Former NFL big name DeSean Jackson is a couple of months from his first season as a head professor at HBCU Delaware Situation, however heโs already coping with the best way NIL is converting school soccer.
โThis process has been different for me. The reason why I say this, is I have some players coming in my office asking like โcoach, I want this amount of money and Iโm going to the highest bidder,โ Jackson said in a recent interview on the Up and Adams Show with Kay Adams. ย
The now 39-year-old former Cal Bears receiver attempted to position himself in his avid gamersโ footwear, however he had a tricky date.ย
โIf I would have went into Nick Saban and Pete Carrollโs office back then and been like โI want this and I want that โ they would have looked at me like you better get out of here.โ
Sure, Jackson admits it is a other week.ย
โI honestly look at this era now as free agency. Itโs almost like an NFL system. Itโs like a farm system to the NFL,โ Jackson mentioned. โThe NCAA, theyโre going to have to figure this out. Thereโs no (salary) cap on it. Some schools are going to be able to pay these guys millions of dollars. And then some schools like us we donโt really have the resources โ HBCU or black college โ we donโt really have the resources to compete with Oregon or Alabama or al these other schools and weโre a Division I school.โย
Jackson says that in spite of the inadequency of assets, heโs pleased with the consequences heโs gotten at Delaware Situation. He says a lot of this is because of the relationships that he has.ย
โI may not be able to offer a million dollars. I may be able to offer $20k in NIL, but my name may be able to make up the rest of that money.โย
DeSean Jackson is web hosting a megacamp on June 7 that can constituent former NFL big name and Miami Hurricanes legend Clinton Portis.ย He additionally seen that talks are on-going between Delaware Situation, Norfolk State and the Philadelphia Eagles to move the DSU-NSU game featuring Jackson coaching against Michael Vick.
โIt may be a different date. Weโre trying to work on a date,โ Jackson mentioned. โIt may be Oct. 30. Weโre trying to get that at Lincoln Financial Field. Weโre trying to get that at the Eaglesโ stadium.โ
Jackson mentioned that issues are going superior on Delaware Situationโs finish and that they’re ready on Norfolk Situation to just accept. Negative bulletins had been made, even though.ย
