@@JacobBOKC-v6f Yes, but the difference is Papa Johns doesn't silently tell the Dallas Cowboy player that they need to quit the team, or ask to be traded, or opt out of his final year of his contract in order to get the money. That's the equivalent to what NIL is basically doing, they aren't just giving a player like Caleb Downs $1MM because he's Caleb Downs, they are tell him he needs to leave Alabama and go to Ohio State in order to get the money.
He is hating. Saban is just mad that other teams can now pay more than he did. You're naive if you think Saban wasn't giving these kids under the table deals before NIL became prevalent. Now they have to give them actual money instead of being able to just bribe them with cars like he used too
He warned everyone and he’s been consistent with this message the entire time. People weren’t listening because they thought he was sour but he saw it coming. Folks nailed him to the cross. He has never had a problem with players getting paid. He’s a proponent for it. The system isn’t set up for success and needs to be corrected.
@@jasonshumake777 A "chance" at what? To get into the playoffs and get blown out. The big dogs are still going to be on top in the end and they're gonna eat!
I hate bama but I also love college football and if you don’t think the transfer portal and NIL need tweaking and adjusting than you’re either being ignorant or dishonest. Kids should get paid but they should earn it and not be allowed to transfer EVERY YEAR I think for every time you transfer you must stay at the school for a minimum of 2 years this way you could only transfer a maximum of 2 times playing for a total of 3 college teams is more than enough
Scholarship to the school and the chance to play at the pro level not enough? Teach the kids and players to make and stick to a commitment. Bailing on the school, the fans, and the state because things doesn’t go your way teaches them that quitting is good and that you can always get a better option elsewhere. I can get on board with players leaving in their final year, but SO and JR should stay where they signed and learn that growth is important in life and not everything has a quick fix.
Yeah also Bamas and UGAs don’t loose front line players but other schools do and they are treated as farm teams for the bigger schools with more money it has ruined college ball you can’t learn your team and be excited about where you will be the next year.
I guess I’m different, I never liked Alabama until about 10-12 yrs ago Only because of Coach Saban. I loved the way he coached, accountability, Do Your Job to the best of your ability, learn how to sacrifice and overcome adversity. Players come and go but coaches for the most part remain. I moved to Florida from Calif in May and attended my very first Bama game in Tuscaloosa at the Iron bowl and had the Best Sporting experience I ever witnessed other that the 98 Super Bowl. Football at night in Bryant-Denny Stadium is an Unbelievable Event. I also attended a game at the Swamp and at Ole Miss but not comparable to Bama Football. Thank You Coach Saban for turning me into an Alabama Crimson Tide fan
Preach I’m a gator and I completely agree with you. Coach Saban is the greatest to ever do it I have tons of respect for him. I don’t buy this nonsense that he was just buying players. The man developed all level of guys and put them in the NFL.
But NOT in both academics (professional development OUTSIDE of football) AND football, unlike The University of Notre Awesomenss aka ND. Roll Irish 2024 National Champions 🏆 AGAIN!!
I absolutely refuse to listen to Saban complain about it. Alabama has been doing the same thing they are whining about for YEARS. Now they're mad the shoe is on the other foot. Cope
College football is better than ever people are only pissed cause the big power schools like Alabama and Ohio state and other SEC teams don’t have as much power anymore😂
Nick Saban spoke nothing but truth he mentioned guys not being able to develop and it makes me think of a guy like DJ U. At Florida State who’s transferred every year and isn’t that good
Riiiiight...like every 5* from all corners of the country over a 10-15 year period was flocking to Alabama because they were pitching that world-renowned bama EDUCATION.....🤣🤣🤣....heard it all now. And clemson?! lol
College football is ruined. They'll be no loyalty. Kids will lose the skill of the ow to compete. If they don't get their way they'll hit the transfer portal. Teams will no longer be able to field a veteran team. A coach can no longer discipline a player because they'll hit the transfer portal. Some teams may loose their whole team.
I still remember a story Coach Saban told from Miss Terry after a recruiting visit with families and recruits. She asked Coach "What are doing this for? The parents only care about how much money and playing time the child will get. They don't care about the college experience, being coached up to be a better human, nothing but the money." I think that's a large reason Coach retired.
13 starters opted out for FSUs bowl game against Georgia. THIRTEEN Thats almost 60 percent of their starters. And the kids still got paid…. It’s been a problem. It’s just now affecting the rest of the nation.
Its funny. People make comments that Saban is mad cuz the playing is even now with NIL. EVERY program played players to a point. But Saban still out recruited everyone
nah, he didnt have to do much recruiting. He built a successful program that was on auto pilot. The program spoke for itself. Now he realizes he met his match which is money. You can sell championships but if Ohio St. offered you 2 mil NIL deal youd now have options. It isnt so much even playing field, but now its ruled by dollar signs instead of going to the best program. Now its which program can give me the best NIL while also preparing me for the NFL.
@@brianpfeiff7720 yes….he did. And he out-coached pretty consistently too. But the whole charade about graduation and staying at school to “compete” as opposed to going wherever someone’s willing to pay you now (even if it’s a lesser team) is ridiculous hypocrisy! There’s a reason Saban went from Michigan State-to-LSU-to-Alabama; so he (and you) need to stop the cap and acknowledge these players would be FOOLS to not maximize the opportunities that the current system (that’s still a pimp game) provides.
Alabama was paying players for 20+ yrs before NIL. Haters don't mind coaches using free labor to make millions, but when the people who generate the revenue get paid, it's a problem. Go figure!
Should be a $250,000 cap on NIL money to a player. Transferring should only be allowed your Junior and Senior Year. A 2 game penalty should get assessed to any player that transfers. If this doesn’t happen college football will be ruined.
