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[BuckyIsAB****]

Nick Saban was still having interviews for next years staff when about 60 current players on Alabamas roster came to him not long after the rose bowl and demanded more money or they were gone. Player number 1 being milroe who wanted a million. Then Saban quit.


It has got to change.

[msstate7]

If you want it to change, don't watch or attend

[dawgday166]

If you want it to change, don't watch or attend

That's the answer right there. Bread and circuses.

ETA: The change needs to happen from the top down, not the bottom up.

[ScooterDog]

Well, how many have quit? Anybody know?

[RocketDawg]

Nick Saban was still having interviews for next years staff when about 60 current players on Alabamas roster came to him not long after the rose bowl and demanded more money or they were gone. Player number 1 being milroe who wanted a million. Then Saban quit.


It has got to change.

Can't blame Saban if that's true.

I read where Saban is going to stick around and have input to the football program. Isn't that sort of a slap in the face to DeBoer?

[HancockCountyDog]

Nick Saban was still having interviews for next years staff when about 60 current players on Alabamas roster came to him not long after the rose bowl and demanded more money or they were gone. Player number 1 being milroe who wanted a million. Then Saban quit.

It has got to change.

I would guess the 200 million he has made while at Bama will let him down easy.

If he had been out front figuring out how to get the players paid years ago, we wouldn’t be in this mess, but he was happy paying kids under the table and having a major talent advantage so he kept his mouth shut.

Now that he can’t have a monster talent advantage, he is taking his ball and going home.

[dawgday166]

Can't blame Saban if that's true.

I read where Saban is going to stick around and have input to the football program. Isn't that sort of a slap in the face to DeBoer?

I blame Saban for most of it. His huge salary started this snowball rolling. And I said that at the time when his salary kept getting bumped up every year. At one time he made almost twice what the top paid NFL coach did. Now top NFL coaches make right at what he made last year..

Yea, I'm wondering how it will work with Saban still around in the shadows.

[dawgday166]

I would guess the 200 million he has made while at Bama will let him down easy.

If he had been out front figuring out how to get the players paid years ago, we wouldn?t be in this mess, but he was happy paying kids under the table and having a major talent advantage so he kept his mouth shut.

Now that he can?t have a monster talent advantage, he is taking his ball and going home.

This too.

ETA: He'll march in support of "social justice" issues with them tho cause ... He cares SMH.

[CaptainObvious]

This too.

ETA: He'll march in support of "social justice" issues with them tho cause ... He cares SMH.

But, if your boss offers to over-pay you to keep you, do you tell him " Absolutely Not!" That would be unfair the Bob in the mailroom! "

[Coach34]

I dont see how they do it.

[basedog]

I don’t doubt players asking or demanding money but I can’t see 60 players.

[Leroy Jenkins]

His daughter let it slip that he was retiring at the end of the year months ago.

[dawgday166]

But, if your boss offers to over-pay you to keep you, do you tell him " Absolutely Not!" That would be unfair the Bob in the mailroom! "

Well ... As a matter of fact I've said similar about my industry relative to compensation. Hadn't turned anything down for the janitor yet tho LOL. When in Rome yada, yada, yada.

This is a much bigger topic overall. Another mantra we've been indoctrinated with is everything has to "grow, grow, grow". Now ... Everything is consolidating towards the top. CFB merging into mega conferences is a microcosm of the consolidation of huge corporations gobbling up smaller ones and/or merging with other huge corporations, which eliminates almost all competition. Before long, a few banks and corporations gonna control every aspect of our lives.

Deep topic. Better stop before Scooba boots me.

ETA: My industry is changing very rapidly in a similar manner as CFB.

All this started slowly many decades ago and has been building momentum while also getting the masses used to it. I picked up on it in my industry 25 or so years ago. Now, it's massive and rolling downhill very, very fast.

[DawgFromOxford]

I blame Saban for most of it. His huge salary started this snowball rolling. And I said that at the time when his salary kept getting bumped up every year. At one time he made almost twice what the top paid NFL coach did. Now top NFL coaches make right at what he made last year..

Yea, I'm wondering how it will work with Saban still around in the shadows.

Eh not sure how Saban gets the blame for taking the money Alabama was willing to pay him. I'm sure if you look at Alabama and Tuscaloosa pre Saban, its a pretty easy investment for them considering the return they got on it

[RiverCityDawg]

Well ... As a matter of fact I've said similar about my industry relative to compensation. Hadn't turned anything down for the janitor yet tho LOL. When in Rome yada, yada, yada.

This is a much bigger topic overall. Another mantra we've been indoctrinated with is everything has to "grow, grow, grow". Now ... Everything is consolidating towards the top. CFB merging into mega conferences is a microcosm of the consolidation of huge corporations gobbling up smaller ones and/or merging with other huge corporations, which eliminates almost all competition. Before long, a few banks and corporations gonna control every aspect of our lives.

Deep topic. Better stop before Scooba boots me.

ETA: My industry is changing very rapidly in a similar manner as CFB.

All this started slowly many decades ago and has been building momentum while also getting the masses used to it. I picked up on it in my industry 25 or so years ago. Now, it's massive and rolling downhill very, very fast.

Cannabis?***

[parabrave]

Nick Saban was still having interviews for next years staff when about 60 current players on Alabamas roster came to him not long after the rose bowl and demanded more money or they were gone. Player number 1 being milroe who wanted a million. Then Saban quit.


It has got to change.

I think Saban had decided to retire long before that. Hell just watch any interview before the season and you could tell this was his last year. Plus he really never complained about the NIL but the transfer portal

[parabrave]

Cannabis?***

Nah that is one of TUSKs areas/

[dawgday166]

Eh not sure how Saban gets the blame for taking the money Alabama was willing to pay him. I'm sure if you look at Alabama and Tuscaloosa pre Saban, its a pretty easy investment for them considering the return they got on it

Remember when he was dabbling with Texas and Bama gave him a huge raise?

The real "return on investment" is showing up now. I guess all those boosters (and others at other universities) didn't Bank enough coin from earlier investment returns and that's why there are NIL funds college administrators are now begging the fans to contribute to. They looking for us to bail their asses out now LOL.

Sorta like 2008 financial crisis. Who paid to bail out the bankers? And what did they STILL keep doing after being bailed out?

Big money makes big mistakes and then they turn to working folks to bail them out. Happens every time.

ETA: Probably more blame on Boosters than Saban tho.

[dawgday166]

Cannabis?***

Lol ... Not quite. Almost tho haha.

[maroonmania]

If you want it to change, don't watch or attend

A lot of Mississippi State fans have done this and the only change made has been that our football program has declined relative to other SEC programs including the other MS SEC football program who is all in on buying players.