Josh Pate On Nick Saban Revealing WHY He Retired (Late Kick Cut)
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- Опубліковано 7 бер 2024
- Nick Saban announced his retirement a couple months ago to the shock of the College Football world, and on Late Kick Live Ep 489 Josh Pate shared some added takeaways about Saban's comments regarding why he stepped down. Is the program set up to succeed long-term because of the way things were handled? Let us know what you think in the comments below and be sure to SUBSCRIBE to the channel and CLICK THE BELL for notifications as we bring you multiple live shows per week!
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Saban lives by the old school American way of life which is, "ask not what your Country/College/Work place can do for you but ask what can you do for your Country/College/Work place. These newer generations are always about themselves and what can they gain from everything instead of giving the best they have to everything they do. It's pure selfishness. Just like proper English requires you to put yourself last when naming others. Instead of saying, "I and them" people should say, "them and I." It all comes down to selflessness NOT selfishness.
Sad that he's gone. PERIOD
As an LSU fan, I'm not sad to see him go in the slightest 😂
@@brendenoleary1453 cookie?
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We'd be missing a ring without him. Maybe 2 considering 2007.
@@brendenoleary1453 Well spoken by one who only cares about his own team. And not the whole sport itself. lol.
As a Vol fan, massive respect for Saban and what he accomplished at Bama. I also don’t blame him for leaving. He can spend weeks, months, or years to develop great talent who can just up and leave the second they feel there’s a net benefit somewhere else. Coach Saban was always the head of the ship down there, and there’s no doubt that while he was still the top dog down in Tuscaloosa, NIL and the new transfer rules definitely stripped him of a large degree of control he had over the team and culture he spent years building.
And all the ships will slowly leak until CFB has turned off a great number of fans and eventually the ships will struggle to even stay afloat.
What makes your words hit different you're a vols fan saying that showing bias to the side looking at the bigger picture 🎯💯
Why is everyone so surprised about this? Everything he said is right on!
Exactly....it will ruin the sport.
@@larry690it will ruin the sport? He use to hoard all the talent on his roster with star players stacked all the way to 4th string and with the portal and nil he cant do that anymore so now we have more parity in college football no one team will EVER dominate like he did ever again and college football will still be college football with the same traditions and atmosphere that the nfl will never have
@@daredevil5072damn bro you people are soooooo stupid
@@daredevil5072 You finally are one of the few people calling him out. YES! Saban has had an unfair advantage for a while and NIL is making it more fair. It's not great but it's at least more fair.
Thats the dumbest comment on here. Saban never had an unfair advantage. Georgia, Ohio St, LSU, and the 15-19 Clemson teams have had the same type of talent. Only difference is Nick Saban stayed consistent for 15 years. Since NiL he won a title, went to another title and lost in OT in the playoff round. Only Georgia has done better the last 4 years and Saban went 3-1 against that team during that span.
Long time Michigan fan here but also Coach Saban fan. He's a class act and great coach! I like that he's retiring on top and with a winning program. He gave his life to the college football game and of course with his tremendous success, people are going to be jealous. I wish him all the best in the future and a long and happy retirement!
Saban realized the game had changed in a way he didn't want to adapt to. Can't say I blame him.
You cant adapt to it this isnt offensive playcalling or different formations this is money this new age of college football with nil and the portal will prevent what nick saban did for long which was dominant the sport and hoard all the talent on his roster with top talent all the way to the 4th strings
@daredevil5072 why do you keep saying saban hoards talent? You really mean he's just a great recruiter.
@@daredevil5072 And you saying he quit because he couldn't adapt? Sabans whole philosophy was developing kids into men, not paying players to play for him and making all these demands and promises.
Saban was all in on developing kids both as football players and as humans. He loved those guys. He and Miss Terry would invite them to his lake house and they'd go boating, etc. Think back to when he snapped at Maria Taylor when he felt she wanted him to basically choose a favorite between Tua and Jalen. It was like a parent being asked to choose a favorite child.
So, I'm guessing when the kids starting only responding to money and instant gratification and weren't willing to be developed and taught, Saban knew it was time.
