Why are Aggies getting so defensive about NIL?

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“[NIL] had nothing to do with this class, this was hard work by out staff … it’s insulting to the kids that come here that you insinuate that.”

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“Those were pointed fingers right at us. That’s unfair to the kids who got recruited, that’s unfair to their families and it’s unfair to the staff that recruited them. And it’s unfair to Texas A&M.”

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“I don’t worry about it, I don't think about it — who cares? The only thing I ever said before was because it was directly pointed to us. Do I think NIL is an issue out there? Yes. Do I think transfer portal is an issue out there? Yes.”

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“I guess they haven’t done it as much. “Guess you have to get used to it, guess we have to keep doing it. We’ve been in the top four, five or six every year. Whatever they feel and say, I don’t worry about somebody else. Like I said before, all the things that went on, it had nothing to do with NIL…I think NIL and transfer portal is truly affecting college football, but that wasn’t the case with us.”

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