Episode 2462: Kirby Smart shares shocking details of how NIL impacts recruiting

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4.8 • 930 Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2025

⏱️ 69 minutes

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DawgNation Daily -- the daily podcast for Georgia Bulldogs fans Beginning of the show: I discuss some surprising details Georgia coach Kirby Smart reportedly shared with Yahoo Sports about just how chaotic NIL payments have made recruiting -- even before players officially sign with their chosen school. 10-minute mark: I share insight into UGA's latest commit, four-star athlete Ryan Mosley, who could potentially play on both sides of the ball for the Bulldogs. 15-minute mark: I explain why the Big Ten's recent claim about the SEC and it's eight-game conference schedule was worthy of a fact check and share clips from Kirby Smart addressing his concerns about future scheduling models. 25-minute mark: Former UGA wide receiver Terrence Edwards joins the show. 45-minute mark: I share some headlines from around the SEC including some big talk from LSU coach Brian Kelly. End of show: I award a Golden Shoe winner and share the Gator Hater Updater.

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0:00.0	Today's episode of Dog Nation Daily is brought to you by Maryweather and Tharp, your source for Georgia divorce.
0:07.1	Find them online at Georgia Divorce Team.com.
0:13.5	Presented by Dognation.com.
0:15.8	This is Dog Nation Daily, the daily podcast for Georgia Bulldogs favor.
0:20.0	Here's your host, Brandon Adams. All right, coming up, we're going to tell you why the SEC versus Big Ten rivalry may be about to get a little bit more intense. We'll give you that here in a little bit. Also, Georgia got a big recruit commitment yesterday. We'll celebrate that good news in a couple of minutes' time there as well. But can I begin, though, with something kind of in that lane,
0:37.8	but slightly different, really revealing details from Kirby Smart yesterday. I think to some of us,
0:44.6	even though we're sort of on guard, kind of believe anything these days, there is still an element
0:49.2	of some of this stuff that comes out related to NIL that's just a little bit shocking,
0:53.9	smart speaking with Ross Delinger.
0:56.1	We're going to mention Delinger's name on the show a few times today.
0:58.6	Delinger, we would think, is one of the better national reporters because for the most part,
1:02.8	he just reports, which we think is sort of a rare commodity sometimes.
1:07.1	But nonetheless, Delinger very good at his job.
1:10.7	Delinger kind of writing a story about the landscape of NIL ahead of what's eventually
1:17.4	going to be some sort of governance around this house settlement.
1:21.7	You've heard that talked about plenty and what might happen with it, like an NCAA clearing
1:25.5	house, vetting the NIL deals and things like that.
1:30.9	Well, Kirby Smart gave a couple of interesting pieces of information to Delinger for his story.
1:36.2	Let me start with like the second most interesting, though I'll work away too, what is perhaps
1:40.5	the most interesting before we talk about the latest commit for the Georgia Bulldogs.
1:44.1	Let me show you this on the screen coming from Ross Dellinger, who wrote on the X platform as a tease for his story at Yahoo Sports, that uncertainty lingers about college sports new enforcement entity.
1:57.6	Delinger writing on X that schools are guaranteeing athletes, third-party NIL deals, without
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