Notre Dame AD Swarbrick Laments "Mess" Surrounding NIL Rules

Notre Dame AD Jack Swarbrick last week said the implementation of new rules governing name, image and likeness reform "is a mess, and sadly so,” according to Lou Somogyi of RIVALS.com. Swarbrick: “We’ve got a number of state laws, we’ve got Congress, who I think will act this spring in this area, and we’ve got the NCAA struggling to figure out what the final legislation may look like given that environment. I wish the implementation could enjoy a little more clarity, and I think it’s going to.” Swarbrick said of student-athletes being able to profit off their NIL under certain circumstances, “We see it as an opportunity to work closely with our student-athletes to educate them on how to appropriately maximize name, image and likeness value. We look forward to doing that.” Still, Swarbrick admitted, "There’s going to be a lot to navigate through. We have got to make sure it doesn’t make an already unstable recruiting environment even less stable" (RIVALS.com, 12/11).