I’ve been saying it all season. The game of College Football will become extinct in 3-5 years if they don’t make changes to NIL and the Portal. No other sport has UNLIMITED cash and UNLIMITED movement by the players. This model of college sports cannot be sustained. Because the people who are pumping money into the system will eventually run out of money to support a school where the players stay for one year and leave. These kids transferring all over the place because they are too impatient to develop and wait their turn, are running the game for those coming behind them. I hope they are happy.
The solution is simple. Power 4 schools set a salary cap every few years. Players can sign contracts out of high school, with the standard being a 3 year contract with a 4th year option depending on their draft stock. If they want a 1 or 2 year contract they can sign one, but it will be significantly less than the 3 year. If they void their contracts and transfer to another power 4 school, they must either sit out a year or play for no pay from the school. They can however transfer to a non power 4 school with no repercussions. Problem solved.
College football will end before the NIL ends. The cat is out of the bag. These young athletes will not play if they are not getting paid. They are not stupid. Is it fair, no, but that's life. What's also not fair is a report that an OF content creator just made 45 million to make "content".
If you make a player either have to sit or lose a year of eligibility if they transfer then maybe that helps with the large amount of transfers. I like the players getting paid but the transfer portal is a little wild
End the NIK and portal madness. The NCAA should enact a rule that if you accept NIL you must stay with the team a minimum of 3 years, unless the head coach leaves.
You have 7 coaches, verses about 1000 players, get a clue! Coaches who do well get rewarded and stay, players who do well, leave to the highest bidder. A coach is one person on a team, now a days 75% of player starters get NIL deals, and a 1/5 or 1/8 of each team transfers every year.
I absolutely refuse to listen to Saban complain about it. Alabama has been doing the same thing they are whining about for YEARS. Now they're mad the shoe is on the other foot. Nothing but cope from some frauds
@@austinwalters3219i don’t think you listened to this video at all… Saban has no issue with players being paid… I have absolutely no clue what you’re talking about
@@Themikelawry because back then, just as he is now, he’s been very outspoken fighting against it , that’s where it came from. Nobody claimed he retired the very day it started.
@@JayRoberts244 he’s right though. Nil makes the big schools even richer cause they have the donors with the biggest pockets. Now the small schools who don’t just gonna lose their best players
Here's a suggestion to the TP and NIL: Put a cap on NIL deals, as well as stipulations (i.e if they transfer, they can't get another NIL deal or a lower amount). As for the TP, incorporate something like they can only transfer after their sophomore year, with a CAVEAT (that CAVEAT you lose a year of eligibility and there is no immediate eligibility to play for your new team). If they transfer prior to their Sophomore year, they lose 2 yrs eligibility.
All you Alabama Haters telling us to be quiet about the N.I.L now. If next season Alabama buys the table and threw $200 million dollars at players all you would be crying and screaming about NIL then 😂 best hope that doesn't happen. Fact is it needs structure.
If you had 200 you'd be spending 200. Fact is others have more than you and other sec schools which was fine with sec fans when your 3 car dealerships were enough to buy up every 5* in the country because others were trying to play by the rules. Now that the big dawgs have entered the fray and it's "legal" under "NIL", you want structure...hilarious really.
I like when Nick Saban says in the Aflack commercial "you gotta be kidding me." That's so applicable to so many things I see today going on. I want that for a ring tone. YOU GOTTA BE KIDDING ME. 💪
@@SportsIconsTV There was literally a player that transferred to one school, stated for 3-4 months, and then transferred back to his school before the season even started. The players should be paid but the current NIL + Portal model makes no sense and is bad for the game
@ I don’t think it’s an issue to give players more agency and revenue for their efforts. But the system rn is a mess and needs to be overhauled. Contracts and more governance on the transfer portal are a necessity
When it comes to development, he’s got only half the story. Good players are getting stuck in programs where they’ll never get significant time on the field, and time on the field is the only resume for the NFL these boys get.
Plus, many players never go to the NFL, or don’t thrive there. If you can get life-changing money now, in college, you grab it, you buy your momma’s house, and you have a good life.
@@SunniMerlot "All schools" don't have the deep pockets that Alabama, Ohio State, Texas, Georgia, etc. have. The same schools will still be on top, it will just cost them all more.
Exactly, NIL was there in ‘21. It’s a culture issue is why Saban retired. Why do you think he had so many 1st RD picks?? Those boys bought into the Bama CULTURE. Now every kid is a one-year rental and there’s no culture a coach can build on because they leave every program including bama. It’s sick. And I’m all for these guys getting PAID. But not in a way that kills rivalries and college passion
Rich guy with a lot of money upset that kids who are looking to support themselves and their loved ones upset young black men can get money. Insane world we live in
But ruining the game of college football, all for the money, no loyalty to anything, new generation of instant gratification. Real college football is gone and ruined, thanks to the NIL and transfer portal
@ lol loyalty? This isn’t the United States military. You sound like someone who gives his job a 2 week notice when they would just fire you on the dot. You sound goofy. College sports is more popular than it has ever been and at least interesting. Do I think it’s perfect God no. The transfer portal hurts everyone cause the calendar sucks. NIL should have been a collective bargain not just a FA. But the sports is far from hurt yet. Will it be? Eh maybe but best they try and fix parts of it now before it gets worse
Yeah but this is the problem with what you said he played college football and baseball and decided to make a living be a professional coach when he graduated so it became his job and he didn't have to go to school anymore these guys still have to go to school make a grade point average passed class and do all that they're still in school they haven't fully made this their lifelong job until they're out of college so what you're saying makes no sense
On the flip side, you have coaches that want to turn Warren Moon into a cornerback and refuse them an opportunity so... Every coach ain't a good coach so change can be just what the doctor ordered and the portal provides that opportunity.
