It’s no secret that Arkansas football has been behind the eight ball since NIL entered the equation in the summer of 2021.
While schools like Miami (Fla.), Ole Miss and Texas Tech used it to propel themselves into national relevancy and the College Football Playoffs, the Razorbacks have fallen further and further behind.
Things bottomed out last fall, as Sam Pittman was fired amid a 2-10 campaign marred by athletics director Hunter Yurachek’s infamous early season comments at the Little Rock Touchdown Club.
His remark that Arkansas was “not set up to win a national championship” on the gridiron didn’t go over well in the state, but it wasn’t necessarily false, either.