Saban rips into A&M, JSU, and Miami over NIL

[starkvegasdawg]

https://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/alabama-football/nick-saban-goes-scorched-earth-on-texas-am-they-bought-every-player-on-their-team/?fbclid=IwAR27Ze4HcczFRxbakwVJ9B5KhWr0rB6SDbgy_ouX hGJzp_DC102hj8ug3nw

[msstate7]

Saban crying bc other teams get players legally. No shame from the little man

[Coach34]

He's mad other schools can offer money like them and win battles he used to be guaranteed to win

[Todd4State]

Poor Bama never seems to get a break.**

No sympathy from me given the support and resources our baseball program has had for years and could only give out 11.7 scholarships while Bertman was using Lottery scholarships and Corbin was using Vandy's endowment.

[Cooterpoot]

Be glad when we can be as good with NIL as Jackson Stste.

[bulldawg28]

Saban's hypocrisy is beyond delusional. I'm ready for these teams to start spilling the beans on him. It's about time he starts to get some of his own medicine publicly.

[NWADAWG]

https://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/alabama-football/nick-saban-goes-scorched-earth-on-texas-am-they-bought-every-player-on-their-team/?fbclid=IwAR27Ze4HcczFRxbakwVJ9B5KhWr0rB6SDbgy_ouX hGJzp_DC102hj8ug3nw

Isn't he the same coach that bragged about his QB getting over $1 million a year or so ago?

[ShotgunDawg]

Saban is obviously lying his dick off here, but this system sucks. Absolutely sucks.

College leadership need to fix this crap & create a system that pays players & promotes parity

[Cooterpoot]

NFL needs to start a small damn minor league. Let them pay these kids. Let them get drafted out of HS. This shouldn't be a college deal. Of course, millionaire college coaches shouldn't be a damn thing either, but the schools, along with TV greed, created that ridiculous problem

[msstate7]

Saban is obviously lying his dick off here, but this system sucks. Absolutely sucks.

College leadership need to fix this crap & create a system that pays players & promotes parity

The fact saban is crying should be good news, right? Other schools are about to get some of the players he has won with for so long.

[EdwardDrayton]

The Jahmyr Gibbs unvarnished Twitter account:

Thank you to my coaches, teammates, family, and especially my parents for all the support over the years.
I am very excited to announce that I have sold my next two years to the many businesses of Tuscaloosa Alabama. Cannot wait to be there to begin building my generational wealth and returning a significant portion of my income to the Tuscaloosa economy. And on behalf of Coach Saban and myself, many thanks to the Tide Collective for infusing the necessary capital to so many businesses to make these NIL deals possible. And also to the three gentlemen who generously made the Tide Collective come to life. You know who you are. I could not be happier. ROLL TIDE!!

[PMDawg]

Saban is obviously lying his dick off here, but this system sucks. Absolutely sucks.

College leadership need to fix this crap & create a system that pays players & promotes parity

The glory days of college football are in its past. We just need to accept that and see what it turns into in the coming years. Then, we all have to decide if it's worth it personally to continue watching it. That sucks, but that's probably the long and short of it.

[NCMSTFAN]

The fact saban is crying should be good news, right? Other schools are about to get some of the players he has won with for so long.

This is what I've been saying all along. While I don't agree with the way the NIL rules are right now, it does even the playing field out more. Paying players has been around for decades so that part isnt new..now these smaller schools that aren't typical blue bloods can legally pay players or help them get paid, so it even things out a little more now.

[PGHBulldogBG]

I am not real big on how NIL was rolled out, but I think it?s going to help mid level power 5 teams out more so than hurt. It now allows these schools that couldn?t pay players before to look into getting better recruits to field a team by offering more of an incentive. While schools with more money can offer more, it?s about being able to play the game and adapt. My concern for Miss State is that we are slow to adapt to changes in basically all aspects of our University. My fear is that we dig ourselves too big of a hole that we can?t climb out from once other teams have a good pipeline.

[HancockCountyDog]

Just watched Jimbo's press conference. He didn't hold back.

Saban complaining about parity and advantages that A&M have on the NIL is ridiculous.

[NCMSTFAN]

If you guys get a chance, watch First take and Undisputed today (you can YouTube it). Skip and Shannon discuss it and so does Paul Finebaum and J will......gives you a little more insight on this NIL stuff.

[Coach34]

Told to me by someone who knows these things:

"It's been a struggle for us to raise $3MM whereas Florida is approaching their goal of $20MM"

[confucius say]

Saban is obviously lying his dick off here, but this system sucks. Absolutely sucks.

College leadership need to fix this crap & create a system that pays players & promotes parity

Correct. That's the only way forward at this point. Look at the nfl

[OLJWales]

Salary Caps musta passed constitutional muster in professional sports because I assume they were initially challenged in court which resulted in a better product due to the parity created. As much as I dislike NIL in its current form, I think fair and common sense NIL Caps could actually level college athletics' playing field quite nicely resulting in a better situation than Pre-NIL. Some Socialism is good for sports IMO.

[IMissJack]

Post I made on 4/24...

IMO it will only get fixed when nontraditional football schools with more money than Bama, etc. start putting together super teams and start taking the blue bloods’ candy so to speak. For example, what if Harvard, Yale, Stanford types decided to organize some of those billionaires and top 25 in football started looking like it did back in the 1920’s? I think there would suddenly be a lot of discussion about doing something.

FYI Texas A&M and Texas are going to be able to put together the best NIL packages in the SEC .

[NCMSTFAN]

Post I made on 4/24...

