Nick saban on NIL money
Nick Saban was asked his thoughts on NIL. He thinks it good that kids can make money,Says they always could. He is concerned that NIL money is getting out of hand and needs to be regulated. He said this will only cause a bigger disparity in collge football.
Is Nick truly concerened or aftaid this is cutting into his peice of the pie. Such as Texas am bringing in monster class.
Go Blue
January 9th, 2022 at 5:07 PM ^
Nick Saban pretending to be concerned about disparity in college football is rich
January 9th, 2022 at 5:11 PM ^
This is the correct take. False apathy is what this reeks of.
January 9th, 2022 at 6:46 PM ^
I think most people thought NIL meant a guy like Denard Robinson could use his name, image, & likeness to advertise a youth football camp in Deerfield Beach in which he kept some of the proceeds, or that a car dealership in the area could have him in one of their commercials, etc. Or he could get a cut of the money from the video game that used him on its cover, or some money for every #16 jersey purchased at the MDen.
I don’t think most thought a school like TAMU would invest $25-30 million in one winter paying recruits to go to their school.
January 9th, 2022 at 7:30 PM ^
Let’s be totally real for a minute:
Anyone who said NIL would NOT result in TAMU-esq pay-to-play results was either lying through their teeth or the dumbest person alive.
Everyone else knew the whole time that NIL was just going to allow the hush hush payments to be made public.
January 9th, 2022 at 7:36 PM ^
In the defense of what would seem is the entirety of the board that is not as smart as you are, there’s a difference between not anticipating something would happen exactly as it did and saying it never would.
January 9th, 2022 at 8:01 PM ^
I think you're both sort of wrong. I think most people had no comprehension as to what NIL meant. It should be lending your name to camps, party appearances and the odd promotional piece for local companies. But most thought it really was a legal way to bring under the table payments above board. Think about how many times people have said fire the money cannons about our boosters?
The NCAA, shockingly, dropped the ball. They should have had guidelines based on real world data for how much pro athletes are paid to promote a local car dealer, sign autographs, promote something on social media, etc. Anything above that would potentially be pay to play and risk sanctions. None of that happened and you have boosters running wild...
January 9th, 2022 at 10:53 PM ^
"The NCAA, shockingly, dropped the ball."
I'm still laughing at that. Seriously, and I do mean seriously, is there an organization in America with a greater disparity between wealth and effectiveness? If you can think of another please share.
January 9th, 2022 at 11:05 PM ^
The federal government.
January 9th, 2022 at 7:34 PM ^
Eh, maybe for some players. For mega-stars, which I consider Denard to have been in college, I was thinking they'd get Gatorade/Nike deals.
January 9th, 2022 at 8:06 PM ^
What would SMU’s payroll be adjusted for inflation?
January 9th, 2022 at 6:58 PM ^
I'm stealing this comment from a Reddit topic on the same quote:
"*Saban warns about RPO rules*
*Saban warns about transfer portal*
*Saban warns about NIL*
*Saban warns about CFP expansion*
Every time, "He's just worried he won't dominate anymore!"
Every time he tells you things will get worse, people don't believe him, and it does get worse, and he wins anyways."
This isn't him expressing concern he's going to lose his dominance. It's a threat.
January 9th, 2022 at 7:03 PM ^
Love him or hate him......Saban is always ahead of the game.
January 9th, 2022 at 7:30 PM ^
Except in the NFL, where he could not get it done like Harbaugh could.
January 9th, 2022 at 7:51 PM ^
He isn't in the NFL. Try to keep up.
January 9th, 2022 at 10:07 PM ^
Did Saban really fail that hard with the Dolphins though?
Saban took over a 4-12 Dolphins team, and led them to a 9-7 record in his first year.
Then Saban tried to trade for Drew Brees whom everyone assumed was kind of washed-up at that point, and was stopped by the Dolphins’s executives.
If Saban had succeeded in getting Brees, he likely would have done just fine in his 2nd season.
January 10th, 2022 at 8:23 AM ^
Don't try too hard. It really doesn't help to bring reason into many discussions here.
January 9th, 2022 at 7:22 PM ^
Nicky clearly wants to keep his 5*s. He can’t dominate without them (Dolphins, MSU)
January 9th, 2022 at 7:32 PM ^
What's he supposed to do? Start losing?
January 9th, 2022 at 7:32 PM ^
I think he genuinely means it just like he did when he said playoffs would ruin bowl games. I don't think he's remotely threatened by NIL, but he knows that it needs structure. And it does.
January 9th, 2022 at 5:11 PM ^
Isn't he the one who was bragging that his QB was going to make a million dollars?
January 9th, 2022 at 5:43 PM ^
Exactly, shortly after NIL was announced. Nick trying to appear human….
January 9th, 2022 at 5:12 PM ^
I mean a couple years ago he was similarly complaining about how Spread RPO and tempo offenses are ruining the game, and then he turned around and unleashed some of the best offenses in CFB history ever since, running spread RPOs and tempo. This is just as much a warning from him as it is a concern of his.
His M.O. is complain, adapt, destroy.
January 9th, 2022 at 5:26 PM ^
Exactly - it’s a warning. Saban is going to take full advantage of whatever the rules allow him, whether that’s on the field with style of play, or in recruiting/NIL.
January 9th, 2022 at 5:30 PM ^
Rules allow him or don’t/
fixed it for you*
January 9th, 2022 at 5:31 PM ^
I mean both things can be true. Michigan still frustrates me time to time by not going ‘blazing speed’ tempo more often. I get why they don’t and we just won the conference so I’ll shut my mouth about it.
