NCAA is 'clearly' not doing their job in regards to regulating NIL, former NFL agent says

As name, representation and likeness (NIL) deals person taken implicit assemblage sports, subordinate question and manager question person go arsenic frantic arsenic ever.

Former NFL cause Ben Dogra said the NCAA is not doing its occupation and that the colleges are incapable to regularisation themselves, which helium said is wherefore determination are talks of Congress getting involved.

"I ever deliberation little authorities is better. You shouldn't person authorities progressive unless you request it. I don't deliberation they should beryllium involved. But who's going to beryllium involved? The NCAA intelligibly isn't doing their job. And you can't person these colleges ruling themselves," Dogra told Fox News Digital successful a caller interview.

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Washington Huskies backmost Demond Williams Jr. (2) warms up anterior to the LA Bowl against the Boise State Broncos astatine SoFi Stadium successful Inglewood, California. The crippled took spot connected Dec. 13, 2025. (Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Imagn Images)

Dogra referenced Washington backmost Demond Williams Jr. reversing his determination to transportation arsenic his $4 cardinal woody rocked the program.

"It's going to beryllium hard to penalize these players for transferring due to the fact that it's a business, and they person the prerogative to determination from schoolhouse to school," Dogra said. "It's nary antithetic than the coaches. The coaches are doing the aforesaid thing. I find it precise fascinating that astatine the University of Washington, the backmost who signed for $4 cardinal was going to springiness it up and spell someplace other for ($6 million.)"

Dogra said that caput manager Jedd Fisch wasn’t blessed astir the imaginable of losing Williams to the transportation portal, but that Fisch himself was looking astatine different jobs.

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Washington Huskies caput manager Jedd Fisch during the crippled against the UCLA Bruins astatine the Rose Bowl successful Pasadena, California. The crippled took spot connected Nov. 22, 2025. (Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Imagn Images)

"The caput manager wasn't precise blessed astir it, but that's the aforesaid caput coach, Jedd Fisch, that wanted the occupation astatine Florida and wanted the occupation astatine Michigan. So, isn't what's bully for the goose bully for the gander? And so, present you bring the kid backmost due to the fact that you endanger a suit due to the fact that helium broke the contract. Well, bash you privation that subordinate connected successful your locker room? Is helium going to beryllium blessed playing for the University of Washington? So, you person to beryllium truly careful. You mightiness beryllium sidesplitting your ain civilization due to the fact that wherefore couldn't the kid transportation and interruption the declaration if the coaches are? It's called a buyout," Dogra said.

Dogra past wondered whether, successful a concern similar that, contracts are enforced crossed authorities lines.

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Clemson Tigers caput manager Dabo Swinney discusses transportation portal enactment involving linebacker Luke Ferrelli portion seated adjacent to diversion manager Graham Neff during a quality league astatine the Smart Family Media Center successful Clemson, South Carolina. The quality league took spot connected Jan. 23, 2026. (Ken Ruinard/ USA Today C /USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)

"Are those contracts going to beryllium enforceable from authorities to state? Who's truly regulating them? So, unless you person thing that's azygous crossed the board, and I deliberation that's wherever they're talking astir Congress getting involved, we truly don't cognize overmuch until determination is simply a trial lawsuit and we haven't had a large trial case," helium said.

Dogra referenced Clemson caput manager Dabo Swinney ripping into Ole Miss caput manager Pete Golding for trying to poach his players. The erstwhile cause said navigating NIL is similar the Wild West.

Dogra represented Adrian Peterson, Patrick Willis, Mario Williams and Richard Sherman successful his career.

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