NCAA is a dead org walking. There will be a new oversight committee that needs to be set up. As for Saban, if he is right I have no issue with that. But until someone says what the limits are to NIL, he needs to stop calling out others. His message can be right but singling out people also is shitty.
Most Bammers are miserable they just don't realize it.But no, they want to be alibammy.
Probably not the case with Bama fans that have been fans more than the last 15 years.
6 months ago it would have meant cheating. In today's NIL world, something he had been talking about for 5 minutes when he said what he said, it was clear he meant that buying players in the context of unlimited NIL was unsustainable. Look, I hate defending the midget, but what he said wasn't at all controversial in context. ATM, using NIL right or wrong, did buy that class. Everyone knows that. And if we really want CFB where ATM is going to drop 30 million every year, that's going to change the sport. Maybe that's a good thing, maybe it isn't. But you will in fact be buying players if you can drop 30 million a year.
The threat in what he is saying is to tell ATM to back off - no one wants to know how the sausage is made. Of course none of them want this out in public.
Yeesh ... I would need a shower if I won a natty because, and only because we were able to spend $30 million a year. Where is your pride?
I tend to agree with this because I don't think just spending money is enough. I think the dysfunction that might arise due to kids who are only there because they are getting paid could cause problems. This is sort of the one and done issue in hoops ... is a group of mercenaries better than a group of kids around for 3 years that really want to be where they are.
How does it feel to know that your alma mater can't stand on its own to attract players who want to come to the school without being paid millions. I mean you are basically saying, we can't compete by offering a great education and college experience ... we have to go out and buy our team. That must be kind of a sad realization.
lol man.. glass houses and all.. But you are describing UGA under Smart too.
I get your point and agree what they are doing is absurd, but you are over the top on the vitriol about the Bama, FSU and tOSU. They are all fine schools that do a great educating people. Hell, FSU has flown up the list of top schools even if you don't want to admit it. Bama has totally redone itself since they started winning ... the level of kids that go to Bama these days would surprise you. And tOSU has been a very good state school for many decades.
You serious? I mean we did what everyone else is doing ... build facilities, beef up staff, pay coaches. But we haven't gone out and dropped $30 million on players, yet. Texas has done everything we have done, you just don't do it very well.
The one making it public is the one you think is telling A&M to not make it public.
Yeah, we never were high in recruiting before NIL.
Yup, UGA won with kids who only wanted to get an UGA education. No bag men at all. Didn't go where the best scholarship was. "only win buying it". Gag me.
Dude, huge difference in the old bagman and hundred dollar handshake and you guys paying out $30 million. One thing everyone was doing, including you. No one else is shelling out $30 million, yet.
And I'm done with this thread. Not going to sit here and discuss a situation where Saban knew it both would get out and had no idea it would get out.
I mean you were high enough to lose 4 games a year, but sure.Yeah, we never were high in recruiting before NIL.
Yup, $30m. internet kid said it so it is true.