That's why Saban had the longevity and success he did at Alabama. Kids knew that playing for him, meant getting developed and being ready for the NFL and life after football.
It's just gotten almost impossible to sell that same message now, when an 18 year old has some billionaire alumni at another school floating a hundred thousand dollars in cash in front of his face. Dabo has mostly been an idiot about NIL, but the smartest thing he said was that it all needs to go into a Trust to be paid after graduation. Just throwing six and seven figure numbers in front of teenagers, is a terrible idea.
Sure sure ... Both players and humans you say. What was the Alabama Football Graduation rate under Saban? Give you a hint. It was below the National average. Saban was no Saint and had the best interest of his program over a player. Great Coach but let's stop with the development of human's nonsense.
@@mikethomas860that’s the players fault for not graduating and not having a degree to fall back on. Not Sabans. He clearly tried to teach them the importance of an education. Would it benefit the program for Derrick Henry to stay another year or 2? Absolutely. Would it have benefited Derrick Henry as well? Absolutely. But he made his choice as did everyone else. Not Sabans fault
@@mikethomas860learn to do research before making blatantly false statements. Here is the actual GSR(Graduation Success Rate) report and I quote “Alabama improved its overall GSR to 95, ranking the Crimson Tide in the top two among SEC schools (only Vanderbilt's 97 is better). The average GSR for all NCAA Division I student-athletes is 89.” So yes you’re completely wrong with your claim
No that's his public face. Saban is a monster behind closed doors.
I was fortunate enough to see the 2 greatest dynasties in college football, the bear and the goat 🐐
I think the 2 “eras” is what your looking for. The university itself is the dynasty. The bear and Saban in collection with Frank Thomas, Wallace Wade, and even Gene Stallings is what formed over a centuries worth of winning football. Roll tide
I'm talking about dynasties not how many national championship
Did you live through the Bryant dynasty or just the Saban ? I'm 80 years old
I agree with Coach Saban, I also agree with you that things will settle down in a couple years. With 134 division 1 football teams it’s not hard to see that the level of competition at the top is not the level of competition being played at points further down the list. However, there is still some exciting football being played at all levels. It may be “pie in the sky” thinking, but, it would be good to see a division created above division 1. Wishful thinking would be that the networks would support/promote both leagues with there also being a way for team to advance to the higher league. Create a salary cap and contracts so there isn’t “Wild West” free agency every year and make Coach Saban the first
College Football Commissioner.
Transfer portal and NIL deals was the poison pill 💊 for college football
As a man from Alabama, I thought I was an Alabama football fan. Turns out I was a Nick Saban fan. Turns out I was a fan of team growth, overcoming adversity, and discipline. I loved seeing stoicism, determination, sports psychology.
What I am not a fan of is "NFL light." I am not a fan of spoiled kids that are worried about the transfer portal and NIL.
Nick Saban absolutely sucks..and as sorry as they come..you think these 4-5 stars stacked two deep went to that dump because of him? What are you people thinking? They paid players at alabama for decades
Saban outworked and outrecruited the competition. The game changed to a point where you can outwork and out recruit the competition, but now people with deeper pockets could outbid you on a recruit, or even buy your current roster players. Just my opinion
Nailed it.
That’s 1000% correct
Dude had the highest rated class in 2022 and a top 3 class in 2023😂
I'm not particularly a fan of Saban, but he's right!
I shake my head at all of those I saw on social media mocking or twisting what he said into their own desired narrative.. Those the type of people who'll mock everyone else and make every excuse when others legitimately point out how the magic and quality of college football is being killed for money.
Great analysis, Josh.
What coach Saban gave Alabama nation was a level of success that very few if any other fanbases will get to experience in their lifetime, he created 1 of the greatest dynasties in sports history, he didnt like the direction college football was heading so he retired, not sure why anyone should have an issue with his decision, he will always be the "GOAT".
Take a look at the last 132 years of program and school history. The University of Alabama is the dynasty that simply had an outstanding run in the Saban era. As it did with bear Bryant, Frank Thomas, and Wallace Wade. For whatever reason, the school has a rich history of grabbing up winning coaches. It wasn’t a Saban dynasty. Never was. It was a collection of coaches and players over years that formed what is the dynasty. Decades of dominance have far outweighed few years of mediocrity in between
That is an OUTSTANDING take on what Saban said. A lot of haters are taking this as a chance to throw jabs completely missing the point he made.
