So I think Nick Saban may

[missouridawg]

Have lit the world on fire tonight

Said very explicitly that aTm bought everyone of their players with NIL in this last recruiting class.

We all knew it. And we’ve all said it. But Nick Saban said it. In public. Wow.

 

[InTheIttaBenaHotSun]

Good for Nick.....now maybe this will get reeled in some.

 

[11thEagleFan]

I can’t wait for the Jimbo melt. He’s almost as bad as Freeze, he won’t be able to resist.

 

[ZombieKissinger]

He called out JSU too. There’s gonna be some tension on the Aflac set

 

[jethreauxdawg]

He’s never handled loses well

But this is comical. “They’re using our tricks against us! It’s not fair!”

 

[coach66]

Ole Miss not far behind, they seem to be signing

Good players just about everyday it seems.

 

[aTotal360]

Everyone "pissed" at aTm is really jealous. They are simply playing by the new rules. Saban needs to focus his energy on the NCAA, not the milkmen.

 

[T-TownDawgg]

Nicholas Saban bitching like a bitchy ***** about the current state of college football is as tone deaf as Jeff Bezos complaining about capitalism.

 

[AlSwearengen]

Wasn’t Saban advertising publicly about their qb making around a million in NIL money? I’m pretty sure he was the first coach to come out and do something like that. You know that wasn’t a public service announcement, but was purely a recruiting angle.

 

[birdawg]

It's legal now what's the big deal

 

[aTotal360]

Exactly.

 

[BoDawg.sixpack]

Money talks-BS walks. Saban knows a lot about both. So does that rancid fan base

He's slowly revealing he has a problem with capitalism which means I've got a problem with him.

The garden gnome needs to don his blue suit and do another commercial with Prime. Maybe he could do a set about insurance that will cover the
wear and tear on running backs whose tires are bald after fours year playing for the crimson mud slide.

 

[WilCoDawg]

He doesn’t like level playing fields. That’s the big deal. Maybe this will inch him closer to retirement.

 

[Bill Shankly]

It's legal now what's the big deal

Actually according to the letter of the rule it's not legal. The problem is the rule is absolutely unenforceable. This is not the NCAA's fault. It's judges and people who want to bring down college sport's fault. That is exactly what is happening. This stuff is going to destroy college athletics.

 

[shotgunDawg]

Everyone "pissed" at aTm is really jealous. They are simply playing by the new rules. Saban needs to focus his energy on the NCAA, not the milkmen.

I'm not pissed at A&M because they're kind of within the rules, but the rules can't be what we currently have. College football can't sustain this & it ruins the sport.

FWIW, what Saban has been doing for 15 years has ruined the sport as well. The sport needs real rules that promote some level of parity & stop putting coaches into positions where they have to cheat to keep their job

 

[shotgunDawg]

He's slowly revealing he has a problem with capitalism which means I've got a problem with him.

The garden gnome needs to don his blue suit and do another commercial with Prime. Maybe he could do a set about insurance that will cover the
wear and tear on running backs whose tires are bald after fours year playing for the crimson mud slide.

I'm a capitalist, but capitalism doesn't work in sports where leagues need competitive balance in order to survive. Nobody wants to watch 1-2 teams but so much better than anyone else every year

 

[Smoked Toag]

Actually according to the letter of the rule it's not legal. The problem is the rule is absolutely unenforceable. This is not the NCAA's fault. It's judges and people who won't to bring down college sport's fault. That is exactly what is happening. This stuff is going to destroy college athletics.

Agree 100%. There is a segment of the population who simply wants to see the system burn down.

 

[Trojanbulldog19]

Yeah Nick is a giant hypocrite. Bama been paying for players for years.

 

[columbiadawg2]

About spit out my coffee when he said "We didn't buy one player." As Costanza says "It's not a lie, if you believe it"

 

[onewoof]

He's only saying it because he probably has won his last and final championship. Due to schools paying more than Bama will. The only thing Nick hates with all his soul is losing and a level playing field. He had no problem when all the 5 stars he wanted chose Bama based on their unofficial and official compensation package. The advantage he meticulously created is over. Sadly this will most likely expose his coaching legacy of winning championships only because they bought the best players.

Also he hates that Jimbo and Kirby beat him last season. He had the mental advantage for years. It's obviously been eating at him seeing better players go to both aTm and Georgia.

 

[onewoof]

About spit out my coffee when he said "We didn't buy one player." As Costanza says "It's not a lie, if you believe it"

Keyword "we" and "one". Someone officially unaffiliated with the school paid all 90 of the players parents.

 

[jethreauxdawg]

But they still have Jimbo, right?

No pressure, bud.

 

[BoDawg.sixpack]

We didn't have competitive balance before NIL and college football was surviving quite well. And I don't know about you but if I had a son who was D-1 material I wouldn't tell him to choose his school based on what he thought was best for the competitive balance of the sport. I'd tell him to go with the combination of which NIL deal was most lucrative and his comfort level at said program. The portal will help restore more competitive balance than saddling NIL deals with a plethora of rules that will ultimately be circumvented.

