Bama Fan here, I have NEVER been more proud of Coach Nick Saban!

We were so blessed and fortunate to have Coach Saban at Bama for as long as we did. Wow, what a coach and individual. RTR

@mas5867

2 ай бұрын

1 legit NC, 2015.

@Jrm-xs9qi

2 ай бұрын

@@mas5867 na any nattys before NIL was legalized isn’t legit because Saban couldn’t win a natty after it was legalized in 2021 but he won in 2020 because he can illegally pay the players under the table

@krimsonhaze327

2 ай бұрын

Some people like yourself will just be a haters of Alabama and/or Saban no matter what he says or does... but anyone that disagrees with anything Saban said just there has no grasp on college football and is just a casual... you don't care about the sport or the athlete longterm.

@Jrm-xs9qi

2 ай бұрын

@@krimsonhaze327 no I care about the sport but I’m tired of teams who illegally paid players under the table for decades start crying about it when the playing field is leveled out. Just keep crying like Saban has since 2021 because he hasn’t been able to win a natty while NIL became legalized

@Jrm-xs9qi

2 ай бұрын

@@krimsonhaze327 ah you would rather see teams pay players illegally under the table like Saban did for decades to win all his natties bc he still couldn’t win one when NIL became legalized.

I'm an Auburn fan, but I 100% agree with Coach Saban.

@AILLC

2 ай бұрын

WDE 🦅🦅🦅, yeah he was spot on I really fear that college football 🏈 is done for as we know it. It’s all about the money when it’s supposed to be about getting a degree for a career football 🏈 don’t last forever.

@JakeKalvin-fo2eg

2 ай бұрын

@@AILLC Marxists institutions, so a degree means jack#*** anyway these days.

@anthonylaster2475

2 ай бұрын

Same here

@jaknap1

2 ай бұрын

Why do you quantify your comment with what team you root? What coach said makes sense for all sports fan. College sports is dying and no one can stop it.

@Bambam19726

2 ай бұрын

​@@AILLC oh but many Auburn fans and I'm not saying you are one of them but many said Saban retiring bc he can no longer win championships. When in fact he retired because it's not about developing players anymore. All these players and their families care about is $$$ and thr want it NOW. Saban tried to tell everyone years ago that this was how it was going to be and asked the question was this what we wanted college football to be. Everyone just thought he was complaining and crying because he hadn't won a National title since 2020. Now all of a sudden opposing fans love him because he has taken a stance on this whole NIL deal.

Nick Saban quit when playing field got leveled. It’s all fair now and Nick doesn’t want to compete. It was all good when he dominated everything. It was pretty cool when Alabama and the SEC had their own under the table NIL

@mgmua

2 ай бұрын

That’s total nonsense

@user-il5kz5uw1m

2 ай бұрын

@@mgmua I disagree, sir. Universities, coaches and the NCAA have exploited and disposed of these young men for years. All have put themselves far ahead of the athlete. NIL is more good than bad, if it gives the player a piece of what he has built. That's what this is all about. Coach can be a part of it, or coach can leave. Let it play out.

@mgmua

Ай бұрын

Coach, Saban has never paid a player to play for Alabama. they play for him because of the brand the Alabama brand that coach Saban has developed through all those years and all those championships and he put together a pretty darn good team in his last year and again he didn’t pay any players to play for him and he got into the championship round. Coach Saban doesn’t need me, or anyone else to defend him or his outstanding record. Seven national football championships will never be equaled by any other coach in my lifetime or yours. Don’t forget he won one with LSU. I think it was 2003. You sound like a person who lost a lot of money betting against Alabama. Well you take care now it was nice talking to you.

@user-il5kz5uw1m

Ай бұрын

@@mgmua Alabama is one of my favorite teams. I never bet on any games, so I never lost or won a dime. I would like to see the players share in what they have helped to build in college athletics. You sound like you know Coach Saban and Alabama pretty well. Nice talking to you as well, sir. Roll Tide.

@angelobrodie9415

Ай бұрын

Why should he or any Sec school have to compete. Can't help that most of the better players are born and raised down south. Luck of the draw lol

How ironic, senators asking about the STUDENT-ATHLETE, suddenly they are concerned about graduation rates. The courts declared there is no STUDENT-ATHLETE, it’s unpaid employees because these guys are closer to employees than students.

Damn look at saban holding it down like a paperclip and as a buckeye I stand behind him 💯.

@garza7676

2 ай бұрын

Saban is a millionaire and is hating on talented athletes finally getting paid for their skills . Get the money out of college sports and this wouldn’t be a problem . These colleges want free labor and use education as the carrot 🥕 .

@Braylon18

2 ай бұрын

As a Michigan fan, I stand behind him

@garza7676

2 ай бұрын

@@Braylon18 agree with what ? College programs bringing in billions of dollars that paid for his multi million contract . So ridiculous , athletes are finally getting paid and that’s a problem.

@debunkgod

2 ай бұрын

What actually has this “hearing” accomplished? (Now, be honest…)

@debunkgod

2 ай бұрын

Well, duh…noONE in their right mind would disagree with what he just said.

Coach Saban talking about how Miss Terry asked him, why are we doing this is huge!!

@berrey7

2 ай бұрын

11 Million per year

@robert4039

2 ай бұрын

@berrey7 I hear you. But he walked away from that. I’m sure he will get some type of broadcasting job or something around football before he really retires professionally but just saying, he loved coaching.

@BranDB023

2 ай бұрын

When your wife asks why & it doesn't seem to benefit the players' life as he spoke on it, it's time to move on. That line right there was a major blow.

@user-cv4zb7tg1i

2 ай бұрын

Yea, when Ms. Terry makes a comment like that you know something is wrong....