And henceforth why we're at the point we at now because we allowed the haters cry and moan to change the rules
Nil without regulation will kill the sport. And no one will ever be a dynasty again. And players playing WITH money won’t play with the fervor of playing without money. they don’t need to go to the NFL to ginally get rich; they already are. I can’t imagine what a toxic locker room the haves and have nots will make.
I agree about regulation, but that should be across the whole system. This all started because everyone was making money off of the players, except the players. It should be a team effort across the board. The so called college degree is only good if the schools actually teach. Have you heard some, NOT ALL, of the players speak? Some of those kids are just a commodity. The unscrupulous transfer portal practices started when players were picked because they didn't want another school to have them and the school was saturated with talent. *The experienced adults are the ones who created this toxic system, especially since they're the ones with the money.*
No, no. NIL will fix the game. Want to make more money? Get better! Now there is motivation for guys to work harder and maybe even stay in school instead of jumping pro early. No more dynasties is a good thing. Parity is a good thing. I’m glad to see that these young men will finally get to earn what they deserve. Btw, many students at the university have scholarships and they get paid by the university. It happens all over the place. Finally athletes get to do this too.
@@dr.markevers8331 your opinion…mine is CAPS on NIL based on star ration and very controlled amounts.
Dynasties and competing to be the next one or competing to knock down the beast, is what made interest in college football explode.
Chip Kelly also recently said he was tired of being a CEO, he just wanted to go back to coaching. So now he's an OC and QB Coach at OSU.
I am a Vol fan, and I have the utmost respect for what the man accomplished. I do not blame him one bit for saying it just wasn’t worth it anymore. Self interest has permeated sports at the expense of unity and loyalty. I am talking everybody, not just players.
Thanks for pointing out the horrible system. Some people want to blame the players, who are watching a flawed system.
Good for him he has many options.
We were lucky to witness greatness in real time.
EVERY collegiate coach feels this way. The ones who are still working are the younger coaches who have the energy to stay in the fight. Pure and simple. 👀🤷🏾♂️😬
Look at what he accomplished as a coach, he can say what he wants and could retire when he wanted. I don’t blame him at all, I barely watch college football anymore cause of how it’s headed.
My bigget complaint is, if they are taking money like a pro, then why are they not required to sign a contract like a pro?
Exactly
So many people are going to wake-up one day soon and really miss the days when college football was....well...college football. What we have now is unrecognizable.
In response to the better/worse question at the end… From a fan who is completely detached from the organizational elements of football, I want to see deeply competitive games, great season to season story lines, and exciting football games led by exciting players. Clearly there’s a change in the structure of the sport and that will mean that not all of the people who thrived under the previous structure will thrive in the new structure. But I think, overall, things are going to settle back into exactly what I mentioned is what I love above. You’re going to have all of that but through different coaches. All along that path you’re gonna have a bunch of “well that’s a shame that X was forced out by the changes” moments. But football is still football. The best are still going to win. But the only difference now is what ideologies and methodologies will produce coaches capable of getting teams to be the best. I think that’s fine.
I still respect Nick Saban! I am Not against the NIL. Players in every sport deserve some income for their hardwork, dedication, and sacrifice. The transfer portal has it pros and cons but it shouldn't be a situation it is used as blackmail or ransom. If you are transferring because you know you worth and know you can make a difference on another team I understand. To use it as a excuse to quit or run from competition is cowardly and holds no standard of commitment, dedication, or respect.
Same way in basketball Josh! Roy Williams, coach K, Jimmy B
Boeheim was forced out. I think J. Wright is a better example to go along with coach K and williams....
My love for college football has been the same for me my entire life, 57 seasons, first 5 I don’t remember. THE OHIO STATE BUCKEYES! Thanks Pate State great show! Go Bucks🌰🌰🌰🌰
No one cares OSU!
