Mack Brown discusses his current views on where Name, Image, and Likeness is at
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00:00Yeah, Coach, as we continue to move more towards the name, image and likeness, will you be
00:07making plans just specifically within the football department on how to prepare for
00:12how to handle that with the players?
00:14Or will you be coordinating more with Bubba and the other coaches to figure out more of
00:19an athletics department wide approach to it?
00:23Isaac, I think both.
00:26Bubba has talked to each of the coaches.
00:28Bubba came in even last fall, I think, and talked to our team and told them there's so
00:36many questions about what does it really mean?
00:40There's a name, but there's no guidelines.
00:42It's just thrown out there.
00:44So I had prospects' dads call me and said, what does this mean for my son?
00:47I said, I have no idea.
00:50And that's what I hate about it.
00:51I hate that it's a runaway train right now with no guidelines.
00:56If we're going to throw something out there, let's figure out what it is before we throw
01:00it out there because it's unfair to coaches and athletic directors and presidents and
01:04chancellors and really kids and recruits.
01:07Even high school coaches are calling, what does this mean for my kids?
01:10I don't know.
01:11And with 600 athletes at UNC, if only three or five athletes make money, I don't know
01:19that it's a great rule for athletic departments.
01:23It's a great rule for a great player who's probably going to be in the NFL and make his
01:26money anyway.
01:28It's all unknown.
01:29I mean, that's the question.
01:31And is it fair to Title IX?
01:35Is it fair to the women's sports?
01:36Will they be as marketable in some areas with your guys who would pay for name, image and
01:43likeness as a quarterback or a point guard?
01:46So I think that's the thing we all need.
01:50We need some guidelines to help us with at least what somebody's thinking.
01:56We don't have any idea, is it putting your name on a billboard for a car dealership?
02:00Is it giving you a percentage of jerseys that are sold with your name on the back?
02:05What does this mean?
02:07And coaches are afraid to speak about it because they're afraid kids will think they don't
02:12want them to get money.
02:14That's not the case at all.
02:15We all love the cost of attendance because they get more money.
02:20But the question is, we're also people that have very distinct thoughts in what we do.
02:30And we like to be able to explain things to our players.
02:33We don't like unknowns.
02:34And right now, this is a real unknown.
02:37So we're working with Bubba.
02:40We're working within our own football program.
02:43But then Bubba's obviously got the vision for the entire department.