But on the same front, officiating that tilts the advantages towards the offense more so than ever before combined with talented teams exploiting the law of large number is helping ruin parity. I don’t blame Saban though for exploiting this.
January 9th, 2022 at 5:17 PM ^
Lol. The guys boasted about his QB’s endorsement. Now that everyone can do it, and not just the SEC, he’s going to complain. But keep giving Crimson players their cars and cash so they can post on their social media accounts like before. What a joke. I hope UM buys everyone when they get their NIL deal setup.
January 9th, 2022 at 5:17 PM ^
Where did he say this? (Link?). Interested in what he say as far as players always being able to make money off of their NIL.
January 9th, 2022 at 6:22 PM ^
read it on si.com. But its all over sports media.
GO BLUE
January 9th, 2022 at 5:25 PM ^
People who think Nick Saban is scared of NIL and won't just figure out how to be #1 in it have completely missed the lesson of the past 10 years.
Nick Saban not worried about Texas or Georgia or Ohio State or Michigan...he's not worried about anything other than Bama dominating and this is just another opportunity for his program to dominate something. College football be damned.
January 9th, 2022 at 5:42 PM ^
How much more will Alabama have to offer Cali kids to go there vs. USC? NIL levels a playing field that ESS EEE CEE schools have been manipulating with booster monies for years. Schools that have been reticent to go that way can now compete on a more level playing field for recruits. TAMU proved how it can be done. Once fully optimized at every school Alabama won't be able to out money Texas, USC, t(tm)OSU, Michigan, Penn State, ND etc. This will lead to a dilution of top recruits just flowing to Alabama (and fwiw, Georgia, Clemson, etc.). This and an 8-12 team playoff is Saban's greatest fear.
January 9th, 2022 at 6:12 PM ^
As long as Bama has Saban and can match monies kids will from all over the country will still go there.
January 9th, 2022 at 6:51 PM ^
IDK. Look at Jackson St.
January 9th, 2022 at 9:56 PM ^
He won't be there much longer. He is old.
January 9th, 2022 at 6:40 PM ^
Lol you really think NIL levels the playing field? Is that why Harbaugh is able to recruit just as well as Texas A&M?
Let's be real, NIL is just one more opportunity for Saban to dominate and probably put even more distance between himself and the competition.
January 9th, 2022 at 7:22 PM ^
January 9th, 2022 at 5:27 PM ^
I think he’s right. NIL is getting crazy, just as many people expected.
While acknowledging that this season has been the most entertaining one I can remember, it seems like college football is on a rocket ship heading for the sun.
January 9th, 2022 at 5:33 PM ^
Saban is a narcissistic fucking snake and only cares about himself. Next question.
January 9th, 2022 at 5:34 PM ^
Correct me if I’m wrong, but Alabama does not have the financial resources of Texas or TAMU. Even if they did, having dozens of programs throwing tons of money around seems like it would result in each of those programs sharing the top recruits instead of one school spending a fortune and getting all of the best players like it has been for the past decade and a half
I truly can’t comprehend an argument about how NIL would just make Bama and Georgia even stronger, especially when TAMU is signing the best class ever and Jackson State (!!!) is getting 4 and 5 star players. Seems like the talent is already being spread out
January 9th, 2022 at 5:38 PM ^
NIL plus an 8-12 team playoff wrecks the current Alabama dominance and redistributes talent in a diverse way. Saban scurred.
January 9th, 2022 at 7:27 PM ^
It will just help the rich get richer and all other teams will just fall further behind
January 9th, 2022 at 7:54 PM ^
For the rich to get richer, they will now have to get poorer by having to outbid other schools with NIL money.
January 9th, 2022 at 8:32 PM ^
Clemson and Bama do not have USC, Texas, or TAMU money. Nobody here is a big fan of any of those schools, but the landscape of the best teams right now is not equal to the wealthiest football schools.
January 9th, 2022 at 5:34 PM ^
Both can be true.
- He's not worried about it affecting Bama. He knows regulated or not he will dominate and win.
- He also thinks it is bad for middle to lower teams as it will decrease parity and competition.
January 9th, 2022 at 6:02 PM ^
Even that second part is just false. Eastern (via Charlie Batch) is offering a million bucks to get a five star transfer. Jackson State has four and five star commits. Iowa got a five star recruit to stay in state instead of going to Osu. Medium to small schools don’t have the resources to buy players in bulk like the elites, but if Minnesota pools all their money to keep a hypothetical 5 star RB in state and away from bama, that’s better than they ever would’ve done without NIL, where there’s 0 chance they would’ve stayed in Minnesota. Bama can win any single recruiting matchup they want, but now they can’t win 20 of them at once because there’s too much competition from other schools and they can’t be spending millions on every recruit they want. This is great for parity, and as much as TAMU is a cult and Deion Sanders is a douche, I’ll be cheering for both of them next year
January 9th, 2022 at 6:56 PM ^
And you really think said qb is going to go to EMU...NOT!
January 9th, 2022 at 7:29 PM ^
Great for parity? Do you think EMU can afford to sign any other players other then a QB. Teams spending all their money to keep one player is not going to bring about parity. It will give them one great player and a bunch of 2-3 stars to fill out their roster. They won’t come close to competing
January 9th, 2022 at 8:07 PM ^
1 > 0
January 9th, 2022 at 5:35 PM ^
Guy is surely scared of places like Michigan, Penn State, or even Iowa putting together NIL programs for recruiting. Probably more scary is small schools putting together enough to pull the "local hero" kids and even further diluting recruiting from the historically dirty money schools.