(SORRY.....old stuff 😒)
Welcome.... did you cheer for michigan 🙄
It’s the love of the game, love of college, love of fans, and rivalries. The players have fun on any given Sunday.
Saturday
17-20 YEAR OLDS RAN OFF COACH young men today or afraid of making a decision of courage to sacrifice and discipline. They think they’re entitled before they even start the process. Good luck to all these young men bagging groceries.
Yes, they did, they ran off the coach. However, the "adults" are the ones who created a flawed system. Greed DID NOT start with the kids, it started with NCAA, ESPN, Gambling Casinos, Schools, Boosters, sponsors, and SOME of the coaches, not Saban, that overpromised and enticed. I'm not condoning bad behavior, I am very disappointed in that kind of behavior. I am equally, if not more, disappointed in a system fueled by greed and pride. If you want to find the real, problem, follow the money.
I'm about coach Saban's age, he's saying pretty much what I think too, when NIL and portal came about I, IMO saw the beginning of the end of football as I have known it, and like I said IMO!!
I'm with you in that fourth category
I think what's happening to college football long term is good only if it's corrected
There should've been guard rails in place, but instead it's the wild wild west during the gold rush
NIL deals should've been paid to the school and then through the athlete, essentially making the athlete an employee of the school without fully paying them directly & have them sign a 2/3 year contracts at that school ensuring they play were they commit to if they do have an NIL deal
The signing of a NIL agreement waives your right to transfer, and anyone not under a contract or their deal falls below a certain number has the right to still transfer freely
I respect the spirit of your reasoning. However, some of the coaches recruit players as backups and practice players. They have no intention of using these players in a game and they don't want another school to have them. It's a form of stockpiling. I can't fault players who actually want to play. If they're not good enough to play, the school should let them go.
People say he didn't have the "edges" he'd had before, but his best recruiting class ever was 2023.
He just couldn't get as much out of them as he used to and he couldn't hire top assistants anymore. Props to him for quitting while the program was still strong and not dragging it down for another decade like some of the other legendary college coaches.
A whole new ball game. The "kids" are running the sports, and demanding what they want. Fine...it's all good. Have a "good life", Nick Saban said...rode off into the sunset. Nick...enjoy your life...and you'll think, dang, why didn't I do this sooner???? Best wishes, peace.
Well no its still not the same. The edge he had was he was 4 deep at every position and he's 5th edge rusher was still way better than your LT. But now his 4th and 5th edge that he recruited 2 years ago are transfered to Ole Miss. The transfer portal weakened the depth of his team. As it should have countless kids never made the NFL because they rode the bench at Bama instead of getting playing time somewhere else.
@@45heisman I promise you can’t name an NFL caliber player who ever stayed at Bama and just “rode the bench” and never played - because Bama had so many players go pro after 3 years there were always opportunities. at bama you could start just one season and still get drafted high. And there were plenty of starters on those teams who weren’t even drafted, so if you were an NFL caliber player why weren’t you playing?
Plus, the transfer portal has been around over 5 years. It’s not some brand new thing, and he had already adjusted to it. Bama had the most talented team in the country last year - they just weren’t disciplined and made too many mistakes. And it’s funny you mention the EDGE position, because Alabama was more talented and deeper at the EDGE last year than anyone by a mile and deeper than they’ve ever been. They’ve recruited the #1 edge player every year since the class of 2020 and just about everyone else was in the top 3 in their class. None of them transferred and new guys will get to play this year because they’ve had Edge players leave early as top 10 picks two years in a row.
@@45heismancountless players who never made the NFL because they rode the bench? Name one. ONE. Name ONE player who was an NFL-level talent who didn’t make the league because he was on the bench at Bama.
THANK U JOSH!! U spoke my truth. I'm struggling with understanding anyone who thinks this No rules NIL craziness is a good thing and how ultimately it's gonna enhance the players and the system as a whole.
Whoever came up wit the idea...I bet they don't even have a team ...much less watch or love.. But they do see $$$$.
And apparently they thought run it into the ground right out the gate.
THANK U GOAT💛💜 Between NiL and the pure disrespect from Jake Paul I'm feeling some type of way. GEAUX TIGERS!!
