Nick Saban, former Alabama football head coach, expressed concerns about the impact of NIL on college athletics during a Senate roundtable. Saban highlighted issues such as players being less developed, increased entitlements, and the shift towards money dictating success in college football. He emphasized the need for revenue sharing with players and indicated that his retirement was influenced by the changing landscape of college sports due to NIL. Saban's comments underscored his belief that traditional values in college athletics are no longer prevalent.
Nick Saban is getting RUTHLESSLY dragged by college football fans after complaining about NIL. Some of the responses are hilarious. CHECK OUT THE REACTIONS: https://t.co/bBTVah7nPT https://t.co/7RuSgrGVVF
Nick Saban used to live in a bubble where he was uninvolved with what Alabama players received as extras. The NIL placed this on his desk, and he wanted nothing to do with it, so he got out. https://t.co/TPmfWG4gHW
Nick Saban made some good points when criticizing NIL and the changes in modern college football But his comments were also blatantly hypocritical, asking players to do what he would absolutely never do himself https://t.co/xoVQ5KKhVk
When longtime Alabama football coach Nick Saban retired in January, there was speculation that NIL contributed to his decision. | By @dennisromboy https://t.co/jHQusQX5x1
On Nick Saban's NIL comments, what he's right about, what he's wrong about, and how college leaders need to come up with solutions and stop complaining to Congress. https://t.co/V9BQ0mPQXN
What Nick Saban is wrong, and right, about in NIL debate https://t.co/bAbgFnEEwi
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Former football coach Nick Saban laments the current landscape of college sports https://t.co/VugJogGLKJ
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Ep. 28: Nick Saban isn't a hypocrite about NIL. He's absolutely right and shouldn't be ripped for his comments https://t.co/AUHrepwerN
Nick Saban's concerns about NIL are valid but also exactly why he needed to go away https://t.co/vytBDd7uD6 https://t.co/JztbQPFcRz
Former Alabama coach Nick Saban shared his thoughts about the future of college sports on Tuesday. "I’m for student-athletes being able to share in some of this revenue, and I think the No. 1 solution to all this is if we could have some kind of a revenue-sharing proposition… https://t.co/2WRsPIZEiM
Nick Saban went on Capitol Hill to voice his concerns about NIL in college athletics! https://t.co/0fxvYS6DAy
Nick Saban endorses revenue sharing among college players as ex-Alabama coach joins NIL panel on Capitol Hill https://t.co/C8iWvzxrJm
Nick Saban Claims NIL Compensation in NCAA Factored Into His Retirement: Wife Told Him 'All They Care About Is How Much You're Gonna Pay Them' https://t.co/Plg01YcpOH
Nick Saban Says The College Football System He Loved Is Dead (via: @dhookstead) https://t.co/HXdwW88BQ2
What Nick Saban believed in for 50 years 'no longer exist in college athletics' https://t.co/iMcEmvLvwE
The current unregulated state of NIL contributed to Nick Saban’s retirement, he told lawmakers here in DC on Tuesday. He also sent a message to the college athletics world: It’s time to share revenue with players. “That may be the long-term solution.” https://t.co/c2fMShhS34
At today's Capitol Hill roundtable, Nick Saban reiterated his belief that NIL has completely changed college sports. https://t.co/QwjjMu6GiK
Nick Saban made more than $1M per game last season. College football has been big business since 1984 when Georgia and Oklahoma sued to get their TV rights back from the NCAA https://t.co/PzpVjvSumY
Nick Saban says a big reason why he retired is because of NIL and college athletes getting PAID: "All the things that I believed in for all these years — 50 years of coaching — no longer exist in college athletics." https://t.co/4BOMk1Objw
Nick Saban shared his thoughts on the current state of College Football #PMSLive https://t.co/0jGy4b4Ggz
It was an honor to speak at today's #NIL roundtable hosted by Sen. Cruz. 1 thing I didn't get to address was Coach Saban's comment that "college sports is not a business." With all due respect, coaches earning millions of dollars on an annual basis, and programs spending…
Nick Saban says NIL has changed the ethics of college football on Capitol Hill today. “All the things I believed in for all these years. 50 years of coaching, no longer exist in college athletics.” https://t.co/1XPMi2A8xR
Nick Saban was clear about his thoughts on NIL and revenue sharing Tuesday on Capitol Hill. He even shared an NIL-related story about Miss Terry. "She came to me right before our retirement and said, 'Why are we doing this?' And I said, 'What do you mean?' She said, 'All they… https://t.co/3qRd01dgFj
Nick Saban made like $11 million a year, btw https://t.co/ew9Lx3YPCq
Coach Nick Saban: always ahead of the college football curve, warning everyone else of the coming consequences, and showing he can dominate any system if he wants to. 🏈 https://t.co/fG4APathzn
Nick Saban says “all the things” he believed about college football for 50 years no longer exists 😳 (via YT/Bama Football on YouTube) https://t.co/9zDWN7VMnN
Nick Saban said on Capitol Hill today he retired to a large degree because of NIL and all players care about now is getting paid. https://t.co/XUaUkOmWBO
Nick Saban believes NIL rules have been a detriment to college sports and the game is no longer about developing players 🤔 (via Capitol Hill NIL Roundtable) https://t.co/wz1S4eB1W1
Nick Saban on NIL, college athletics: "All the things that I believed in for all these years, 50 years of coaching, no longer exist in college athletics." https://t.co/Y6V4DLJeGD https://t.co/toXnDPhBAP
Wow, can't believe Nick Saban spent all those years coaching for free https://t.co/rIcEVf1Nn5
“All the things I believed in for all these years. 50 years of coaching, no longer exist in college athletics.” Nick Saban knows NIL changed everything. https://t.co/IEW4QCYNnu
"No longer exist in college athletics" Nick Saban issues a troubling warning about the state of college football during an NIL roundtable. The former Alabama coach sounds VERY worried. WATCH: https://t.co/3OOLUaORKT https://t.co/ZLjBUWpwjX
"All the things that I believed in for all these years — 50 years of coaching — no longer exist in college athletics." — Former Alabama football head coach Nick Saban indicates at Senate roundtable that he retired because of name, image and likeness (NIL) deals in college sports https://t.co/aZqei83FCS
Nick Saban: "If we revenue shared a certain amount, it’d be the same (in each state). That’s the issue right now.We don’t have that. We have collectives in some states raising huge amounts of money and competing against those who don’t have those kinds of funds to pay players."
Saban in US Senate roundtable: "I don’t want (athletes) to be employees but I want them to share in the revenue."
Nick Saban says everything he believed about college football for 50 years no longer exists Full watch https://t.co/MMudnE3Fp0 https://t.co/4i6Y7AU4D2
Nick Saban famously worked for pennies. https://t.co/eJrvvTYFPZ
This isn't a secret at this point, but when Nick Saban was asked what role NIL and the current climate played in his retirement, he said: "All the things I believed in for all these years of coaching, 50 years of coaching, no longer exist in college athletics."
Nick Saban paid nearly $12 million in salary alone last year https://t.co/fXpsorH3kA
Nick Saban tells the roundtable that an NFL coach has told him that players in the NIL era "come to them less developed and with more entitlements" than previously.
Nick Saban on the current college football landscape: "It's whoever wants to pay, the most money raised, the most money to buy the most players is going to have the best opportunity to win." https://t.co/Wzy1DFlLUu https://t.co/xfjZYcLDnQ