“It's like the wild, wild west. I do know I love the game of college football and I don't want it ruined.”
Said NIL rules should be more uniform across schools, calling the landscape the 'wild, wild west'.
Archie Manning
- Role(s) as quoted
- Former Ole Miss QB; grandfather of Arch Manning
- Former Ole Miss QB; Manning family patriarch
- Person type
- Players
- Entries
- 2 (May 2022 to Aug 29, 2023)
- Topics
- Pay, NIL & revenue sharing (2) Governance & legislation (1) Transfer portal (1) Conference realignment (1)
In the Ideas index
- 4. Direct pay or revenue sharing with players (Supporters)
- 7. Transfer limits and portal calendar reform (Movement is the core problem)
All entries (oldest first)
“If you want to go to a college, it should be because you want to play football there, not because somebody pays you more than the other guy”
Said he has no problem with players earning money but NIL arrived without limits or uniformity; the portal erodes team bonds; called college football 'kind of upside down'.