Level playing field gonna make it hard for all the teams that been giving kids the "Bag"
As a Nebraska fan I can tell you the first shoe to drop. the first change for me, was the formation of the Big 12 which caused the loss of partial qualifiers which was a huge hit to Nebraska. I don't recall if this happened before or after that but the reduction to 85 scholarships was also costly for Nebraska.
Non coincidentally both corresponded roughly with the retirement of Tom Osborne.
In the new era of college football the recruiting advantages that an Alabama has had over a Nebraska are diminished with the ability to pay for top flight recruits. Its another point a player will have to consider and another place where a program can be innovative in its approach.
This change in CFB now corresponds non coincidentally with the retirement of Nick Saban.
Its not good, its not bad, its just different and you can adapt, you can die, or in the case of both Tom and Nick, you can leave.
It’s not the athletes fault. It’s these big universities that are money hungry and literally had a whole major conference collapse because of money and these tv networks paying hundred of millions CFB is a business.
This is the exact red herring that people want to believe.
Interesting fact, the end of the year conversations with teams are actual exit interviews. Coaches decide in some of the meetings to let players go (i.e., tell them to transfer). This time, the exit interview was not like he wanted and then he quits. No comment.
I've always thought it was unfair to not compensate players but it would be more fair if the nil money was pooled and the whole team would get some money.
I believe it was Bob Dylan that once said “the times they are a changing”
Once the door was opened, its hard to close it now.
Will the quality of play on the field be better or worse with NIL and the transfer portal? Will the players be more successful in life and tthe NFL? Will there be a more or less level playing field in NCAAF, with more level resulting in more interesting and competitive games? Will NCAAF prosper or decline? These are the questions that will be answered in the next season or two. I'm reminded of the old Chinese curse: "May you live in interesting times."
NIL is Name, Image, and Likeness! It’s not pay to play, you play to get pay! You don’t get paid just for being there. You get paid for jersey sales, commercials, sponsorships, etc. You know how you get that NIL money? Be a really good person and player!
THANK YOU!! Literally no one else seems to grasp that concept. They keep shouting NIL is great!! Without even realizing what that acronym even stands for like bro it’s not for schools to offer to pay you millions in order to entice you to play for them. It’s a reward for becoming a great player and becoming famous amongst the teams’ fan base
@@jasonbrown097 Hopefully someone will realize this and make the necessary changes. And let it be known want players to get paid but not just for choosing to play ball there. They have scholarships for that.
Kirby Smart admitted that he wants to know who will be on his roster. They need to stop the transfers from June until after the postseason.
The transfer portal is the problem. Requiring players to sign a contract that lays out the compensation and length of time the player is obligated to play for the school seems to me to be the obvious solution.
He was undefeated with no place to go and no answer short of a quip. Follow the green grass to the back yard.
I'm not talking about the win/lose column's.
No one wanted to listen to all the people saying that the NIL and transfer portal would destroy college sports. Now that it has, they refuse to eat their plate of crow.
What will be sad is the number of people who act surprised when college football is damaged and diminished beyond repair. It's always easier to destroy than build....
You could see the writing on the wall when Jermaine Burton hit a woman and Saban did nothing about it. He knew he no longer had the advantages over other programs he previously enjoyed. Saban from 8 years ago wouldn't have had to accept that kind of behavior from one of his players.
If coach Saban wasn't in his 70s and was in his 50s he would have adapted beautifully to the game but he's accomplished enough where he can leave respectfully
The "edges" Saban didn't have anymore were complicit "authority" figures at the conference and NCAA willing to look the other way when modern day Alabama did things under the table. This does not undercut the incredible quality of coaching and development he also brought to the table, but players have looked for playing time and financial inducement for 50 years now. What's my evidence? Alabama football was on probation four times in 14 years, only being off probation for 16 months during that period. But somehow, in the next 14 years, squeaky clean. And that just so happened to coincide with their rise under Saban, who started there in 2007. The 2002 violations were for paying $150k for a player to commit and arranging for another student to take the ACT test on that same student's behalf so he would qualify for admission. The 2009 violations were athletic department-wide for things that ended, miraculously, the moment Saban walked on campus in 2007. Weird, huh?