It's admirable Arch M is sitting for 2 years to learn. On the flipside, there are politics with players in a sense a coach may keep you and promise you'll start "next year", but may be lying or hiding information.
Thank you ESPN for providing a platform for little ol’ Alabama. I really hope they can scrape together some couch cushion change and turn things around.
Saban is the greatest college football coach whiner of all time!! He cried “unfair” and “dangerous” about Oregon’s fast paced no huddle offense when chip took over as OC! He literally slandered Oregon with absolutely no proof or evidence that backed up his very vocal whining/crying. He tried to get the rules changed so it would be illegal to go fast JUST so he wouldn’t have to adapt or adjust to the evolution of faster offenses and he could continue to reign as the “smash mouth superpower”! It was pathetic, and condemnable!!! He never apologized for his slander, but he did hire pac 12 coaches to be his new OC’s so he could try to mimic Oregon enough to still be a dominant progrum. 👎👎👎👎
These “problems” with NIL and transfer portal is so easy to fix and make it work better for the student/athlete and the universities… it’s so easy it really makes me wonder about higher education
If guys are getting millions in college, graduation and classes and learning etc is not important. Almost no one going to college will ever make more than a couple million in their entire careers. These players have already made it
Hey, AJ, i bet if Bama were buying up all the best recruits you'd have a totally different opinion!!! This isn't what college football is supposed to be!
But their NOT ! See the HUGE list of Bama players that entered the portal yesterday??? All blue chip players 4 & 5 stars. Advantage GONE ENJOY YOUR BOWL GAME !
And I believe Nil needs a cap nationwide to continue the parady we had this year will get a lot more players ready for the NFL which brings me to another point in say ten years of this system improving sending more draft worthy talent the NFL needs to expand maybe 4 more teams
As a real Alabama fan since 1990 ill admit whole heartly as a real bama fan before and after Saban we truly don't care anymore. Like how much winning do yall think we need ya know. Either way I can die one day and be so happy I was apart of the Alabama Dynasty my only prayers are that if dementia gets me I hope my family and nurse loves me enough to tell me it's 2007 and Alabama has just fired they coach and just put the games on for me and let me live in happiness again lol.
So many people still suffering from Alabama derangement syndrome and missing the points Saban is talking about as anytime these kids run into a issue they can not be paid to run away. I feel sorry for these coaches as you no only need to convince them to join the teams you also need to convince them to stay on the team not to mention the selfish act of "If i don't play i am leaving"
Everybody is making money in college football. The players should too! Nick Sagan earns was payed millions and millions. These young athlete's have the courage to put themselves first.
DOWNS made the punt return because the ball was supposed to be kicked to the right side of the field, so iu players went to the right. The punter ended up kicking the ball to the left side of the field, there fore not having proper coverage to make the tackle.
schools should just offer high school kids their nil deals with terms of years of development/performance based. that would kill the transfer portal hype.
The Transfer Portal needs to be reduced. Within a 1 year period; pick which 2 months out of year players can transfer within a 30 day window. I believe that when a recruit commits to a program; the player must stay for minimum 2 years for development. As far as the NIL; NCAA needs to place a cap on how much💵 can be allocated for each player. To go to 1 million💵 to 13-15 million💵 is outrageous! I know I would leave any program if someone laid down heavy 💵 like that. The NCAA scholarship💵 must NOT follow any player who transfers. The NCAA needs to fix this mess quick
I am FAR from being a college football expert: But even a stupid old man like me knows that NIL is killing college football. Scholarship + larger/equal stipend or college football ain't nothing.
The NCAA needs to get a lock on the transfer portal. That’ll take care of the NIL issue as far as jumping from team to team and quitting..oops sitting out games.
@@ThomasJohnson-qg2vz Baker and the NCAA are limited in what they can do. There is no antitrust exemption, and players will be paid directly by schools as early as next season. A restoration of transfer restrictions now would put the cart before the horse and, ultimately, be invalidated in federal court.
Can someone explain to me why MaCafee has to swear so much? I have nothing against swearing but on national television? Really? It’s not a good look not only for sports center but for Pat. It really makes him look very uneducated and stupid. I like him he is entertaining but just cut out the swearing man
I think the issue is the NCAA has no teeth anymore. I mean the in season tampering, the offering a player who isn’t even in the portal. That shouldn’t be allowed. Also you should have to have some sort of certification to be an agent not just anybody’s mom/dad/ or uncle out for their cut.
He's not wrong but why sit on the bench for 1/2 of the game when you can start somewhere else and get paid. College Football will get diluted on the top end but be much more competitive throughout the entire SEC, Big 10 and elsewhere.
You need to understand that most of these boys are not broke. Just because you are doesn’t mean they are. Most of these athletes nowadays come from suburban homes.
@Iamhimbutyouarenot I'm not broke dummy. The fact that you would insult me for no reason tells me that you are broke and live in a fantasy if you dont that a majority of these kids dont come from some financial strain. You also need anger management treatment and probably church to remove such hatred from your heart that you would insult a total stranger on the internet.
I don’t understand on your clap calls that you can’t have a before clap indicator that gives you a count after the clap . It should be easy to disguise this, be a verbal signal or a visual signal some where b4 the clap,
NIL & any other payments should be based on how many years a player spends at the same university. If you transfer, you're bunped back down to freshman earning Not sure how they manage that with respect to NIL, but that's what lawyers are for. They need to figure out how to deal with transfer portal so it doesn't affect the season. People get paid nice salaries to figure this ISH out.
