CLEMSON – Clemson football coach Dabo Swinney said Wednesday night that he’s all in with an NCAA approval on Tuesday that would permit student-athletes to benefit from the use of their name, image and likeness “in a manner consistent with the collegiate model.”

“I’m hopeful that something positive can come from it,” Swinney said. “It’s really created great conversation and it sounds like they’re getting a group of smart people together to figure out what they need to do to address it, but keep it within the collegiate model and value education and all those things.

“I think it’s a good step. It sounds like they’re serious about trying to get the right people in the room to figure out the parameters or best case to move forward.”

Clemson’s football program, which has won two national championships in the past three years, could have a substantial number of players who could benefit financially from new guidelines. Players potentially could be allowed to have endorsement deals and receive compensation from businesses, advertisers and video game manufacturers.

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The NCAA’s Board of Governors stated in a news release Tuesday that a special committee will gather feedback through April of 2020 and has asked the NCAA’s three divisions to make rules changes no later than January of 2021.

“I think there’s a way to make it all work in a very positive way,” Swinney said. “I don’t see anything negative about it at all. As it sits right now, with no parameters, it’s not good. But there’s going to be some great discussion and great things that I think will come out of it that are going to be awesome for the student-athlete.”

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The NCAA’s decision is not to be confused with the “pay-for-play” model proposed by some that would actually grant salaries for student-athletes.

Swinney on Wednesday reiterated his long-held stance on this concept.

“I’ve always said I’m against the professionalization of college athletics and the de-valuing of education,” Swinney said. “If we professionalize college, then I might as well coach the pros.

“I’ve always been for the value of an education and collegiate experience – nothing has changed. But I’ve always said I am 100 percent for ways to modernize the collegiate model, modernize the scholarship. I love the fact that we’ve got a stipend. Somebody said one time I was against the stipend. I’ve never been against the stipend. I think the stipend should have been more as a matter of fact.”