Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin didn’t wait for questions on the impact of the transfer portal and name, image and likeness deals at SEC media days on Thursday. Instead, he addressed both topics during his opening statement, calling the current state of college football a “disaster.”
Kiffin prefaced his comments by saying he’s happy that players can get paid but said the unintended consequence of NIL is a “pay-for-play” system where players follow the money and the teams with the deepest pockets get the best talent.
With the transfer portal, Kiffin said, “free agency” now exists — except that, unlike professional sports, every college player can enter into free agency twice a year with the spring and winter transfer windows.