@markraymond7667

2 ай бұрын

@@berrey7 True. But Nick Saban is worth hundreds of millions of dollars at this point in his life. He has more money than he could spend in ten lifetimes. The only reason he would have continued coaching is because he wanted to do it and felt that the work was meaningful. It wasn't about the money. His response is obvious that he felt something had changed dramatically about the sport that he loves and that he wasn't happy with what he was doing.

Why is Congress dipping its toes into CFB? We have much more important issues for Congress to address.

@garyfawver2748

2 ай бұрын

How right you are they can't even pass a border policy they only care about themselves so what makes anyone think they can do this just stay out of it and do you jobs we put you there to do

@bcracing204

2 ай бұрын

Congress is Not allowed to make important decisions nor will they do anything to stop the destruction of college football they are a totally useless bunch.😮

@user-xu9rm6tr3x

2 ай бұрын

Which is why nothing ever changes and I rarely vote anymore. This is like baseball and steroids. Let baseball deal with that and focus on Russia or poverty or whatever

@kf91274

2 ай бұрын

Bc college football and the NIL are getting embarrassing. What you don't realize is, is the NFL will suffer too. Bc these idiot entitled brats who get to go wherever whenever and make money etc get toothed NFL and are hardly coachable, less developed etc etc. It's garbage and embarrassing.

@kf91274

2 ай бұрын

​@@user-xu9rm6tr3xIt directly effects the NFL too genius.

Georgia fan here, I completely agree with Nick💯

@onlyonestinger

2 ай бұрын

exactly as it will effect every college program , no matter who they are. Its bad for college sports, in my eyes the end of what once was good for all these kids, to graduate and have a scholly to succeed in life after sports.

@Duzypriicee

2 ай бұрын

You completely agree but you wouldn’t be complaining if Caleb Downs came to UGA….though NIL. Knock it off smh

@talkingrock7011

2 ай бұрын

@@Duzypriiceecan’t handle the truth ! NIL will ruin college sports

@Duzypriicee

2 ай бұрын

@@talkingrock7011 it’s your opinion that NIL with ruin college sports and I don’t agree. Can’t handle the truth is a bit much.

@CharlesBradley-wm1qy

2 ай бұрын

​@txhookemut it will absolutely hurt college football as it was for years it is now a small scale nfl ....just my opinion. .

This is so sad but true. Love Coach Saban and Mrs Terry.

@steveludwig4200

2 ай бұрын

It's MISS Terry....

@tenapit

2 ай бұрын

@@steveludwig4200 Miss is unmarried and she is most definitely married

Someone finally made the point of competitive balance as well. Well spoken

@immovableobject6851

2 ай бұрын

Competitive balance....are you serious 😅😅 before NIL the same 4 to 6 teams were at the top of college football for decades. FOH with balance.

@WSW0424

2 ай бұрын

@@immovableobject6851Forreal. Back when bear bryant was dominant at bama they implemented a cap on how many scholarships you could give. Didn’t change a thing though😂

@Dolemite19

2 ай бұрын

​@@immovableobject6851the way you talking I can tell your team wasn't one of those. You fans are apart of the problem

@lloydthomas6798

2 ай бұрын

College football has never been so balanced. Before, he had a monopoly on it. Now he is crying. The transfer portal and Nil made it balanced more than its ever been smh

@LetsJustBeRealAboutItPod-ye4ts

2 ай бұрын

Stfu saban wants everything loaded in his favor and ran off like the b he is

So you're telling me that before NIL, schools including Ala..werent paying for play to some of these guys??

@brandonnash4455

2 ай бұрын

They are FOS, these schools have made billions on these kids. They are FOS

@xerxeshughes8990

2 ай бұрын

That Part!!!!

@angelobrodie9415

Ай бұрын

Down south they don't pay players to play. We have good morals as compared to the rest of the USA.

I noticed coaches didn't complain when they jumped in and out of the portal and changed jobs left and right. Now the kids are looking out for themselves. Oh Lord, we need to do something.

Money always corrupts if it’s the main motivation…. NIL and the transfer portal needs to be regulated and fair for all the players.

@jacobwatson3781

2 ай бұрын

Should have been paying players for decades, if would have started paying players years ago this wouldn't have been an issue.

@SLIMLEESCRATCHERS

2 ай бұрын

The only thing about regulations is Republicans such as Ted Cruz and Donald Trump are against any kind of regulations. So that works be hard. Go LSU tigers and Coach Saban 👍

@kendavis625

2 ай бұрын

@@jacobwatson3781Players have always been paid to play. It’s called full scholarship where they go to school for free!

@WOODLASE

2 ай бұрын

NIL has NO place in college athletics, BUT 'tightly' regulated Transfer Portal opportunities are a FAIR avenue for the players...

@jacobwatson3781

2 ай бұрын

​@WOODLASE NIL is the free market, isn't it?

ROLL TIDE!!! and Nick is 100% CORRECT and On POINT!!! ROLL TIDE!!

@Jrm-xs9qi

2 ай бұрын

Not really Saban is just mad he can’t hoard 5 stars anymore hence why he retired

@mas5867

2 ай бұрын

This little snake made 10 million a year and NEVER had to worry about an injury. Every single play, the players had worry that their career could be over. Good Riddance.

@Jrm-xs9qi

2 ай бұрын

@@mas5867 exactly all these bama fans are just butthurt their team ain’t winning nattys anymore the illegal way of paying em under the table

@michaelhill9884

2 ай бұрын

⁠thank you this is about the rich cannot get richer aka win more championships and pad his and the schools pockets anymore now other schools can!

@robmaiker7092

2 ай бұрын

Right because everytime they table was changed Saban didn't continue to win & dominate Oh wait, he actually did change with the times and still win True fact- why are so many Iof Saban's former coaches coaching big teams

NIL changed CFB so much!!

@mattnorcia5593

2 ай бұрын

@@GregH-qk7cx No

@Cabledeluz1977

2 ай бұрын

I agree, it made it worse!