IMO it will only get fixed when nontraditional football schools with more money than Bama, etc. start putting together super teams and start taking the blue bloods’ candy so to speak. For example, what if Harvard, Yale, Stanford types decided to organize some of those billionaires and top 25 in football started looking like it did back in the 1920’s? I think there would suddenly be a lot of discussion about doing something.

FYI Texas A&M and Texas are going to be able to put together the best NIL packages in the SEC .

Sounds like you were right...

[msstate7]

If Texas and aTm spend wisely, they are gonna be really, really good. aTm's class last year is absolutely stacked ON PAPER

[BrunswickDawg]

If Texas and aTm spend wisely, they are gonna be really, really good. aTm's class last year is absolutely stacked ON PAPER

Jimbo has to prove he can actually develop players though - considering he already wrecked a ready-made machine, I don't know that on paper will matter.

[Leeshouldveflanked]

Just wait till Hugh Freeze starts signing some 5 Stars at Liberty. Liberty can come up with more $ than MSU, Ole Miss and USM combined.

[The Federalist Engineer]

I am anticipating that University of Texas will be the highest paying school in D1 with nobody else close. Global Scale for Medical School, Law School, Politicians, Business School, Oil & Gas, Rich Widows, and Tech.

They may never play really well, but money won't be a problem in Austin.

[Coach34]

Just wait till Hugh Freeze starts signing some 5 Stars at Liberty. Liberty can come up with more $ than MSU, Ole Miss and USM combined.

Thats their plan

[AROB44]

Big money in religion....

[IMissJack]

Jimbo has to prove he can actually develop players though - considering he already wrecked a ready-made machine, I don't know that on paper will matter.

I don’t think so. You gave to do less developing the more 5 stars you get.

[was21]

Jimbo Fisher got his panties in a wad then Ross Bjork made a fool of himself as well. What Saban said is totally true under NIL guidelines.

[Schultzy]

The best system would be the old system without the NCAA rules.

Just let old rich people pay players money to play football out of their own pocket.

It’s the Mike Slive system and it’s smart. At least we would all know we aren’t going on probation.

[parabrave]

I am anticipating that University of Texas will be the highest paying school in D1 with nobody else close. Global Scale for Medical School, Law School, Politicians, Business School, Oil & Gas, Rich Widows, and Tech.

They may never play really well, but money won't be a problem in Austin.

But Attitude will always be/

[99jc]

17 $aban and Fi$her they are both lying son$ of bitche$. Alabama ha$ given away more car$ and Money through the year$ than anyone. And Jimbo is a $nake oil pile of $hit who cover$ up rape$ and theft. The legend of Bama and $lut wiler hall and what went on there is legendary.

[bulldogcountry1]

There?s no way this can be sustained. Only one team can win it all every year, so many donors aren?t going to be happy with the return on their investment. After 3 or 4 years, the money being put into paying athletes is going to fall rapidly.

[msstate7]

Jimbo Fisher got his panties in a wad then Ross Bjork made a fool of himself as well. What Saban said is totally true under NIL guidelines.

Saban said he didn't buy any of their players.

[OLJWales]

Reasonable and Fair Salary Caps combined with NIL would cure so much of what has been plaguing college sports for decades. If a player gets caught taking under the table he looses a year of eligibility and team loses schollies for 2 years and year one no NIL recruiting enticements.

[R2Dawg]

I don't like Fisher but Saban is a complete arrogant hypocrite crybaby. Not long ago bragged on Bryce getting 1mil? I've never seen such a poor loser as Saban. He fits Bama like a glove though as the entire fan base is the same way.

[R2Dawg]

Saban said he didn't buy any of their players.

Sure he didn't write the checks, he has people to do that.

[Schultzy]

https://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/alabama-football/nick-saban-goes-scorched-earth-on-texas-am-they-bought-every-player-on-their-team/?fbclid=IwAR27Ze4HcczFRxbakwVJ9B5KhWr0rB6SDbgy_ouX hGJzp_DC102hj8ug3nw

Come to think of it Id like to see A&M beat Alabama about ten years in a row.

[The Federalist Engineer]

Sure he didn't write the checks, he has people to do that.

Didn't Alabama have a QB making 1M last year? Would he have come to Bama otherwise?

https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/nick-sabans-million-dollar-remark-about-bryce-young-again-proves-the-unmatched-savvy-of-alabamas-coach/amp/

[EdwardDrayton]

Told to me by someone who knows these things:

"It's been a struggle for us to raise $3MM whereas Florida is approaching their goal of $20MM"

And the hits just keep on coming. <sigh>

[msstate7]

This obviously isn't gonna help us much, but at least we may start seeing other teams challenge for a title. We weren't challenging for anything before NIL anyway

[Saltydog]

17 $aban and Fi$her they are both lying son$ of bitche$. Alabama ha$ given away more car$ and Money through the year$ than anyone. And Jimbo is a $nake oil pile of $hit who cover$ up rape$ and theft. The legend of Bama and $lut wiler hall and what went on there is legendary.

Jimbo never cheats. He even said so himself***

[Offshore Dawg]

Saban said he didn't buy any of their players.
Bama has boosters, that's who does the player buying.

[msstate7]

Bama has boosters, that's who does the player buying.

Obviously, but his suggestion was others are being dirty while he and bama are clean

[coachnorm]

Didn't Alabama have a QB making 1M last year? Would he have come to Bama otherwise?

https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/nick-sabans-million-dollar-remark-about-bryce-young-again-proves-the-unmatched-savvy-of-alabamas-coach/amp/

Isn't Bryce Young's NIL money from Los Angeles? Alabama may pay players but not Young because he has a business relation in LA. The reason why Bryce Young is at Alabama is Clay Helton was at USC?