They are the very reason college sports was soiled with paying students. Yes, all the Power 5 Conferences were doing it, the SEC was on another level of cheat.
Top SEC teams don’t want NIL. Why would they? It just means they have to shell out money that they didn’t need to spend before to match schools with unlimited funds like SMU. Why would they like having to pay when they never before had to buy every player on their roster.