Former legendary Florida Gators and South Carolina Gamecocks head coach Steve Spurrier believes Dabo Swinney needs to get with the times and stop complaining that Ole Miss Rebels head coach Pete Golding stole one of his Clemson Tigers commits by texting him about his buyout during a class at CU.
Swinney had previously complained that Golding texted Cal Golden Bears transfer linebacker Luke Ferrelli, "I know you're signed. What's the buyout?" Spurrier lacks sympathy for Swinney since he does not understand what he's up against in the NIL/rev-share era.
"I thought by now, somebody would've told Dabo, 'Dabo, there ain't no rules anymore,'" Spurrier said while laughing in a social media clip from The Post and Courier's Jon Blau, from a Zoom call with media about Spurrier's upcoming induction into the South Carolina Athletic Hall of Fame, per USA Today.
"They're still on the books, I guess, back there (at Clemson) about you can't do it after this date or that date ... I don't know if they're going to ever enforce any rules now or not, but I think Dabo has learned now, he's got to start paying his players just like everybody else is, or you'll get left behind. ... You can complain but I don't know how good it's going to do."
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No significant developments have occurred since Golding's Rebs were first accused of disrespecting the contractual nature of Ferrelli's contract with Clemson. Nothing has happened to the Alabama Crimson Tide after bringing Charles Bediako back to College Basketball from the G League.
SEC commissioner Greg Sankey may have regained his sway with the NCAA. While he ultimately held College Football back from expansion because he and Big Ten commissioner Tony Pettiti couldn't figure out an appropriate way to expand, Sankey isn't being punished for blatant rules violations.
Perhaps Dabo needs to focus on bettering his own team rather than trying to punish programs that are doing more to push the sport forward than his is right now.
Certainly, Spurrier seems to think that about the former two-time national champion, who's quickly fading from relevancy since his contracts aren't enough to keep his recruits from talking to other schools, and his buyouts aren't scaring those schools off from poaching talent.