Tony Bennett Retires from Coaching Amid College Sports Turmoil

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00:00So, of course, if you remember yesterday, we gave you that story about Tony Bennett

00:08retiring as the head coach of the Virginia Cavaliers.

00:12Here he is this morning at his press conference, guys.

00:14It's not got nothing to do with health.

00:15It's got to do with the state of college athletics.

00:17No, this, this game, I think it's right for players, student athletes to receive revenue.

00:23Please don't mistake me.

00:24I do.

00:25I think it is.

00:28But the game and college athletics is not in a healthy spot.

00:31It's not.

00:32And there needs to be change.

00:34And it's not going to go back.

00:35I think I was equipped to do the job here the old way.

00:38And there's, that's who I am.

00:40And that's how it was.

00:41And my staff has buoyed me along to get to this point.

00:44But there needs to be change.

00:46It's going to be a closer to a professional model.

00:49Coach Carlisle, I think it is, where there's got to be collective bargaining.

00:52There has to be a restriction on the salary pool that teams can spend.

00:56There has to be transfer regulation restrictions.

01:00There has to be some limits on the agent involvement to these young guys.

01:07And there are good agents and there are bad agents.

01:08And they're driving some of this stuff that we're in.

01:11And I worry a lot about the mental health of the student athletes as all this stuff

01:15comes down.

01:16And it's, sometimes when you're in it, you have to step away.

01:20And maybe I can be an advocate for the student athletes and the coaches to get the changes.

01:26You know, that, I mean, that was so unbelievably poignant.

01:29And I thought he made a lot of fresh comments that need to be heard.

01:34And I think what he's doing is brave.

01:37That he's walking away from the bullshack that college sports has become with the haves

01:42and have-nots and agents and paying these kids millions.

01:46And some get all this money and others get nothing.

01:50I think it's a joke.

01:51I think it's ruining college athletics and so does he.

01:54That's why he walked away.

01:56I don't blame him.

01:57I don't blame him either.

01:58And I think others have.

01:59He's just the first one to admit that's why.

02:01I think other guys have done it too.

02:03Saban.

02:04I think that's the same reason Chip Kelly left UCLA.

02:06He just wanted to go coach.

02:08And he went to go be an offensive coordinator.

02:10They don't want to deal with the nonsense that what college athletics have become now.

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