Oregon Ducks' Dan Lanning Discusses NIL, Transfer Portal Strategy

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00:00NAL and Oregon are always kind of making headlines. What do you think about this

00:04Ducks program really allows it to thrive in the current landscape? Well I think one

00:08this place has been a place that's like really open and honest right and

00:12provides opportunities. You know I'm really proud going into year four as the

00:15head coach here. We haven't lost a starter to the transfer portal. I think

00:18that speaks volumes about what's the experience for our players. One, they

00:21really enjoy being here. They feel like they're getting developed and they're

00:24taken care of right and in a landscape where you can take care of you know

00:27players like that that's what we want to be. I don't want to get anybody at a

00:30discount. I don't want to say oh you came here and worked for cheap. Like if they

00:33do a great job they deserve to reap the benefits of that. They're the ones

00:36filling the stands and we've been able to be competitive from that environment.

00:39We're probably not always the highest bidder. In fact I know we aren't but I

00:44know that we're able to be competitive and fair with our players and create

00:47great opportunities for them. Tez Johnson always said how transparent you were was

00:51a really big thing for him as a transfer portal player. Is that something you

00:55really try to send home with anybody who's thinking of coming to Eugene? I always

00:59feel like being honest and transparent is key to having success and sometimes it's

01:05not always the message somebody wants to hear but if they hear the truth and they

01:07know you're telling the truth then they can lean in on that.