@M0SSADDID911

2 ай бұрын

@@GregH-qk7cxhow??

@WOODLASE

2 ай бұрын

There is NO CFB anymore and make no mistake. LIBBY cyborg idiocy CREATED NIL and the transfer portal. NIL is DUMB. ignorant, useless, worthless toward MAINTAINING the INTEGRITY of CFB. The portal IS a more fair medium for players IF it's constructed where players aren't allowed to hopscotch around at every turn of wind direction when they're unhappy, and alas, UNDERPAID. The cure? The greedy YDFC players hook up with NFL camps, (no education goals) and retain CFB as we've known it for DECADES and where school pride and personal on field accomplishments outweigh SHORT lived $$$$ rewards..

@crimsonjet94

2 ай бұрын

Farm teams for NFL.

Yes nil and transfer portal ruined everything and it was a catalyst for saban to retire and I don’t blame him.

@Jrm-xs9qi

2 ай бұрын

⁠awww you sound the butthurt bama fans who are against NIL because your school can’t hoard the 5 stars anymore

@alexmangrum90

2 ай бұрын

​@@Jrm-xs9qiBama still hoards 5 stars 😅 rolling

@Jrm-xs9qi

2 ай бұрын

@@alexmangrum90 not really after this season was already recruited. the recruiting will fall off with deboer so I’m not really worried and also if that’s the case why hasn’t bama won a natty since 2020 the year before NIL was legalized… it sounds bama can’t win without paying players under the table

@deshaunmartin7876

2 ай бұрын

​​@@Jrm-xs9qiWe just had a top recruiting class full of 5 stars. I think your hate is making you delusional my guy. Trust me when I say Alabama is not done breaking your heart so strap on and keep hating. We were just one game away from winning it all last year did you forget already? Every school pays players and they always have. I bet you bama wins again before your team.

@Jrm-xs9qi

2 ай бұрын

@@deshaunmartin7876 so the recruiting class that Saban basically recruited himself is deboer’s recruiting class. Not sure that’s how it works buddy until he does it himself it’s not deboer’s class

Preventing the death of college athletics specifically, college football, may be Coach Saban's greatest legacy long term.

@chuckstallions9267

2 ай бұрын

💯

@Joe-ny2up

2 ай бұрын

Saban is an old man that made millions off young men that would be suspended if paid $5 for an autograph. It's a scam! Wake up.

@chasejackson7248

2 ай бұрын

Nick saben has no power.

@explod329

2 ай бұрын

@@chasejackson7248 You a dummy! You can't even spell his name correctly, why is anyone going to listen to you? By the way, he has the most power!

@akjdhajkdjhaghjkadh9804

2 ай бұрын

@@chasejackson7248 not true?

The universities and coaches have been profiting from the labor of the student athletes for decades. Coach Saban wasn't coaching out of the kindness of his heart, but was extremely well compensated for his labor and rightly so. Why was it acceptable for those entities to enrich themselves? Only to provide pennies to the student athletes in the form of scholarships and other small recompense. There must be a more equitable system. The greed of the universities and the coaches has been exposed, and is the true reason that problems exist today.

@jamesjohnson-en3cu

2 ай бұрын

I’ll meet you halfway and agree the universities should be spreading the wealth more than they do. But those “pennies” are worth about $80k. My non-athletic kids will be paying student loans the rest of their lives, and they didn’t have the benefit of personalized therapists, nutritionists, doctors, tutors, or handlers to guide them through the day to day complexities of cultural and academic life on campus. Even the back-up kicker who rode the bench all 4 years gets those basic perks, plus a college degree worth more than my house. Knowing how difficult it is for first-gen students to navigate all of that by themselves, and to pay for it for the next 30 years, I’m pretty damned angry when someone wants to pretend that isn’t valuable and call it “pennies”.

@stanleyday7293

2 ай бұрын

@@jamesjohnson-en3cu Understand. However, if the university makes millions selling a jersey with your name on it, and they are giving you a $700 a month stipend. How would you feel? Johnny Manziel claims this is what occurred when he was in college. That isn't right! The universities are now asking alumni to fund their NIL collectives and athletic associations, buy tickets and merchandise. The Universities are getting paid by ESPN or Fox. They still are not sharing anything with the athletes that play the game.

@PoliticallyIncorrect90

2 ай бұрын

It isn't pennies.

@stanleyday7293

2 ай бұрын

@@PoliticallyIncorrect90 ESPN will pay 7.8 billion for six years of the 12 team play-off. That's over a BILLION a year. College football players are not adequately compensated. In 2021 alone, the networks paid 800 million for the men's basketball championship College basketball players that participate are not adequately compensated. Other college athletes in non- revenue sports are more than adequately compensated, because they generate no profit.

@clacal2005

2 ай бұрын

Just call it junior pro sports. If it’s about money and “trades” for the best interests of the players, they should sign contracts and be fined when they break commitments jumping around in the portal. I personally have lost interest in college football, which is sad.

I'm sorry I'm a college football fan but we got a lot more important things than football for the government to worry about. Besides the government needs to stay out of this. They screw up everything they touch.

@nickelz256

2 ай бұрын

Who do you think started all of this.

@kingkid3publishing660

2 ай бұрын

I totally agree

@tonybaggett1984

2 ай бұрын

@@nickelz256 Like I said the government screws up everything they touch.

@Jrm-xs9qi

2 ай бұрын

@@tonybaggett1984awww you sound the butthurt bama fans who are against NIL because your school can’t hoard the 5 stars anymore

@tonybaggett1984

2 ай бұрын

@@Jrm-xs9qi you sound like a Barner troll that lurks in Bama channel comments to start ish because your team sucks. The government would expedite "fixing" or would destroy the NIL. So how is saying the government should stay out of it in any way showing I'm against NIL? If anything it's showing support for NIL in it's current model.