The reality is the time has changed it’s not gonna go back to the way it was so you might as well just deal with it. That’s the camp I am in. I think there needs to be a cap on the transfer portal example like if someone transfers they have to commit to a certain number of years at the school college football has become semi pro football But the thing is, it’s always been that the only differences now, the players, the ones on the field, taking the risk have the power, and in my eyes, there’s nothing wrong with that the coaches didn’t have a problem before when they would recruit players, then leave for a more attractive job or a better opportunity in general now that the players have the power Nick doesn’t like that too bad it is what it is times have changed
They've always been paid. A first class education paid for. Their meals paid for. And have always had ways to make some money. Look at the millions of people having to pay 20 years for their education and pay for a place to Stay at college and pay for their food. I love college football but these guys now feel entitled to more. If college football isn't reigned in it will cease to exist. There will be two pro football leagues. There has to be some guidelines put in place by the government since the ncaa can't control this spiraling out of control
But when Alabama’s enrollment nearly doubled since Saban’s been there, the universities have so much money and a scholarship isn’t enough, NIL just needs some type of governing
It's against United States law to pay someone via "room and board" the US Supreme Court ruled on this and the law goes back to when slavery and indentured servitude became illegal lol just so you know what you're arguing for 😂😂😂😂
Yet there are many students that have scholarships and get paid by the university. Why not athletes? Yeah, that’s right! Accounting, engineering, science students have full rides and they get paid by the university.
Good Lord, have you heard SOME of these players speak? They're not there to get a degree in software engineering or to teach children English. The schools don't care about their "first class education". They are there to play football.
If some of the players had a choice, they would skip college football, and play some form professional football. It wouldn't be the wisest choice, but some of the players don't want a "first class education" , or they're too far behind to reap the benefits.
@@dangerousdylan6262college tuition and healthcare is not merely “room and board”. Not even close. You shouldn’t laugh at other people’s arguments when yours is so poor.
Thanks Josh, I think Ocho cinco and club sha sha need to listen to this. I also think they’re a little jealous that they didn’t play for Saban. Or get any of that money.
Seems he is agreeing with Dabo Sweeney.
Josh missed what I (a Josh as well) noticed. Nick say it get even as far as how players feel what they deserve and the fact other schools can pay in the forefront. It was only going to get tougher.
alabama can keep paying players. He won a championship in the NIL era. He made the 4 team playoff this year with a less than productive quarterback.... he did fine and would continue to win.
The sport has changed. Our older generation enjoyed watching our team. It was fun watching a player start as a freshman, evolve his 2nd and 3rd year and then watch him stay one more year or go pro where we can continue to watch them. It was the sport of football. Winning was extra and Conference and National Championships were bonus times. Now the sport is all about winning at any cost. It's different. One coach understands this and is successful at it..... Lane Kiffin. He rarely recruits. Lots of one and two year wonders. And the team wins. Nice to win, but the real football fans lose the excitement of watching young men turn into adults.
Saban did this and Saban did that ,Saban did it with a wifflle ball bat ,we love you goat ,now its Kalen Deboar and he is going to bust some ass ROLL DAMN TIDE
I hope you're right but I feel like it's gonna be like that stretch from Bryant to Stallings and Stallings to Saban. I really hope I'm wrong but I can feel it.
@@captain_redpill8983 think about this roster deboar has now ,and he is a proven winner, im not saying he has the mind of Saban, but I do not believe this is anything like the transition period you are referring to ,we have tons of upcoming nfl talent
We are losing something that is special to make it look like the pro game. I will miss college football. I’m already out on the pro game. It just makes me sad
My get a clue comment? You said this perfectly.
Doing something because you enjoy doing it is very different from doing something because you get paid for doing it. People used to play college sports for fun, because it's enjoyable. Gradually they started to play for the scholarship (and a few $100 handshakes, let's not be naive). Then for a chance at the pros. Now it's straight up for money. It's not bad to want those things or to give them to players. But the more extrinsic rewards you offer for playing a sport, the more you attract players who want the reward and don't care about the sport. It is what it is, not even passing judgement on it, but it's made the sport less enjoyable for me. The thrill is gone, as BB would say, just a little bit.