The nil divides players as a team especially when money is in involved and some players aren’t on the nil deal at all. That’s gonna make some other guys feel some type of way
I agree 100%! I also agree that if kids want to play then go somewhere where they know for sure that they KNOW they will play. Air Noland literally went to Ohio State and Sat and didn’t nothing for 1 year and transferred. He knew he wasn’t going to start over Sayin at any time. He could’ve went to a college in need of a starter. He could’ve went to let’s say Tennessee State or SEMO and got playing time to get reps. Stop signing to colleges for social media! Get reps build your resume and let that parlay you to the P5 school you so much desire
Nick didn’t have the whole country to go buy because of NIL and he knew his legacy was going to fade. So get out while sopposidly number one but who knew will the NIL caused that ship to sail.
Sounds good, but some of the athletes have already beaten the odds and overcame adversity. So to think they won’t continue to fight is just noise. There will outliers, but most of them will stay hungry.
Big college football programs need to divorce themselves from the school and go full on Pro. They used to say "don't commit to the coach, commit to the school" because the coach could leave. But that's not the reality; kids commit to the coach. Of course, now they commit to the NIL money and the coach. I get it that players get pissed when the coach leaves. But now it's flipped. I don't think the kids should be forced to take classes in order to be eligible. If you want to, fine.
I can’t wait to watch dudes who were driving around a Bentley and wearing designer in college get absolutely swallowed by 4th and 5th rounders as pros because they simply just got comfortable and got outworked.
Nick Saban and other coaches who got huge salaries helped drive NIL for players. With no structure in place to manage NIL will kill the golden goose of collage football. The NFL has structure collage needs it as well.
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It’s free agency with no salary cap, no contracts, and the window opens a week before the playoffs
Way tougher for teams (or schools) in college than the NFL
That last observation is insane. Penn State found out about that the hard way.
There is no salary cap on pro NIL. If Papa Johns wants to pay ten million to a Dallas Cowboy for a commercial, nothing the team can do about it.
@@JacobBOKC-v6f Yes, but the difference is Papa Johns doesn't silently tell the Dallas Cowboy player that they need to quit the team, or ask to be traded, or opt out of his final year of his contract in order to get the money. That's the equivalent to what NIL is basically doing, they aren't just giving a player like Caleb Downs $1MM because he's Caleb Downs, they are tell him he needs to leave Alabama and go to Ohio State in order to get the money.
@@JacobBOKC-v6f There is a difference in getting paid for name, image, & likeness vs some booster giving them $ to come play for their team.🙄
Saban called this last year. And everyone thought he was crazy or hating
He is crazy and hating lol he and bama have always been spending money on recruits but now the whole field can he bitched cried and jumped ship
@@chikushodiz91retard take
@@chikushodiz91 you're a 🤡... If this keeps up college football will lose a lot of viewers and ticket sales.
He is hating. Saban is just mad that other teams can now pay more than he did. You're naive if you think Saban wasn't giving these kids under the table deals before NIL became prevalent. Now they have to give them actual money instead of being able to just bribe them with cars like he used too
@@chikushodiz91 you get it. When saban left Dodge cried no more cars to give out.
He warned everyone and he’s been consistent with this message the entire time. People weren’t listening because they thought he was sour but he saw it coming. Folks nailed him to the cross. He has never had a problem with players getting paid. He’s a proponent for it. The system isn’t set up for success and needs to be corrected.
He started it
nick saban was paying girlfriends money for getting their boyfriend to sign. we know that money went straight to the players
Players deserve to be paid. Yes there’s a culture change with it but the end result the same.
Fine tuning and regulating nil will happen. Just gotta give it time.
He started this problem and didnt mind enriching himself off the backs of his players. 100 million and a couple car dealerships.
College ball isn’t even close to the same anymore.
And us non SEC fans are glad it changed give the rest a chance.
You still don't have a chance. This isn't about you winning or losing, you were always going to lose.
@@jasonshumake777 A "chance" at what? To get into the playoffs and get blown out. The big dogs are still going to be on top in the end and they're gonna eat!
@@Waitaminit-wo5er have to wait and see
@@jasonshumake777mind you all the players that transfer (top players) transfer to SEC SCHOOLS dumbo😂
I hate bama but I also love college football and if you don’t think the transfer portal and NIL need tweaking and adjusting than you’re either being ignorant or dishonest. Kids should get paid but they should earn it and not be allowed to transfer EVERY YEAR I think for every time you transfer you must stay at the school for a minimum of 2 years this way you could only transfer a maximum of 2 times playing for a total of 3 college teams is more than enough
They need contracts like NFL
Scholarship to the school and the chance to play at the pro level not enough? Teach the kids and players to make and stick to a commitment. Bailing on the school, the fans, and the state because things doesn’t go your way teaches them that quitting is good and that you can always get a better option elsewhere. I can get on board with players leaving in their final year, but SO and JR should stay where they signed and learn that growth is important in life and not everything has a quick fix.
Yeah also Bamas and UGAs don’t loose front line players but other schools do and they are treated as farm teams for the bigger schools with more money it has ruined college ball you can’t learn your team and be excited about where you will be the next year.
@@dba4292 Just like the coaches right? 😂 Coaches leave players high and dry all the time while they're making millions.
@@jermainenoneya134 not after 1 year
Most of you hate Saban cause he beat the brakes off of your team 😂😂😂😂
I guess I’m different, I never liked Alabama until about 10-12 yrs ago Only because of Coach Saban. I loved the way he coached, accountability, Do Your Job to the best of your ability, learn how to sacrifice and overcome adversity. Players come and go but coaches for the most part remain. I moved to Florida from Calif in May and attended my very first Bama game in Tuscaloosa at the Iron bowl and had the Best Sporting experience I ever witnessed other that the 98 Super Bowl. Football at night in Bryant-Denny Stadium is an Unbelievable Event. I also attended a game at the Swamp and at Ole Miss but not comparable to Bama Football. Thank You Coach Saban for turning me into an Alabama Crimson Tide fan
Preach I’m a gator and I completely agree with you. Coach Saban is the greatest to ever do it I have tons of respect for him. I don’t buy this nonsense that he was just buying players. The man developed all level of guys and put them in the NFL.