Aggie here. Nothing but respect and admiration for this man right here. I really hope he gets more involved in the big picture, as it seems he is doing. Gig Em and Roll Tide.

@WOODLASE

2 ай бұрын

IMHO. BAMA and TX will be the dominate CFB SEC programs . WHY? Because the 'cultural' integrity of both schools embrace RESPECTABLE and MORAL adherence to rules and guidelines. The SEC programs that will flop? Booty-call U JawGA, the MOST obtuse. libby cyborg scum in in SEC FB and AU, LSU, and aTM will be CLOSE behind as offenders..

@rd24life

2 ай бұрын

I have no respect for Saban. It is all about him. He’s a narcissist and wants to hold the players hostage and hold the NFL over their head and the threat of not playing to get everything he can out of them. He never ever advocated for better treatment of players. He only says it now AFTER NIL

@BD-jn5dn

2 ай бұрын

​@@rd24lifehey ret@rd4life, ask any of Saban's former players how much he cared for them. He made more young men successful than any other coach in history.

@BD-jn5dn

2 ай бұрын

​@@rd24lifeoh you're the scorned FSU fan😄

@tallyrc

2 ай бұрын

I hope they send him out to pasture and let the new generation make of football whatever they want.. he will be gone it's not his responsibility..

He quit because he doesn’t have total control anymore.💯

@gearbarrel6237

2 ай бұрын

Yep

@unknowncat5000

2 ай бұрын

Yep. Lol. I love Saban but hes a hypocrite for this shit.

Georgia fan here, could not agree more with everything he is saying!

First of all, this is the hustle. College athletics is a monetary aspect of college. Yes, it has changed the game. It has allowed athletes to have financial rights to their image and likeness. Colleges have used this to their advantage forever. It is not set up to create opportunity. It is set up to create monetary gains. The athletes can now be represented and own part of the value they bring. The table is bigger and the seats are more. Some athletes will make money when they never could have before and it may be the only time for them. Others will be more successful and that financial aspect may grow for them. This is the new way. The old guard has to speak against it because they have held the cards for so long. But make no mistake some athletes get judged by coaches and may NEVER start a game. In that way, the coaches contribute to the LACK of opportunity. Great roundtable discussion.

Oh hell. Poor coaches only making $12 million or so a year :.. on backs of unpaid labor. Bless their hearts

@Dolemite19

2 ай бұрын

When I hear comments like yours I know not to take you seriously because you only parroting the hate narrative as a way to dismiss the conversation

@rd24life

2 ай бұрын

@@Dolemite19no, he is right. The coaches and administrators have been stealing all the money. How you cannot see that is evil

@josephroberts6865

2 ай бұрын

Total BS comment. If you can’t see the difference, then you’ll never get it. Universities hire people to teach. Ideally, they develop people to become professionals in their chosen craft. In the case of college football, universities pay head coaches significantly to develop players to do more than just play football, especially since a pro football career might last four years or less. Plus, football brings huge income to the university, especially for winning programs. Players already receive a free education, free food, free room and board, free transportation, free clothes, etc. They are not professional athletes. They are teenaged students. If on their own away from the university if they could sell their name, image, or likeness I see no issue with it. But there should be no assistance from the university whatsoever.

@Dolemite19

2 ай бұрын

@@josephroberts6865 someone that actually gets it .🎯💯well said my guy 💯👍🏿

@mikejewell8518

2 ай бұрын

@@josephroberts6865 Your argument doesn't stand up to basic Economics 101, Workers are paid in labor markets based on the value they bring to the firm (their marginal product of labor). Saying they receive free edu, room and board and should be happy with that doesn't hold up when the value they bring is potentially worth several times this amount depending on the player. Workers who are sign contracts more than certainly consider the wage offer when making a decision, not simply due to greed but in order to improve the standard of living of their family and themselves. Concerning your potential conflict of interest argument, this is no different from an employer of, say, Goldman Sachs who uses his knowledge to engage in related entrepreneurial activities while still working for the company. There are no conflicts of interest concerning the current state of NIL deals, i.e. athletes are not receiving money to get inside information concerting other teams. Engaging in entrepreneurial activities while in college is legal and beneficial concerning ones personal development. Ultimately the question of its impact is an empirical one that should be tested with data using econometric techniques that establish casualty. Id be happy to read the results of your findings if you choose to pursue such a project.

Do you think Saban left coaching at Alabama to save college football?

@exomake_mehorololo

2 ай бұрын

I do. The morons say he "gave up" or "quit" but that's plain dumb. Coach Saban doesn't quit, he kicks butt and changes things 😂 he knew he could not actively do anything while being a coach because the same morons would accuse him of bias and only being selfish. Now he's out of coaching he is free to speak his mind and people will listen

@PeaceFan1

2 ай бұрын

Yes but he was also Tired of How players BEHAVED!!

@tbetyf7047

2 ай бұрын

He was critisied for speaking out about all this crap when it first started.

@michaelsmithdjsmitty4538

2 ай бұрын

100 percent! He has the knowledge to make a change to be more focused on development than the money. What good is it if your not developed as a player. Your football career will be short lived.

@bobbyholmes4586

2 ай бұрын

I was thinking this exact same thing man

Someone got REAL mad that he wasn't the only one that could get away with paying players anymore.

Goat has spoken pure truth. Coach Saban is the real deal. RDT

Consider that NIL players are professional players that should be held to a professional standard. No scholarships for NIL players. No money directly from schools. Agents must represent the players. All NIL contracts must result in full payment of the cost of a 4 year athletic scholarship. The education fee must be paid before the player is eligible to transfer via the portal.

