CLEMSON — Though there was another NIL Hearing on Capitol Hill Tuesday, Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney had other things on his mind, like getting his team ready to play the Miami Hurricanes on Saturday.

“I did not know there was a hearing,” he said smiling. “There is a lot going on in the world. I am sure they will figure it out.”

Tuesday’s Capitol Hill hearing on the NIL was its 10th on the subject, as the NCAA turns to Congress to secure long-sought after federal reform legislation.

Swinney was asked what his confidence was in Congress to get something resolved.

“I don’t know. What’s your confidence,” Swinney asked back.

“Zero,” the reporter said.

“I am going to have a little more than that, I am a glass half-full kind of guy,” Swinney relied back. “I don’t know. I have no idea. I know we got a lot going on in the world. I would say that my hope is more than zero, but I appreciate your half-empty perspective. I am half-full guy, so just go from there. But I don’t don’t really have any idea.”

The NCAA is hoping Congress will help with some of its key concerns, such as, preemption of state NIL laws, limited antitrust protection and a designation that athletes are not university employees. There are many athletic directors that want a bill that addresses NIL transparency and guardrails.

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