Not Michigan😂
But NOT in both academics (professional development OUTSIDE of football) AND football, unlike The University of Notre Awesomenss aka ND.
Roll Irish
2024 National Champions 🏆 AGAIN!!
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Alabama is 2-1 vs Michigan under Saban.
If nothing is done About the NIL it will doom college sports. Portal is also a problem it needs adjustments.
I absolutely refuse to listen to Saban complain about it. Alabama has been doing the same thing they are whining about for YEARS. Now they're mad the shoe is on the other foot. Cope
How? College sports is better than ever.
NIL and transfer portal has given the power back to the players and has eliminated the edge dirty programs have had for decades. I love it.
@diggingmystyle will be the downfall
College football is better than ever people are only pissed cause the big power schools like Alabama and Ohio state and other SEC teams don’t have as much power anymore😂
May be unpopular but my opinion is player's should sit out a year like it used to be.
Maybe after the first transfer. Coaches should be barred for D1 coaching until the balance of their contract.
This duo is Gold!!! Nick and Pat are becoming the new faces of college football! 🗣️Roll Tide !
Nick Saban spoke nothing but truth he mentioned guys not being able to develop and it makes me think of a guy like DJ U. At Florida State who’s transferred every year and isn’t that good
Nick says nobody talks about graduation and the college experience anymore at around 6:25. Dabo Sweeney has emphasized this for years.
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Riiiiight...like every 5* from all corners of the country over a 10-15 year period was flocking to Alabama because they were pitching that world-renowned bama EDUCATION.....🤣🤣🤣....heard it all now. And clemson?! lol
College football is ruined. They'll be no loyalty. Kids will lose the skill of the ow to compete. If they don't get their way they'll hit the transfer portal. Teams will no longer be able to field a veteran team. A coach can no longer discipline a player because they'll hit the transfer portal. Some teams may loose their whole team.
Coaches chase the bag all the time. And theyre not the one putting their bodies on the line
@DocNinini agreed but college football is still ruined.
Loyalty. What’s. This is about money. Fuk loyalty
It’s more popular than it’s ever been I’m sure it’s a nightmare for coaches schools donors etc but that has nothing to do with fans
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I still remember a story Coach Saban told from Miss Terry after a recruiting visit with families and recruits. She asked Coach "What are doing this for? The parents only care about how much money and playing time the child will get. They don't care about the college experience, being coached up to be a better human, nothing but the money." I think that's a large reason Coach retired.
Saban quit because the portal didn't allow him to take a 4 or 5 star non-starter and lock them up keeping them from going to competitors!
13 starters opted out for FSUs bowl game against Georgia.
THIRTEEN
Thats almost 60 percent of their starters. And the kids still got paid….
It’s been a problem. It’s just now affecting the rest of the nation.
Simply first class by the goat.
SEC fans mad they don’t get the best players everytime anymore😂
Its funny. People make comments that Saban is mad cuz the playing is even now with NIL. EVERY program played players to a point. But Saban still out recruited everyone
nah, he didnt have to do much recruiting. He built a successful program that was on auto pilot. The program spoke for itself. Now he realizes he met his match which is money. You can sell championships but if Ohio St. offered you 2 mil NIL deal youd now have options. It isnt so much even playing field, but now its ruled by dollar signs instead of going to the best program. Now its which program can give me the best NIL while also preparing me for the NFL.
He lost his huge recruiting advantage...
So he took his ball & went home!
@@brianpfeiff7720 yes….he did. And he out-coached pretty consistently too. But the whole charade about graduation and staying at school to “compete” as opposed to going wherever someone’s willing to pay you now (even if it’s a lesser team) is ridiculous hypocrisy! There’s a reason Saban went from Michigan State-to-LSU-to-Alabama; so he (and you) need to stop the cap and acknowledge these players would be FOOLS to not maximize the opportunities that the current system (that’s still a pimp game) provides.
With a wallet. How do I know? My highschool had several guys get “free” condos they own from Bama….
@marinz4life ok. Pimp
Alabama was paying players for 20+ yrs before NIL. Haters don't mind coaches using free labor to make millions, but when the people who generate the revenue get paid, it's a problem. Go figure!
Nil stuff is ugly ,colledge football is going around the toilet going down quickly
Should be a $250,000 cap on NIL money to a player. Transferring should only be allowed your Junior and Senior Year. A 2 game penalty should get assessed to any player that transfers. If this doesn’t happen college football will be ruined.
Coaches should not be paid more than the University President.
So you're telling me you didn't pay players before the nil?
Saban never personally paid players!
No lol
Yall gotta stop saying this. Everybody didn't get paid in those times. You had to be ELITE for them to risk sanctions and probation to pay you.
@@JeffHorne-n5d the university for sure did.
Why do you think he bought all those dealerships? There's a lot of favorite uncles in the South.
Speaking straight facts
I’ve been saying it all season. The game of College Football will become extinct in 3-5 years if they don’t make changes to NIL and the Portal. No other sport has UNLIMITED cash and UNLIMITED movement by the players. This model of college sports cannot be sustained. Because the people who are pumping money into the system will eventually run out of money to support a school where the players stay for one year and leave. These kids transferring all over the place because they are too impatient to develop and wait their turn, are running the game for those coming behind them. I hope they are happy.
The solution is simple.
Power 4 schools set a salary cap every few years. Players can sign contracts out of high school, with the standard being a 3 year contract with a 4th year option depending on their draft stock.
If they want a 1 or 2 year contract they can sign one, but it will be significantly less than the 3 year.