@antoniokimble5286

2 ай бұрын

Or tie it to a multi-year commitment. You want this nice contract, you have to stay at the university X amount of years to get it. Where in the world can you get lots of money with no commitment? Don't fulfill your end of the contract, you nullify it and get nothing, that includes going to the NFL early. Hell, even early sign-on bonuses at jobs require some kind of commitment, like a year commit or you pay it all back. What are we teaching these kids nowadays, you can skirt responsibility when you feel like it. The world does not work like that, especially not the NFL.

@maxrichey5711

2 ай бұрын

@@GregH-qk7cx We also used to believe there is a difference between a professional and an amateur. Also, let them negotiate their contracts. That, too, is free market capitalism.

@markchristian7024

2 ай бұрын

​@@maxrichey5711amateursism is a scam invented in France by rich people who weren't good enough to compete with professionals. That's all. These players are putting in the hours like professionals and getting injured and sometimes killed like professionals, why shouldn't they be compensated like professionals?

@Allen4AU

2 ай бұрын

As long as the schools forfiet all profits and the coaches only make the salaries of the professors at the college. Sure I am all for that otherwise no deal. They make tons so should the athelete they are using to make it.

@maxrichey5711

2 ай бұрын

@@Allen4AU You get it, but I disagree with salary caps for either the coaches or students. Agreeably, neither the schools nor coaches should be participating in the NIL as part of the rules. For me, it is more about contractual minimums. For instance, the minimum educational fees must be consistent with scholarship costs and published. All parties make revenue consistent with their performance. Recruitment and retention should follow suit. Clearly, there is a lot left to determine.

anyone on the floor ask him a challenging question about how coaches leave for a dollar more to another job...

@missourimanful

2 ай бұрын

@jagger9031 Great point. Would have loved to hear his answer to that question

@BD-jn5dn

2 ай бұрын

Apples to oranges. And Saban took a pay cut when he left Miami for Bama, dumb@ss

Preach Nick

Only college football can bring both sides together...

I'm sure the gov. will fix this. LOL!

@ghostl1124

2 ай бұрын

Remember their motto: We're from the government, and we're here to help. DANGER, Warning, Warning , DANGER DANGER.

Hammer, meet nail…Spot on, coach!

Coach: As usual, u make too much sense!!! I could listen to that man all day.

I think the Senate needs to focus on shit that matters. This. Doesn’t.

@harryh.2464

2 ай бұрын

You're missing the point. It's a matter of developing future leaders of the nation. Not just professional athletes, these rules have an affect on all student athletics and most of these athletes will become leaders in business and politics. Did you hear what Saban said about the athletes becoming more entitled and less coachable due to the current rules? Do we want future generations more entitled and less coachable? On top of that the transfer portal is causing the graduation rate to drop. That's exactly what our country doesn't need, future generations of lazy entitled uneducated adults. And these are the college educated leaders of the future we're talking about. If Congress can make changes now that have a positive impact on future generations of college athletes it will have an overall positive effect on the country as a whole. It's not just for college football. Although that's the sport that has been affected the most. And when was the last time Congress did anything positive for the country. If they can agree on something like this maybe it could open their partisan eyes to see what's possible when they work together to improve the country instead of fighting all the time.

@dickdavis5291

2 ай бұрын

Our careers as athletes are like periods in the dictionary. We need everyone including college and professional athletes to be a positive influence in society. Money should never take priority over character development, maintaining high morale standards. Money can disappear but, not your character.

@Duzypriicee

2 ай бұрын

@@harryh.2464 Oh give me a f*cking break. You know regular students can transfers at anytime right? There no legitimate reason to not let players transfer when they want. There’s been no study done to correlate transferring with graduation rates. You’re just saying things. You have not a single source to back up anything you’re saying. I guarantee you don’t know one single football player’s GPA, but I bet you know their stats. If it’s about education, Why aren’t you advocating for the professors or school staff to get paid millions like the coaches do? They haven’t paid players since the begin of college sports, how has the benefited society as whole? This is the silliest logic I’ve ever heard. How many national leaders has Nick Saban sent out into the world so far? SMH

@user-xu9rm6tr3x

2 ай бұрын

Correct. Politics needs to stay separate from church and sports.

@petepetedontbotherme293

2 ай бұрын

How about we stop sending money to Ukraine, amongst several other problems, and when all of that is solved then you can speak on bullshit topics like these. The Government needs to pull their head out of their moneys ass. Because those fuckers only care about money and not us.

Nick decided at multiple points in his coaching career that he should move to other teams to better his professional situation....which primarily meant to make more money coaching elsewhere. Players should be no different. In addition, his college was notoriously known in the SEC for providing financial incentives to top recruits to play for Alabama. Now that NIL is legal.....ALL schools can now do legally what Alabama did illegally for decades to entice players. Sorry Nick...your REAL issue is that Alabama was no longer going to be able to corner the market on top players and that is why you retired on top.

Nothing but the highest regards and respect for coach Saban. I wish there were more coaches with his line of thinking.

This is very hypocritical for Saban to say. You have coaches making millions of dollars a year and who will leave at the drop of a hat when they get a better opportunity without any regard for the players. Anyone in any profession would do the same if given a better opportunity. The truth is only a select few of all college football players ever have a career in professional football and they risk permanent injury every time they put on the pads. It’s UnAmerican for anyone to be constrained by a set of rules that prevents them from realizing their value on the open market. Schools make hundreds of millions of dollars off of these players and they are often cast aside at the end of their careers. I hate it when my school loses a player to another school but that’s their decision and who are we to question that? These coaches and administrators are there as in any other profession and that is to solve problems. Whether a player decides to stay at a school depends on a lot of factors and it’s the coach’s job to keep recruiting them every year and constantly convey their own unique value proposition as is done in any other industry

The goat, speaking 💯 facts

@davidmilton5887

2 ай бұрын

Nope. Saban is upset because everyone can pay now,not just those that want to bend the rules. Bama players have been getting paid for years and practically everybody knows it. I have lost much respect for Saban. The man has no honor.

