During ESPN’s College GameDay on Saturday, Rece Davis, Pat McAfee, Kirk Herbstreit, Nick Saban and Desmond Howard weighed in on the changing landscape of college football.

On the topic of change in college football, when it comes to fast firings – nine FBS coaches have been fired since Week 1 – Herbstreit noted the pressure that’s on coaches to win and to win now.

It’s always been that way, but it does feel different now with NIL being such a big factor, Herbstreit says.

“It’s different because we’ve allowed NIL to become a big part of this, and the folks that put money into these programs help you go out and get players,” Herbstreit said. “But I think where the rubber meets the road, to me, is are the folks that are providing the money, should they be involved in the decision-making of talking to the AD or talking to the Board or whatever it might be, about, hey, I gave $10 million or I gave [so and so], and this isn’t working. I don’t like this coach, and I’m done giving money until that guy’s gone.

“And I just thought, man, is that a healthy thing for a program to do it the right way, when we’re counting on folks that are giving money, that I guess are entitled to have some opinions obviously. But is it really for the long-term health of the program right to allow the money people who are creating the NIL to ultimately hire and fire the coach?”

You can check out the full College GameDay discussion on college football’s changing landscape, with coach firings, the transfer portal and NIL, beginning at the 10:30 mark of the following video:

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