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Lincoln Riley Takes Jab At The SEC About "Paying Players"

by Staff Reporter

February 3, 202611 Comments

USC head coach Lincoln Riley appeared on The Colin Cowherd Show recently and took a shot at the SEC regarding "paying players." Per CBS Sports:

"Now there's not just one part of the country paying players. Everybody's able to do it..."

quote:
"I think the parity, stories that wouldn't have happened before that are happening now," Riley said on The Colin Cowherd Show. "Now there's not just one part of the country paying players. Everybody's able to do it and it's a great thing because I do think it has created a much more level playing field and it has given schools the opportunity to really compete if they want to invest.

"It's been great for players. We all know there's still parts of it to be worked out. It's obviously not a finished product by any stretch of the imagination, but it has gotten better. There has been a lot of positives and I think you're going to continue to see a lot of great stories, a lot of new opportunities for different types of programs, which I think is really good for the sport as a whole."

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Originally published on SECRant.com

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GreatPumpkin•1 month

Because all Reggie Bush got from USC was a scholarship

FaCubeItches•1 month

Hey! We were paying him for things other than football, which was totally kinda sorta maybe possibly not 100% completely and absolutely illegal at the time! In theory, at least. It's a highly-nuanced gray area!
- USC

jasonbr1975•30 days

Beat me to it, but Reggie Bush be saying, Hey Ya'll! LOL

Revorising•1 month

I read this 10 seconds ago and already forgot what I read bc it was that dumb and stupid

TouchdownTony•29 days

This narrative is old and worn out. USC, Texas, Ohio State have all had sanctions for illegal benefits fairly recently. You think that all Mich was doing was stealing signs, yea ok. Hell, at one time the old SWC had a year where every school was on some kind of probation. I don't think Vandy, Rutgers, Northwestern and the like paid players but if you were competing nationally you paid. I don't see a kid saying I'll go to USC for free but hey Oklahoma, it's gonna cost you.

TigerGrad03•1 month

This dipshit has coached at OU and then USC and is throwing stones at other teams paying players?

JeffLebowski•1 month

Dude is as gay as Kliff Kingsbury.

D3Fan•1 month

Results speak for themselves. See what has happened in the last three years.

Syd•1 month

I'm sure he was talking about the ACC or Big 10.

D3Fan•1 month

Also, look at all the projected NFL drafts. Very few SEC in the first round. Why?

T1gerNate•1 month

OK bitch