Wow! Roll Tide Coach!!!❤🤍

Roll Tide Roll! Coach Saban is 100% correct.

@ricardocampbell8430

2 ай бұрын

A 100% clown

It’s a sad but hopeful time to be a bama fan, we’ve lost not only the greatest coach of all time, but one of the best people, smartest and most dedicated teacher. He’s an amazing person and I’m happy to see him fighting for the kids in retirement. ROLL TIDE AND THANKS COACH.

Coach Saban makes a lot of great points. It is terrific that some student athletes now have access to NIL/Collective payments. But too much money in the palm can quickly corrupt a person if not tempered with wisdom and discipline. Although everyone wants more money, obtaining large sums quickly can and has also ruined lives. Woody Hayes once said that discipline implies "disciples", those who provide discipline help guide young student athletes to become better people, in life beyond football. Coach Saban has been a disciple to many players over the years, but he may just make his greatest impact on student athletes for future generations with his efforts after retirement. Excellent work. Go Buckeyes!

@jaredsmith4964

2 ай бұрын

But it’s just weird that he’s saying that as someone who gets millions of dollars off the back of unpaid labor.

Houston fan here but that is probably irrelevant to the conversation. I 100% agree with everything former Alabama coach Saban said. Its the exact same way I view KZread, it was never money in the beginning, just a place to upload your memories. Now, everyone is out to make a buck, nothing wrong with that there is a system and all that in place but its not the same as it was, the foundation of the sport of college football, and college athletics as a whole is slowly losing its way. Yes, these young people make money, their life is changed forever but how are they held accountable and understand the value of what they are doing? There are so many questions that come about while also needing a system in place but even then, how are we bringing the best out of people without artificially motivating them by money?

@rjp0824

2 ай бұрын

This is why I was never really on board with this NIL stuff. I agree players should be paid for their likeness especially if their school is making millions off them. At the same time though that should be a privilege AFTER these students have gotten on the field and created value for themselves.

@rickyherndon2484

2 ай бұрын

​@@rjp0824great point. Prove you're worth the money. Keep track of the players getting paid before they make their value on the field, and transfer when they don't get playing in the season since this all started. No one knows how these kids are going to develop at the college level.

@PSWD_

2 ай бұрын

@@rickyherndon2484 I was thinking some type of holding fund would help. Like say all the money players make from their deals are deposited into a holding fund for them once they graduate/leave and they can withdraw up to x amount per year while still in school. Trying to develop high school millionaires is hard.

@thomaswh31

2 ай бұрын

It's not up to the federal government to legislate financial literacy or a person(s) motivation to succeed in a sport that less than 1% of the population is genetically gifted enough to play. I am a registered Whig with libertarian views on free market capitalism. I'm not a republican or democrat, who both believe in democracy and capitalism when it fits their agenda. Let the market and college football conferences figure it out on their own.

@ceddie

2 ай бұрын

@@rjp0824that’s what Saban was saying about Bryce Young. He actually earned the deals by his play on the field. We can’t start a job and force our employer to pay us Up-Front before we make the company any money. Why do these players feel that they should demand to be paid before they even take a snap at the school? Total craziness! And the NCAA should be ashamed of themselves for allowing the collegiate sport to become what it is today. And it’s only going to get worse. We better enjoy some resemblance of college football now, cause this game will be so crooked and the players won’t care nor play as hard as they have in the past. And why should they, when Texas gives one player $700k and a Lambo before he plays one down of football for them. Why should this kid even go to practice or show up for the games? Let alone go to class. He’s already gotten what he wanted. And hasn’t earned a dime of it.

This is so sad to me, that college football has come to this, but Im proud of Coach Saban (He’ll never be just Mr. Saban to me) for speaking out on this and trying to come up with a solution to the problem. Roll Tide ❤️🅰️🏈

@buckeyes8631

2 ай бұрын

Only solution he’s trying to come up with is authoritarianism over people in a free country so they say. Imagine a panel of people who don’t write the players checks to determine how much they can make.

@chrissmith3668

2 ай бұрын

So you’ve been fine with everyone else involved with college athletics making tons of money instead of the actual players providing the entertainment

BAMA was _incredibly_ fortunate to have the GOAT as HC and was clearly a significant positive influence on the University's athletics. Let's hope he will continue to be just as successful in positively influencing all Universities' athletics. #roadTo19

God Bless Nick Saban. 🩷

Coach Sabin has his act together and that's why he's been so successful. Well said , all from a Gator guy 😅

@Xx-po1fu

2 ай бұрын

He was not successful at Michigan Sate, LSU, Kent State and Miami

Spot on coach! Roll Tide.

Saban rocks 👍👍👍👍

I agree with most of what he said. However, I have a few points. First, the timing of the transfer portal open is horrible. Second, I have not seen mainstream college sports have this much parity at the top level. Third, a person has a right to be compensated for NIL. Fourth, is Nick being paid by the NCAA? Fifth, he paid players before it was legal.

There will be a commissioner of college football here in the near future enforcing rules and Nick Saban will be that person.

@drewc771

2 ай бұрын

@@GregH-qk7cx i think that's the point. It's going to take a whole new organization bc the NCAA pretty much failed with this.

@Rockstar8953

2 ай бұрын

And I’m pretty sure if any changes come about I expect the student and parents will go to court Nick S need stay on side

@donjuan6940

2 ай бұрын

Stop trying to control people. You people just want stop down there. You need to be taught a serious lesson on racism!

@DukeofFrat

2 ай бұрын

@@Rockstar8953 Not if congress can pass legislation. That is the whole point of Coach Saban being at the Senate hearing today.

@Rockstar8953

2 ай бұрын

@@DukeofFrat it no guarantee that congress will even get involve just saying

I agree with everything Coach Saban has said.

Quality man right there.