...don't blame him at all...!!!
If the player doesn't like your team, let them leave. If the best deal for them is to stay, they will stay.
Even as a Vol fan, I HATE that this is why the GOAT chose to leave the sport. Saban had years worth of excellence left in him, but left because of how the game shaped into something totally different. Absolutely HATE that.
All you have to ask is what would you prefer if you were a player? Thats the only answer that matters 🤷🏾♂️
College football is heading in the wrong direction.
Heading? It’s crashing into a wall without a seatbelt!
A fat Rhonda in the middle back seat of a 93 civic coupe that hit an old growth redwood tree at 108mph and she didn’t have a seatbelt on*
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It was a problem for decades.
I've got no problem with the transfer portal, but there should be some limits and constraints. Now the NIL is outta control and is what's ruining what we love. There should be a salary cap because a true freshman should not make more then a senior. Example a grad transfer with eligibility should get to transfer wherever he wants for the most money because he fulfilled his obligation as a student there for he is rewarded with a bigger pay scale. With unlimited transfers about to happen your going to see a bunch of kids with no degrees at the end of their eligibility wondering what they did wrong. IMO the kids should get 1 transfer without sitting out excluding the grad transfer and coaching changes. thoughts? @JoshPate
This comment proves that you don’t know how NIL operates or is even funded. It’s literally in the name. Players are making individual money off of their name, image,, and likeness from outside forces. The schools are not paying them directly so your reference to a grad transfer or any other classification is irrelevant. It’s about the player capitalizing off of their NIL based on their potential and the boosters willing to pay.
College Football is going down the tube. First NIL. Then players siting out of bowl games. Now with the expanded playoff the joy of every game is possibly your season is done. Might as well watch the NFL now.
The game has passed him by. His success was built on pay to play. But give the players an ounce of leverage and level the playing field where everyone gets to pay to play as well and Nick tucks tail.
no need to quote it just show the video. It's public domain since it was during a congressional roundtable in DC lead by Ted Cruz.
When you were born during the BABY BOOM generation, like a lot of us, WE agree with Nick on everything. "PERIOD".
Coach Saban is spot on, but I am not sure you can reverse this monstrosity. I hope they change some of the key dates around signing and portal openings and closing to make it easier for coaches. Otherwise, this new arrangement is going to favor large programs that can afford staff to manage it all.
Jim Hairball said he sent him in retirement. Jim Harbaugh needs a reality check.
Saban use to hoard all the talent on his roster with star players stacked all the way to 4th string and with the portal and nil he cant do that anymore so now we have more parity in college football no one team will EVER dominate like he did ever again and college football will still be college football with the same traditions and atmosphere that the nfl will never have
Reality is gonna hit an entire new generation of bama fans this fall.
More like non Alabama when they find out there isn’t a drop off
Short sided fan get your head out of the elephant 🐘 behind because this is bigger than Bama
Nick Saban for College Football Commissioner! Josh Pate and Joe Klatt for Associate Commissioners! Ha ha.
2019 was the last pure college football season we had with out this new world pancy ass Era of completely buying rosters.
What is passion? That "was" my love of college football. Passion has definitely declined, but hopefully something can be done incentive wise versus sign on bonuses in college football.
"He didn't have the edge he once had" His last game was a CFP game, with a team that was far from his best.
He probably felt like he was trying to coach on a sand dune. I don't blame him. No longer the game wherein he defined excellence.
I believe the sport started to change when they gave high school athletes a star rating. We shifted from "man I hope I get an offer letter" to expecting one because of your star rating. Now the same stars and rankings are used as leverage to open up the purse strings on unproven college talent. Kids are no longer in it for the future they are in it for the now.
Seems like everyone is doing a “tell it like it is tour” like Katt Williams.
🗣️ ROLLTIDE 🅰️🅰️🐘
Interesting. Saban has won 2 out of the last 3 SEC Championships yet he has lost his edge. Saban is 5-1 vs Kirby Smart and Georgia yet he has lost his edge. That just shows how much he dominated college football!
