Kirby Smart about NIL: Recruiting decisions shouldn’t come down to ‘highest bidder’

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Nearly all the other coaches agree with Saban and Smart and that is why boosters buying players will be fixed

Georgia head coach Kirby Smart has not yet commented on this week's saga involving Jimbo Fisher and Nick Saban, but we already no where he stands when it comes to NIL deals.

Last week, Smart weighed in on NIL deals and the impact they're having on college athletics. He told ESPN's Paul Finebaum that he doesn't want recruiting decisions to come down to which school is the highest bidder.

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Really?! That a shame!

Well, he's spot on. It shouldn't come down to that. Even the sorry a$$ NFL has a salary cap and you cant just buy everybody New York Yankees style.
And why does Jimbo keep bringing up the players families? Nothing has been said about the players or families. It was directed at A&M and how they are, as Bjork said, using the loophole to their advantage.

In the end this is gonna destroy A&M anyway. Somebody is gonna be a flame out, get run off and sing like a canary about what went on. In the SMU case back in the 80's, the NCAA never had $shite until players that didn't pan out and Mustang money went elsewhere started talking. Like what was said in Pony excess, the NCAA has nothing without the players leverage. When you think you buy a player the player actually buys you and you must mind your manners to keep that player happy.
SMU had money too, still do. But like A&M they don't have the football upper crust cache that will keep big dogs off them. This is gonna burn to the ground to where A&M will be lucky to win 5 games once pissed off players start talking and legislation goes into effect...and it will now.