Texas A&M has the top-ranked recruiting class this year, per 247 Sports, and that hasn’t sat well with other programs. Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin referenced how the arrival of the NIL and the updated transfer portal have impacted talent acquisition in college.
“It’s basically like everybody’s got different salary caps,” Kiffin said, via Brad Crawford of 247 Sports. “I joked the other day that they’re gonna implement a luxury tax on Texas and Texas A&M. What they’re paying the players is unbelievable. It’s legal. You’ve got players who have never played before making hundreds of thousands or even a million dollars. It is what it is, but it’s not going to be an equal playing field around the country at all.”
Jimbo Fisher has responded to these kinds of criticisms. The Aggies coach gave his take as to why he believes his program is being singled out as a ‘villain.’
