Jimbo Fisher Complains of Rampant 'Cheating' and Rigging in College Football: NIL 'Made It Worse'

Jimbo Fisher takes time off from college football after being fired Texas A&M last season, but that doesn't mean he doesn't have an opinion on the issues plaguing today's game.

During an interview with College Sports on SiriusXMFisher elaborated on his love for college football, but pointed out some of the main reasons the sport is in trouble, particularly tampering and the need for a commissioner and revenue sharing. It's clear that Fisher believes the game needs to evolve.

“College football is – I complain about it, it’s still the best game. As much as I love the NFL and am crazy about it and respect it, but college football, man, you don't know – 18, 22 teams, you don't know what you're going to get. I mean, it's still – I love college basketball, all those things, I love all college sports, but college football, man, we need a commissioner,” Fisher explained. “We need revenue sharing. We need a salary cap for all schools, and if you get caught – and the other part of it, the manipulation that other schools do to players is absolutely ridiculous.

“I mean, the big schools bring players from other schools all the time, and it's done illegally. These guys are developing players and all of a sudden their guys, you know, this team shouldn't have a financial advantage if they can take care of a guy that another school doesn't have, and that's wrong.”

While Fisher's Texas A&M teams, right or wrong, became the poster child for what can be done with NIL during his time in College Station, the former Aggies leader continued to speak out about how it changed the game and how it has led to cheating becoming more common throughout college football.

“I had several conversations with the players I had, teams calling them and offering them money. “I have ZERO, I have this offer here, I have this,” and you have to sit down with them, their parents, and go through everything. “Power 4, within our own league, with the things that are going on,” Fisher added. “I really thought when NIL came into play, we thought it would be good because some of them – there were teams that were doing NIL before NIL became popular, okay? …I thought NIL would at least make it fair and get the cheating out of the way. It made it worse.”

It remains to be seen when Jimbo Fisher will return to college football, but it's obvious that he believes the sport needs to evolve and it's hard to disagree with his opinion. Time will tell if some new policies will be developed and implemented, but NIL and manipulation issues will not go away unless something changes.