If they void their contracts and transfer to another power 4 school, they must either sit out a year or play for no pay from the school. They can however transfer to a non power 4 school with no repercussions.
Problem solved.
The portal and the NIL will destroy the BEST sport in history.
NIL sent Saban packing. He couldn’t rig the system anymore. That’s why he’s complaining now
“When I was there, we were always really lucky in recruiting” Saban - “yeah luck” from Pat had me dying!
Im sure all of you that dont complain about whats going on dont donate to your favorite schools !!!
Inmates are truly running the asylum. If you dont think NIHell is going to end, & get really ugly when it does, you're a fool.
College football will end before the NIL ends. The cat is out of the bag. These young athletes will not play if they are not getting paid. They are not stupid.
Is it fair, no, but that's life. What's also not fair is a report that an OF content creator just made 45 million to make "content".
Alabama has been paying players for years
If you make a player either have to sit or lose a year of eligibility if they transfer then maybe that helps with the large amount of transfers. I like the players getting paid but the transfer portal is a little wild
Yeah. They should bring that back. The only players that should be immediately eligible are graduate transfers.
End the NIK and portal madness. The NCAA should enact a rule that if you accept NIL you must stay with the team a minimum of 3 years, unless the head coach leaves.
Join the U.S. Army!
Army, Navy and Air Force receive stipends but I'm sure they earn that.
Lol
Notre Dame doesn’t blow anyone out??? 8 games this year were more than 3 TD margins.
It was okay for coaches to not be loyal and back up the brinks truck but, when players do it then it’s a problem 💯
You have 7 coaches, verses about 1000 players, get a clue! Coaches who do well get rewarded and stay, players who do well, leave to the highest bidder. A coach is one person on a team, now a days 75% of player starters get NIL deals, and a 1/5 or 1/8 of each team transfers every year.
I need these Alabama affiliates and fans to stop crying about NIL and the transfer portal.
I hate to break it to you, AJ, but far more affiliates and fans beyond those in Tuscaloosa think NIL and the portal are in a terrible place…
I absolutely refuse to listen to Saban complain about it. Alabama has been doing the same thing they are whining about for YEARS. Now they're mad the shoe is on the other foot. Nothing but cope from some frauds
The transfer portal is insane honestly even just following it as a fan.
Exactly their just mad because they can’t Tie up all the five stars on their bench
@@austinwalters3219i don’t think you listened to this video at all… Saban has no issue with players being paid… I have absolutely no clue what you’re talking about
This the guy that retired after the NIL leveled the playing field. Nick left with Alabamas competitive edge
You think college is leveled????😂😂😂
@ completely, no. More than it was, definitely.
Huh Do ppl realize nil started in 2021??? And Saban just retired last year? So where did the narrative come from that he left soon as NIL started ?
@@Themikelawry because back then, just as he is now, he’s been very outspoken fighting against it , that’s where it came from.
Nobody claimed he retired the very day it started.
@@JayRoberts244 he’s right though. Nil makes the big schools even richer cause they have the donors with the biggest pockets. Now the small schools who don’t just gonna lose their best players
Says the man whose making money off his NIL
Who's... yeah, you got it all in line.
Wut
you're comparing coach vs player status. Btw he never said players shouldn't get paid
You got it. I am amazed by athletes who attend universities who's state law bans funding for diversity.
@ comparing the coach and player is where you went wrong, nil doesn’t discriminate
I'm an Auburn fan so am glad Saban is on ESPN instead of still coaching. I love it when Pat and Desmond get into it with him on Gameday.
Here's a suggestion to the TP and NIL: Put a cap on NIL deals, as well as stipulations (i.e if they transfer, they can't get another NIL deal or a lower amount). As for the TP, incorporate something like they can only transfer after their sophomore year, with a CAVEAT (that CAVEAT you lose a year of eligibility and there is no immediate eligibility to play for your new team). If they transfer prior to their Sophomore year, they lose 2 yrs eligibility.
What a treat to hear Saban now that he isn’t a coach and we have more access to his knowledge.
All you Alabama Haters telling us to be quiet about the N.I.L now. If next season Alabama buys the table and threw $200 million dollars at players all you would be crying and screaming about NIL then 😂 best hope that doesn't happen. Fact is it needs structure.
No one complained when backup QB Bryce Young made 800k at Bama. Now it’s a problem
If yall would still be out of the playoffs
If you had 200 you'd be spending 200. Fact is others have more than you and other sec schools which was fine with sec fans when your 3 car dealerships were enough to buy up every 5* in the country because others were trying to play by the rules. Now that the big dawgs have entered the fray and it's "legal" under "NIL", you want structure...hilarious really.
Most def needs to get ahold of the NIL and the Transfer portal….one transfer limit
But Saban was fine paying under the table and getting all the 5* players, but now that the playing field is leveled, he has issues 😆
You are also retarded
Still can’t get over how great Coach Saban & Pat ate together. Their Chemistry is soothing.
I like when Nick Saban says in the Aflack commercial "you gotta be kidding me." That's so applicable to so many things I see today going on.
I want that for a ring tone.
YOU GOTTA BE KIDDING ME. 💪
Tom was 4th string in Michigan
4th string at the Pariots . Learning to really outwork the competition
It's cuz he eats at Subway
I am all for players getting compensated, but there need to be a different system format in NIL & transfer portal
I’d like to hear saban speak without mcafee introducing him with trash language
The man who made millions is crying about the players making money The audacity and hypocrisy
He’s not complaining about the players making money. He just thinks there needs to be more governance in place
@guigly017 He's full of it
@@SportsIconsTV There was literally a player that transferred to one school, stated for 3-4 months, and then transferred back to his school before the season even started. The players should be paid but the current NIL + Portal model makes no sense and is bad for the game
@guigly017 Ask Cam Newton about when he wanted to transfer from Florida And Urban Meyer had all the power
@ I don’t think it’s an issue to give players more agency and revenue for their efforts. But the system rn is a mess and needs to be overhauled. Contracts and more governance on the transfer portal are a necessity
When it comes to development, he’s got only half the story.
