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Dabo Swinney, Apr 2025

Dabo Swinney, Clemson head coach · Apr 2025 · 12-team/revenue-sharing (2024-26) · permalink

“The adults are all downstairs sipping wine, and we've put a bunch of kids up in the room with fireworks and gas and knives and we don't think anything bad is going to happen.”

Worried the game will 'use' kids because adults have abdicated leadership; used a vivid image of kids left in a room with fireworks.

Source: Sports Illustrated (citing The Athletic): Clemson's Dabo Swinney sees college football 'super league' coming

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