Saban on it!! Love it!

I agree with Coach Saban 💯 percent. College Football has gotten out of hand with NIL. There needs to be boundaries and system in place. These young men are transferring anytime they don't get their way. It's unfair to the game and most of them are concerned about money. Last but not least some college football 🏈 players don't play in bowl games. It's not fair to colleges who give them scholarships.

@zeerie7521

2 ай бұрын

@@GregH-qk7cx Their college students not NFL pros. I'm totally against NIL, but NCAA should be a clause. One of the clauses is not to decline a bowl game unless injured.

@exomake_mehorololo

2 ай бұрын

​@@GregH-qk7cx players can transfer an unlimited amount in theory. Multiple players by now are at their third school and never have to sit out

@chrischreative2245

2 ай бұрын

@@GregH-qk7cxcollege football isn’t “work” and no one is forced to play. You don’t like the rules of college football don’t play. They give you a free education, housing, medical, tutors, travel, etc. Way more than average students. Listening to activists who know nothing ruins everything.

@Allen4AU

2 ай бұрын

@@zeerie7521 they are college coaches making more than NFL coaches. Make it make sense.

@zeerie7521

2 ай бұрын

@@Allen4AU What happened to getting an education? Make it make sense.🧐

When the GOAT speaks. People listen!

I watched Bret Baier talking with Nick Saban on Fox yesterday. Baier has done MANY interviews with MANY notable individuals but I don’t think I’ve ever seen him as genuinely happy to be talking with anyone as he was with Saban. He talked with Saban longer that he was slotted for. If he could have I think he would have kept talking with Saban for the rest of his show. I really enjoyed it myself.

Voice of Reason is great to hear.

These coaches and schools got rich while the players could not earn anything until the turn pro. Now they are surprised when the students want to get paid.

@xerxeshughes8990

2 ай бұрын

FACTSSSSSS!

God called on Saban to do another job that needs to be done.. I'll forever miss him being our coach but I know he's off to do big things and save college football

@ChappyQuiddick-wz6ci

2 ай бұрын

There's Only ONE homie. You must be talking about your useless, fake ones....including You. Guess you think you're a "god" huh? That's your new CFB COMMISSIONER, show some respect

@Allen4AU

2 ай бұрын

You really think God or our political body is really worried about college football? LMAO that meeting was held because of his friendship with the democrat lawmaker and that was the only reason. It was done and forgotten.

You tell them Nick ❤❤😊

Well said

What a leader coach Saban is on and off the field👍🏻

Money is not the root of all evil...its the love of it. Players should be paid via NIL. Absolutely 💯. But if a system is not put in place or a cap in place then its going to be a problem. Some of these college players are going to get to the NFL with more money in tow than guys drafted in the late rounds. How is that going to make him a team first guy or listen to coaches or veterans? It's already happening so get ready for more.

Huge Bama fan here for 50 years Always had an issue with any sports or sports betting being part of political meetings The political branches should not be part of this process and should be working on more important issues a nation must deal with This and all sports discussions should be addressed somewhere else

Well said, Coach! You will be missed and college football will never be the same. RTR!!

Nil destroyed college football . If they get paid its pro football.

@dhickman4570

2 ай бұрын

Let the NFL subsidize.

There's my Coach!!!! Time to get college athletics in order!!! RTR!!!

@tonystarks7715

2 ай бұрын

Thats your Massa right there... Love being a slave don't you smh

@chasejackson7248

2 ай бұрын

He isn't a coach anymore he quit when he lost his power.

@jaredsmith4964

2 ай бұрын

Ignorance at its finest

The state of college sports falls 100% at the feet of the NCAA. They had several opportunities to balance out the pay for play outcome but was steadfast against paying the players. So now we have open season with no rules or regulations.

Coach Nick Saban is The Greatest Of All Time. Period.

NIL is the best thing that ever happened to sports. Kids getting a little money to help mom and pop.

Yes guardrails are needed I totally agree

@Allen4AU

2 ай бұрын

And those should start with how much the NCAA can make, the school can make and the coaches can make. It should be split and shared equally.

so glad Coach Saban is shedding light on this

What a communication genius wow. He’s spot on coach

I knew Coach would work to fix this. Love our Coach.

I never liked NIL deals. I always thought that it would ruin football. And just like Coach said, these players don’t want to work. They are entitled. And they have no motivation. Never in a million years did I think that I would make me lose my coach. I wonder how long NIL deals will last.

@markchristian7024

2 ай бұрын

That's a bit harsh. How did they end up at Alabama if they didn't work hard? The players are trying to exercise their economic freedom, as they should. I have no problem with scholarships and NIL being contractual. You accept and you are here for at least 2 years. If not, pay me back. They are professionals, treat them as much. Just like how coaches have buy outs, the players should too

@Allen4AU

2 ай бұрын

@@markchristian7024and just like the coaches make millions (or 11 million in this case) the students should be able to make bucks as well. This can be fixed. Cap coaches salaries at 400k, cap all players at 100k and cap the NCAA at 1 million a year. All other money goes to the schools (all schools) and they no longer get any government funding. They also are not allowed to collect tutition from any student if they participate. That is fairness and will bring college football back. Not once has saban mentioned him making 11 million a year. Not to mention the hundreds of millions he makes of his name from these kids playing.

When the playing field is even Saban went Bye Bye

I'm watching this and thinking Senator Saban has an awesome ring to it. Kudos to Coach Saban for taking the lead on this.

Don't these kids know? The coaches and the NCAA are the ones who are supposed to be making all the money! How dare they get compensated for the work that they are putting in.😂

@Duzypriicee

2 ай бұрын

Exactly! You gotta keep the kids broke. That’s the only way they’ll learn anything.

@stp1986

2 ай бұрын

Not at all what he said.

RTR. Nick Saban continues to teach us.

