Twitter roasts Clemson's Dabo Swinney for old comments saying he would quit if players were paid

Written By Jacob Camenker Share (Getty Images) https://images.daznservices.com/di/library/sporting_news/c/ce/dabo-swinney-010221-getty-ftr_j172vu6859vk14l6axx5si3fw.jpg?t=-1031535626&w=500&quality=80 July 1 is here and with it comes the first days of the NCAA’s new Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) policy. And Twitter users are wondering what that means for Dabo Swinney’s future. The Clemson coach once said in a 2015 interview that he would “go do something else” if the NCAA ever professionalized the sport. “As far as paying players, professionalizing college athletics, that’s where you lose me,” Swinney said, per Yahoo Sports. “I’ll go do something else because there’s enough entitlement in this world as there is.”MORE: Where does Dabo Swinney rank among FBS’ 130 coaches?It’s not the only time Swinney has said something like that. In a 2019 interview, he said he may go to the pros if the NCAA decides to “professionalize college athletics.””Who knows? They may do away with college football in three years. There may be no college football. They may want to professionalize college athletics. Well, then, maybe I’ll go to the pros. If I’m going to coach pro football, I might as well do that,” Swinney said, per ESPN. “I may get a terrible president or a terrible AD one day. I don’t know. I have no idea what’s…
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