Players today think short term instead of long term. IE. How much I make in the NFL
With all do respect sir, your comment is short sighted. The whole system is flawed. People need to stop blaming players because they are the lowest on the food chain. Sir, the whole apple is rotten. Also blame the recruiting system, schools, tv stations, casinos, vendors, retailers, boosters, sponsors, sports analyst, states for passing certain laws, and even the fans for feeding the system.
Nick predicted several years ago that paying FB and BB players would maybe destroy non revenue sports. Watch and see if he was right about that?
Damn now football players are not going to graduate anymore
Right. All these coaches hate the loss of control.
Dang DAWG...!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@@olu9774we’ll see how the player fare in a few years.
Like y'all really give a damn if they graduate or not, all you care about is if they can win you a Natty or not.
@@dontayewhittaker5687 Your grammar speaks volume
How much is a full 4 year scholarship worth with a degree?
The transfer portal, NIL, and Conference Realignment are ruining college football. I'm not a fan of the 12 team CFP either.
I think what we are going to see in the next 4-5 years are teams with a lot of talented HS players who can't win games because their players are too high on their NIL deals and the like. It's going to be harder for a coach to instill discipline in the players because they can just say "Well if coach is going to ride me, I'll just transfer somewhere else". And they'll know that they can transfer because other schools are talking to them throughout the year.
So instead of 4 and 5 stars developing into NFL caliber players, we'll start seeing a bunch of them coming out of HS with a lot of fanfare, then flaming out in college because they were more interested in getting money than thinking long-term
NOW TO BE SURE, this is not ALL players. But these are teens who are coming out of HS with a lot of hype and now they've got people dazzling them with dollar signs. It's very easy to turn a kid's head at that age with the money these schools are throwing around and I think it's going to lead to losing some players who could have been all-stars and I think we're already starting to see a bit of it now.
Take A&M for example. Jimbo assembled top recruiting classes, but the kids were running wild behind the scenes and (from picking up context clues in The Pulse) ignoring coaches trying to build them into the players they needed to be, instead complaining that the coach was just picking on them. With the talent, he SHOULD have had AT LEAST one 10 win season and should have been averaging 9 or better. But he only managed 9 wins twice. GRANTED there was a lot of issues on the coaching and playcalling itself, but I'm sure the ability of a player to threaten to hit the portal with other schools whispering in their ears didn't help.
Yet NIL kept Ainias Smith around an extra year. NIL used correctly is a motivation to young men, particularly if it is tied to performance. Want to make more? Get better. NIL will also encourage guys to stay in school instead of jumping to the NFL early. Guys could easily be in a program for 5 years and earn their degrees with higher success rates. Want to fix college football? Give athletes 5 or 6 years of eligibility. Then they can earn master’s degrees, this is how to build maturity and consistency in programs.
And, there are many, ,any students at TAMU that have scholarships and work on campus. They all get free tuition and earn money. Now athletes have the same opportunity.
The system is broken. If the players are out of control, the coaches should let them go. Furthermore, I blame the school. Everyone keeps looking at young and impressionable players who see coaches being paid 70 million dollars NOT to coach. Why are coaches recruiting undisciplined players? Where are the seasoned adults? Who are the people willing to spend millions of dollars for players?
NIL and Transfer Portal killing the sport period.
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It’s always been about the money. Promising an opportunity to NFL IS about the money, and that’s what Saban pitched. Also we highly likely paid some players 😂. Love Saban forever. Screw the NCAA for robbing the players for so long. Roll Tide!
I mean Saban is correct he talked about how he would homes n talk to players family they only care about the money. N not making it the national championship or winning the sec potentially making it to the nfl. We all know Bama had players the next year that sat n waited 2-3 years to play now mfs wanna leave cuz they trust the process or another school is paying 6-7k a month.
Saban knows he was on a sinking ship in the NIL Era. All this has done is turn college football into a semiprofessional football league. Most players will only be loyal to the dollar and they’ll follow it to wherever they can get the most money.
NIL and the transfer portal has ruined college football and there is no turning back from it. Sad
So crazy that ppl always accused him of paying players. And the very reason he is leaving is because that’s not what he does 😂