Not long after Eli Drinkwitz made comments comparing NIL to a pediatrician’s salary, the Missouri coach clarified the remarks Tuesday during the first day of SEC spring meetings in Destin.

Drinkwitz was asked about potential issues with gambling. He quickly changed gears and talked about NIL. The quote circulating was, “people are making more money in NIL than my brother-in-law, who is a pediatrician, who saves lives.”

The Missouri coach was quickly called out on social media.

However, he tweeted the full context of the quote and added, “I am no way complaining about player compensation! I’m FULLY SUPPORTIVE!! Always have been!”

Here is the full quote:

Y’all, really trying to get me in trouble here. Uhm … Deion Sanders had a really good quote the other day talking about young men are joining a business, but we want to treat them like kids. We’re giving guys 18, 19 … 22 years old life-changing money. People are making more money in NIL than my brother in law, who is a pediatrician, who saves lives, and we kinda do it cavalier, and we think that there’s not going to be any side effect, there’s not going to any issues. There’s information out there. There are bad actors always trying to make a dollar. I think it’s going to become one of the key issues that we face in our locker rooms.

“I think it’s more prevalent because there’s more money involved. Everyone is trying to make a dollar. These young men are getting a lot of money. That is a lot right now, other than trying to hand out advice and provide some parameters to it. You know with this NIL situation we’ve created our own problems in college sports.”

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