 

[RiverCityDawg]

Actually according to the letter of the rule it's not legal. The problem is the rule is absolutely unenforceable. This is not the NCAA's fault. It's judges and people who want to bring down college sport's fault. That is exactly what is happening. This stuff is going to destroy college athletics.

This. People keep saying this is legal now, but it's not. As you said though, it's not something that can be enforced.... which was predictable from a mile away.

 

[thatsbaseball]

Nil > Bama's "network" so the man who would sell his very soul to gain even the slightest advantage over his competition is crying...forgive me if I don't feel his pain.

 

[GloryDawg]

Good players just about everyday it seems.

A lot of those guys are expecting more than just the money. They expect to play. I wonder how many of that bought class will still be at A&M a year from now or two years from now? A lot of these guys bought at all these schools are going to learn how to use the system to their advantage. A lot of them will transfer out to get more money.

 

[GloryDawg]

Good for Nick.....now maybe this will get reeled in some.

I think this was really his way of calling out Bama boosters telling them they better get off their asses. On the other end A&M's coach is Jimbo. They will still be a 8-4 team.

 

[maroonmania]

We didn't have competitive balance before NIL and college football was surviving quite well. And I don't know about you but if I had a son who was D-1 material I wouldn't tell him to choose his school based on what he thought was best for the competitive balance of the sport. I'd tell him to go with the combination of which NIL deal was most lucrative and his comfort level at said program. The portal will help restore more competitive balance than saddling NIL deals with a plethora of rules that will ultimately be circumvented.

You are correct that we've never had true competitive balance but this is really different. We are about to have a talent divide between the haves and the have nots like nothing we've ever seen before. There were some definite positives to everything not being done in the open and there being at least some fear of NCAA enforcement backlash. We've now entered the Wild West where college football players are nothing more than just paid mercenaries.

 

[BoDawg.sixpack]

So if you had a son or daughter blessed with enough talent

to secure an NIL deal, you would instruct them to forego adding a 5 or 6 figure number to their bottom line to do what's best for brand loyalty or competitive balance?

 

[patdog]

There's a lot less competitive balance today than there used to be.

Link

 

[We Men]

Looks like Mr. Nick is a bit jealous doesn't it. He's just having his little hissy fit.

 

[aTotal360]

At least there was the guise of it. Now that the cats out of bag, it's disheartening.

 

[coachnorm]

Actually according to the letter of the rule it's not legal. The problem is the rule is absolutely unenforceable. This is not the NCAA's fault. It's judges and people who want to bring down college sport's fault. That is exactly what is happening. This stuff is going to destroy college athletics.

Don't blame judges for stripping the NCAA of some of its authority. The NCAA was so corrupt that even the Supreme Court crushed them because of exposure set forth within trials leading up to their decision. Now the NCAA has started a business relationship with Las Vegas? Get ready for a blitzkrieg of casinos in the NIL? What is going to happen when Vegas NIL competes with college in house slush funds NIL compete against each other? Do you think any court will turn the other eye, on this issue, in future litigation?

https://sportshandle.com/ncaa-adjusts-sports-betting-data-sale-policy/

 

[57stratdawg]

Jimbo’s press conference is a heater.

“You coach with guys like Bobby Bowden to learn how to do things. You coach with people like Nick Saban to learn how NOT to do things”.

 

[BoDawg.sixpack]

I suspect if that were true Saban wouldn't be upset. Alabama's dominance predates NIL and the portal.

 

[patdog]

Damn! I think Sankey is going to put Jimbo in his place after this.
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[birdawg]

That's a bold statement considering Saban's success

 

[maroonmania]

to secure an NIL deal, you would instruct them to forego adding a 5 or 6 figure number to their bottom line to do what's best for brand loyalty or competitive balance?

No, not sure anyone would do that. But if I could today, I would cut football scholarships at all FBS schools down to 70. Even with the NIL money there aren't many players who will rely on that over a scholarship. That in and of itself would put back in a lot of competitive balance to college football by shrinking the huge talent gap between teams. You really don't need 85 scholarships to field a football team anyway. Heck, somehow baseball teams are able to exist on the paltry 11.7 scholarships they are given. The glut of scholarships in football just allows the richest, most elite programs to hoard all the elite talent. In the end I would just like to see more entertaining games on Saturdays.

 

[BoDawg.sixpack]

I wouldn't be against that, but the scholarship issue is a departure from my original comments. I will add college football has had many very entertaining games on a regular basis since I've been watching...mostly when Alabama is not one of the teams on the field. For me the entertainment factor has taken a hit due to the lack of butts in the seats. The most pressing need college football has is to make game day affordable and attractive for families again. But due to all the streaming options out there it's hard to fault people for watching from their living room.

 

[curseddawgs]

“You pay your players more.”
“No you do.” Saban, Jimbo, and Deion are the biggest clowns in the circus that is college football