Ole Miss Rebel Head Coach, Lane Kiffin, was one of the first coaches to speak at the 2025 SEC Media Days in Atlanta, GA. Lane Kiffin in now entering his 6th season as the Rebels head coach and has led the team to three ten-plus win seasons in that time span. As he is accustomed to doing, he once again made a series of headline grabbing statements.
Kiffin has been one of the louder voices in the NIL space, and the Rebels have been one of the teams that have been most positively impacted by the changing landscape of college football. Kiffin has also previously signaled support for a salary cap in college football in past statements and interviews.
Today during his media day appearance, Kiffin was once again asked about a salary cap, particularly in relation to the impact of revenue sharing. The question was, "You mentioned the current cap in college sports. You've spoken about a salary cap before. Now that revenue sharing is underway, do you think college football should and can have a hard salary cap?"
Kiffin's response was, "I think that's what we attempted. Doesn't seem like that's working very well...That was the intention of what was going on because there were so many complaints when NIL started about, okay, everybody has different advantages, and different payrolls. Saw those a couple of years ago...So that was supposed to be being fixed, and now it's not...So you're not operating on a salary cap, so"
This is a notable exchange here from Kiffin. In early June a judge signed of a long awaited settlement that will allow, for the first time, schools to directly pay student athletes for the first time by sharing some of their athletic department revenue with athletes. There is a limit on how much they are allowed to share, essentially a cap.
However, the rules are still unclear on prohibiting additional payments to athletes through the use of third party entities, such as collective, that have become a staple of college athletics over the last few seasons. That is why Kiffin is saying the revenue sharing model has not created a salary cap, it has instead just created an additional avenue to pay players.
Just last week, a bipartisan group of Congressional leaders introduced a new bill aimed at creating a structured national framework for paying athletes in the NIL era.
Stay tuned here for more recaps of the Ole Miss appearances at SEC Media Days, including a full recap of Kiffin's interview and the three Ole Miss players in attendance, Austin Simmons, Cayden Lee, and TJ Dottery.
Ole Miss Rebel Head Coach, Lane Kiffin, was one of the first coaches to speak at the 2025 SEC Media Days in Atlanta, GA. Lane Kiffin in now entering his 6th season as the Rebels head coach and has led the team to three ten-plus win seasons in that time span. As he is accustomed to doing, he once again made a series of headline grabbing statements.
Kiffin has been one of the louder voices in the NIL space, and the Rebels have been one of the teams that have been most positively impacted by the changing landscape of college football. Kiffin has also previously signaled support for a salary cap in college football in past statements and interviews.
Today during his media day appearance, Kiffin was once again asked about a salary cap, particularly in relation to the impact of revenue sharing. The question was, "You mentioned the current cap in college sports. You've spoken about a salary cap before. Now that revenue sharing is underway, do you think college football should and can have a hard salary cap?"
Kiffin's response was, "I think that's what we attempted. Doesn't seem like that's working very well...That was the intention of what was going on because there were so many complaints when NIL started about, okay, everybody has different advantages, and different payrolls. Saw those a couple of years ago...So that was supposed to be being fixed, and now it's not...So you're not operating on a salary cap, so"
This is a notable exchange here from Kiffin. In early June a judge signed of a long awaited settlement that will allow, for the first time, schools to directly pay student athletes for the first time by sharing some of their athletic department revenue with athletes. There is a limit on how much they are allowed to share, essentially a cap.
However, the rules are still unclear on prohibiting additional payments to athletes through the use of third party entities, such as collective, that have become a staple of college athletics over the last few seasons. That is why Kiffin is saying the revenue sharing model has not created a salary cap, it has instead just created an additional avenue to pay players.
Just last week, a bipartisan group of Congressional leaders introduced a new bill aimed at creating a structured national framework for paying athletes in the NIL era.
Stay tuned here for more recaps of the Ole Miss appearances at SEC Media Days, including a full recap of Kiffin's interview and the three Ole Miss players in attendance, Austin Simmons, Cayden Lee, and TJ Dottery.