NIL love it. Pay them the money. The coaches never complained about getting the money

Great point from Nick Saban

Hell yet Roll Tide from Naples Florida 🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘

if this is so bad, players only caring about money, then why is it ok for conferences to raid other conferences best teams, all in the name of money, and then use that mega-conference status to demand more playoff bids AND automatic 1/2 seed bids, also all in the name of money? Talk about hypocrisy.

Coach Saban outchea dropping bombs on outta control college football 👀🧨

I agree with coach. NIL definitely needs guardrails.

@nickelz256

2 ай бұрын

@@GregH-qk7cx yes I do, they’re called safety hazards and rules of employment! Remember that these are kids who are still maturing and growing. Or did you forget that part!?

@rickyherndon2484

2 ай бұрын

​@nickelz256 I don't think that boys biscuits are done in the middle.

@slushymatis

2 ай бұрын

​@@nickelz256 What does that have to do with anything? NLI is a promotion of your likeness. Tell young Justin Bieber that he can't make millions of dollars off his likeness because peoples feelings get hurt. Don't We live In a capitalist society for God's sake? Or are companies (NCAA and Universities)and CEOs ( head coaches) the only things that can make millions of the backs of athletes? Seems like there are a lot of bootlickers in the sport.

@nickelz256

2 ай бұрын

@@slushymatis if your slow azz don’t get it then I’m not gonna explain it to you. You have to be one of the ones that always complained about Saban cheating and paying recruits because everything just completely flew over your head and you caught nothing. Plus nobody said anything about not paying athletes anything

@Allen4AU

2 ай бұрын

and so does the NCAA, the coaches and the schools. Until all those are addressed and coaches go back to making about 500k a year none of this means a damn thing. These people have made hundreds of millions off these kids playing. It is time to address that as well.

If Colorado has a winning season this year youre gonna see how they really feel.

We need to focus on Coach Saban's salary. Competition in money kept him at Alabama.

Right message! Wrong messenger! Saban lost his edge when the money bags became legal, so now he does not want anyone to do it.

@ChappyQuiddick-wz6ci

2 ай бұрын

Nope. Of course you'd reply with some stupid, asinine opinion

@katyl2987

2 ай бұрын

You are extremely ignorant.

@drewscoggins3309

2 ай бұрын

you honestly are going to try and convince me or anyone else that a program, 3 years off probation, on their 4th coach in 5 years. All of a sudden rockets up the the college football world in 2008 and 2009. That is asinine! Jimb fisher was right about everything he said about Saban. But of course you saban worshipers have it in your head he and the Alabama program was soooo clean. So rich for Saban who bitches and moans everytme he did not get his way, got his "entitlement" in the playoff. remember 2011 and 2017! Oh and don't forget, saban's shiny ass was all for NIL when he and the Tuscaloosa mafia had the bigger bank accounts. @@ChappyQuiddick-wz6ci

Saban knew if he didn’t do this, football as we know, is gone

@RonTDB

2 ай бұрын

@@GregH-qk7cx Um, Did kelly not take a demotion for the same reason?

@A-Aron5151

2 ай бұрын

@@GregH-qk7cx screenshot this comment and come back here in three years. Sabin has always been ahead of the curve, if not ahead, then one of the best to adjust. Like you said in this interview, football is not what it used to be and if it changes, all of these young players have a chance of not being what they could’ve been. When the greatest college football coach of all time tells you, he retired because of the issues, you better listen.

@A-Aron5151

2 ай бұрын

@@GregH-qk7cx and I would have to disagree with you saying that Sabin is the only one who is gone. Maybe person yes, but, the sport, as we knew it is gone.

I hope Nick also testify how his and other colleges paid players under the table to decades.

MAGA Saban showing his true colors

No more pay to play.

@dustinharris7475

2 ай бұрын

Are u paid for your contribution or do you work for free ? Cause room and board vs what they make these schools doesn’t add up

@crimsonkings205

2 ай бұрын

@@dustinharris7475 They deserve to get paid but there have to be regulations and contracts in place.

@Anthony-ru4fv

2 ай бұрын

The Supreme Court gave them their contract. Soooo?

The goat has spoken 🐐

I'm so glad, Coach Saban has addressed this NIL and transfer portal that WILL destroy CFB if there are not rules and regulations put in place. Education will take a back seat to NIL. This has to be addressed now before it gets out of control.

Roll Tide

College sports are not going to be able to keep this going

@chrissmith3668

2 ай бұрын

Why not?

@jeffreykopfle6265

2 ай бұрын

@@chrissmith3668 why would they ? The future points he makes pretty much hits in why. Watch the video

@chrissmith3668

2 ай бұрын

@@jeffreykopfle6265 but how would college sports not be able to keep going? They are still going and it’s happening now. As long as fans are paying college football will be fine.

@jeffreykopfle6265

2 ай бұрын

@@chrissmith3668 it just started , it’s not going to warrant more fans , so that’s an issue. Fans have already expressed concern and complaints with the layout. Ratings have dropped in college football over the past 3 seasons. It’s not sustainable according to the numbers. Things don’t crumble overnight. Give it another 5-10 years of this nonsense without it being corrected. They will for sure correct it as soon as the numbers get low enough. It’s numbers , plain and simple.

@jeffreykopfle6265

2 ай бұрын

@@chrissmith3668 plus that’s only the business side , how about the simple fact that student athletes care more about money being made rather then being a student athlete. Which you might not find to be an issue but it most certainly is. I don’t think it really matters if you don’t care about college sports though. It directly affects the Professional platforms the most. Eventually those leagues will all have developmental leagues that negate one from wanting or needing to go to college to play.

If you were to ask anyone, Nick Saban would definitely be the right one. He said it as perfectly and as succinctly as possible. And, to be even more clear about concerns, look at what the players’ parents care more about. It’s the money. Student athletes? Yeah, right.