Good players are getting stuck in programs where they’ll never get significant time on the field, and time on the field is the only resume for the NFL these boys get.
Plus, many players never go to the NFL, or don’t thrive there.
If you can get life-changing money now, in college, you grab it, you buy your momma’s house, and you have a good life.
Ratings for gameday is a combination of people watching to give a farewell to Corso and the Nick an Pat combo.
Ain’t no fun when everyone can do it huh Nicky
The day won't come when "everyone can do it" like he did!
@ that’s a fact. Now all schools can openly spend money on top players. No team will be dominate like Bama once was including bama
@@SunniMerlot "All schools" don't have the deep pockets that Alabama, Ohio State, Texas, Georgia, etc. have. The same schools will still be on top, it will just cost them all more.
Do ppl realize nil started in 2021??? And Saban just retired last year? So where did the narrative come from that he left soon as NIL started ?
Exactly, NIL was there in ‘21. It’s a culture issue is why Saban retired. Why do you think he had so many 1st RD picks?? Those boys bought into the Bama CULTURE. Now every kid is a one-year rental and there’s no culture a coach can build on because they leave every program including bama. It’s sick.
And I’m all for these guys getting PAID. But not in a way that kills rivalries and college passion
Rich guy with a lot of money upset that kids who are looking to support themselves and their loved ones upset young black men can get money. Insane world we live in
But ruining the game of college football, all for the money, no loyalty to anything, new generation of instant gratification. Real college football is gone and ruined, thanks to the NIL and transfer portal
@ lol loyalty? This isn’t the United States military. You sound like someone who gives his job a 2 week notice when they would just fire you on the dot. You sound goofy. College sports is more popular than it has ever been and at least interesting. Do I think it’s perfect God no. The transfer portal hurts everyone cause the calendar sucks. NIL should have been a collective bargain not just a FA. But the sports is far from hurt yet. Will it be? Eh maybe but best they try and fix parts of it now before it gets worse
When has he ever said that? You don't even understand the problems that they're talking about, you're too busy crying out against your own delusion.
Yeah but this is the problem with what you said he played college football and baseball and decided to make a living be a professional coach when he graduated so it became his job and he didn't have to go to school anymore these guys still have to go to school make a grade point average passed class and do all that they're still in school they haven't fully made this their lifelong job until they're out of college so what you're saying makes no sense
On the flip side, you have coaches that want to turn Warren Moon into a cornerback and refuse them an opportunity so... Every coach ain't a good coach so change can be just what the doctor ordered and the portal provides that opportunity.
Do ppl realize nil started in 2021??? And Saban just retired last year? So where did the narrative come from that he left soon as NIL started ?
It's admirable Arch M is sitting for 2 years to learn.
On the flipside, there are politics with players in a sense a coach may keep you and promise you'll start "next year", but may be lying or hiding information.
Thank you ESPN for providing a platform for little ol’ Alabama. I really hope they can scrape together some couch cushion change and turn things around.
Saban is the greatest college football coach whiner of all time!! He cried “unfair” and “dangerous” about Oregon’s fast paced no huddle offense when chip took over as OC! He literally slandered Oregon with absolutely no proof or evidence that backed up his very vocal whining/crying. He tried to get the rules changed so it would be illegal to go fast JUST so he wouldn’t have to adapt or adjust to the evolution of faster offenses and he could continue to reign as the “smash mouth superpower”! It was pathetic, and condemnable!!! He never apologized for his slander, but he did hire pac 12 coaches to be his new OC’s so he could try to mimic Oregon enough to still be a dominant progrum. 👎👎👎👎
As an LSU fan who always hated Bama, Saban is the GOAT!!!
These “problems” with NIL and transfer portal is so easy to fix and make it work better for the student/athlete and the universities… it’s so easy it really makes me wonder about higher education
If guys are getting millions in college, graduation and classes and learning etc is not important.
Almost no one going to college will ever make more than a couple million in their entire careers. These players have already made it
Hey, AJ, i bet if Bama were buying up all the best recruits you'd have a totally different opinion!!! This isn't what college football is supposed to be!
But their NOT ! See the HUGE list of Bama players that entered the portal yesterday???
All blue chip players 4 & 5 stars. Advantage GONE
ENJOY YOUR BOWL GAME !
@@JeffMadden-c3uthey also gained 4 star players from the portal, doof. 🤦🏾♂️
Coach saban graduated a lot of black men shout out to him
And I believe Nil needs a cap nationwide to continue the parady we had this year will get a lot more players ready for the NFL which brings me to another point in say ten years of this system improving sending more draft worthy talent the NFL needs to expand maybe 4 more teams
Nick Saban is the " best of all time " because of coaching, the next " best of all time " will be from working the system.
As a real Alabama fan since 1990 ill admit whole heartly as a real bama fan before and after Saban we truly don't care anymore. Like how much winning do yall think we need ya know. Either way I can die one day and be so happy I was apart of the Alabama Dynasty my only prayers are that if dementia gets me I hope my family and nurse loves me enough to tell me it's 2007 and Alabama has just fired they coach and just put the games on for me and let me live in happiness again lol.
That is why he is called the Goat. And the NIL is making players have shorter investments in life after football. Truly sad for the players
So many people still suffering from Alabama derangement syndrome and missing the points Saban is talking about as anytime these kids run into a issue they can not be paid to run away. I feel sorry for these coaches as you no only need to convince them to join the teams you also need to convince them to stay on the team not to mention the selfish act of "If i don't play i am leaving"
Everybody is making money in college football. The players should too! Nick Sagan earns was payed millions and millions. These young athlete's have the courage to put themselves first.
