Oklahoma Sooners head coach Brent Venables didn’t confirm anything about questions surrounding the status of RB Jovantae Barnes. Yet he got straight to the point. He blamed NIL for creating unique challenges in coaching during this modern era of college football.

“I think every case is a case of its own based on who that person has been and a body of work,” stated the OU HC on Tuesday’s press appearance ahead of hosting LSU for the Sooners’ regular-season finale.

So, try to navigate that appropriately, just as you would when disciplining in the moment or addressing big discipline issues. We have a set of rules, but again, the way you’re dealing with it is based on who they’ve been since they’ve been here.”

In his fourth year at Oklahoma, Barnes opened the season as RB1. But the situatio

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