Kirby Smart is intimately aware of the changing landscape of college sports primarily around the name, image and landscape and transfer portal additions and changes in recent months.

Smart shared his thoughts during a recent guest appearance with Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski on his Sirius XM radio show. Smart said he’s passionate about college football, and to explain the new landscape could take hours.

“It concerns me beyond any measure,” Smart said. “Our leadership (in Greg Sankey) is tremendous and I hope that he can impart a lot of knowledge across the sports and have a lot of impact, because his leadership has been really impeccable. But what we’re headed towards is really scary. It’s scary for the coaches, it’s scary for the young men, and it’s not just about them making money. I have no problem with them making money, I’m worried about the love and the passion that are fan bases have for the game going away, and that scares me the most.”