Boohoo pick the right kids
DOWNS made the punt return because the ball was supposed to be kicked to the right side of the field, so iu players went to the right. The punter ended up kicking the ball to the left side of the field, there fore not having proper coverage to make the tackle.
schools should just offer high school kids their nil deals with terms of years of development/performance based. that would kill the transfer portal hype.
The Transfer Portal needs to be reduced. Within a 1 year period; pick which 2 months out of year players can transfer within a 30 day window. I believe that when a recruit commits to a program; the player must stay for minimum 2 years for development. As far as the NIL; NCAA needs to place a cap on how much💵 can be allocated for each player. To go to 1 million💵 to 13-15 million💵 is outrageous! I know I would leave any program if someone laid down heavy 💵 like that. The NCAA scholarship💵 must NOT follow
any player who transfers. The
NCAA needs to fix this mess quick
I am honestly done with college football. If I am going to watch professional athletes, I'm just going to put my time and energy into the NFL.
I am FAR from being a college football expert: But even a stupid old man like me knows that NIL is killing college football. Scholarship + larger/equal stipend or college football ain't nothing.
The NCAA needs to get a lock on the transfer portal. That’ll take care of the NIL issue as far as jumping from team to team and quitting..oops sitting out games.
don't hold your. breath, baker does nothing
It’s just like any job, you go where you can get the best opportunity and pay
@@ThomasJohnson-qg2vz Baker and the NCAA are limited in what they can do. There is no antitrust exemption, and players will be paid directly by schools as early as next season. A restoration of transfer restrictions now would put the cart before the horse and, ultimately, be invalidated in federal court.
Can someone explain to me why MaCafee has to swear so much? I have nothing against swearing but on national television? Really? It’s not a good look not only for sports center but for Pat. It really makes him look very uneducated and stupid. I like him he is entertaining but just cut out the swearing man
Sounds like you do have something against it 🤷♂️
Makes me miss the good old days!
I think the issue is the NCAA has no teeth anymore. I mean the in season tampering, the offering a player who isn’t even in the portal. That shouldn’t be allowed. Also you should have to have some sort of certification to be an agent not just anybody’s mom/dad/ or uncle out for their cut.
Systems have to evolve hes 9:15 just liked the old way cuz he benefited ….. keep everything the same , you boys stay in line Blah blah blah … GTFOH
He's not wrong but why sit on the bench for 1/2 of the game when you can start somewhere else and get paid. College Football will get diluted on the top end but be much more competitive throughout the entire SEC, Big 10 and elsewhere.
If NCAA didn't take advantage of it kids then we wouldn't be in this situation 🤷♂️
The NIL thing is gonna fall apart if they don't regulate it and put a cap on it.
The reality is college sports has always been and will always be a business just like any job
lol the baby just won’t stop crying 😂😂😂😂dude looks like a super clown
Yall need to understand people are BROKE
You need to understand that most of these boys are not broke. Just because you are doesn’t mean they are. Most of these athletes nowadays come from suburban homes.
@Iamhimbutyouarenot I'm not broke dummy. The fact that you would insult me for no reason tells me that you are broke and live in a fantasy if you dont that a majority of these kids dont come from some financial strain. You also need anger management treatment and probably church to remove such hatred from your heart that you would insult a total stranger on the internet.
I don’t understand on your clap calls that you can’t have a before clap indicator that gives you a count after the clap . It should be easy to disguise this, be a verbal signal or a visual signal some where b4 the clap,
Give pat the key to America
NIL & any other payments should be based on how many years a player spends at the same university.
If you transfer, you're bunped back down to freshman earning
Not sure how they manage that with respect to NIL, but that's what lawyers are for.
They need to figure out how to deal with transfer portal so it doesn't affect the season.
People get paid nice salaries to figure this ISH out.
The nil divides players as a team especially when money is in involved and some players aren’t on the nil deal at all. That’s gonna make some other guys feel some type of way
I agree 100%!
I also agree that if kids want to play then go somewhere where they know for sure that they KNOW they will play. Air Noland literally went to Ohio State and Sat and didn’t nothing for 1 year and transferred. He knew he wasn’t going to start over Sayin at any time. He could’ve went to a college in need of a starter. He could’ve went to let’s say Tennessee State or SEMO and got playing time to get reps. Stop signing to colleges for social media! Get reps build your resume and let that parlay you to the P5 school you so much desire
Nick didn’t have the whole country to go buy because of NIL and he knew his legacy was going to fade. So get out while sopposidly number one but who knew will the NIL caused that ship to sail.
Sounds good, but some of the athletes have already beaten the odds and overcame adversity. So to think they won’t continue to fight is just noise. There will outliers, but most of them will stay hungry.
Ya, only the old rich people should be making money off College Football, not the young people who sacrifice their bodies and reputations.
Pat is a real one
Big college football programs need to divorce themselves from the school and go full on Pro. They used to say "don't commit to the coach, commit to the school" because the coach could leave. But that's not the reality; kids commit to the coach. Of course, now they commit to the NIL money and the coach. I get it that players get pissed when the coach leaves. But now it's flipped. I don't think the kids should be forced to take classes in order to be eligible. If you want to, fine.
I hope some players are listening to this truth.
I can’t wait to watch dudes who were driving around a Bentley and wearing designer in college get absolutely swallowed by 4th and 5th rounders as pros because they simply just got comfortable and got outworked.
Nick Saban and other coaches who got huge salaries helped drive NIL for players. With no structure in place to manage NIL will kill the golden goose of collage football. The NFL has structure collage needs it as well.