in his locker.... Lol

 

[Lurker123]

I think we can file this under "well duh".

 

[Dabo's Weenie]

Like this was exclusive to one conference - Charlie Pell and Danny Ford basically ran payday loan services (that never had to be repaid).

At least the SEC denied UF the opportunity to play in the Sugar Bowl when the misdeeds came to light. Conversely, the ACC let Clemtech "keep" the '78 ACC title that occurred during their proven cheating, along with a mythical national championship in '81 - also marred by documented cheating. Their attitude is "do whatever is needed to win and worry about the rest later". It's a shame those "achievements" haven't been erased as a consequence for what they did.

 

[Hoganman1]

Everyone knew this was happening. I am not really opposed to NIL. It’s just that combined with the portal it’s creating chaos in college football. I really hope this jumping from team to team every year ends soon. Three of the four players on the stage at the Heisman ceremony were transfers. I think players should be allowed to transfer and play immediately only one time even if their coach gets fired or leaves for another team. Also NIL rules should require a player to pay back the money they made if they jump to another team.

 

[Uscg1984]

I think we can file this under "well duh".

For sure. And it for sure wasn't limited to the SEC. Anyone who's watched a few 30 For 30 documentaries knows that winning programs would go to great lengths to land a top recruit.

 

[Lurker123]

For sure. And it for sure wasn't limited to the SEC. Anyone who's watched a few 30 For 30 documentaries know that winning programs would go to great lengths to land a top recruit.

Oh yeah. This should surprise absolutley no one. But also, no one should believe for a second this was solely an SEC thing.

 

[Lakemurraycock]

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"SEC paying players before NIL"​

You misspelled Clemson.

 

[Viennacock]

College Football Alerts  on X: "Coach O confirms the SEC was paying players before it was legal with NIL… https://t.co/uCMWuvkJcO" / X

I watched the video. I am shocked! I had no clue.

 

[Cocky Jeff]

I know Clemson was.... I was there and roomed beside basketball players who got paid... Excuse me, "found money in their lockers" ..... One night, a dude brought up a big flat screen tv he said he found in his locker.... Lol

So you went to Clemsuck??

 

[ThinnyJ]

So you went to Clemsuck??

Yes, and my time there is one of the reasons I'm a Gamecock fan today.... That entire place is smoke and mirrors.