DESTIN, Fla. — When Missouri athletic director Desiree Reed-Francois recently asked football coach Eliah Drinkwitz the biggest problem he’s facing, his answer hit on the hot-button topic across the SEC and the rest of the country.
Name, image and likeness (NIL).
“That’s whether it’s with current players, with recruits,” Drinkwitz said. “It’s a factor in every conversation that you’re having.”