Alabama Senator Highlights Former Big 12 Team in Discussion About NIL Issues

While it’s no secret that college football’s current NIL landscape has become a nightmare, one former Big 12 team received the brunt of the backlash in a recent speech from an Alabama senator.

Former college football coach turned Senator, Tommy Tuberville, recently spoke with CBS Sports about issues in the NIL space and highlighted the Texas Longhorns as a problem area.

“You’re going to eliminate 90 percent of schools because they don’t have the money,” Tuberville said. “Look at Texas. Nobody’s ever going to beat them again if we allow them to keep going the way they’re going. Again, I’ve got nothing against Texas; they’re going by the rules, but we’ve got to hopefully make it work out.”

While things appear to be a bit complicated when it comes to “solving” issues in college sports, President Donald Trump has put together a college football commission intending to come up with a solution to the NIL wave.

The pairing to do so revolves around another former head coach, Nick Saban, and Texas Tech mega-booster Cody Campbell. While Saban slowplayed the idea initially, things appear to be moving in a positive direction as 247Sports’ Brandon Marcello noted that the pair met and are excited about working together on the future of the sport.

Tuberville finished his thoughts by saying, “Let’s put a group of people together and give me your best shot, and then after that, see what we can do.”