Saban isn’t one of my favorite coaches, porobably because he wins so much, but his stance oin NIL and the Portal are important. The incident from two 5 star players who wanted 1.2 million and admission to law school for a girl friend with all if her tuition and fees paid obviously pissed Nick off. He sent the packing.
There is probably no stronger voice in college football right now than Saban. He doesnt like the portal and especially doesnt like NIL. I agree. If the NCAA doers not put some reasonable controls on NIL it has the potential to ruin college football.
I think about the Portal somewhat differently because teams like Alabama, Georgia and a couple of others are simply stockpiling great athletes three or four deep. The portal is clearly a good thing for them, but combining the portal and NIL makes it a dangerous combination.
I love DONU and I know the portal and NIL are helping us now, but in a few years, if Rhule et al keep recruiting like they are, we could be stacked as well and we could lose players as well. I dont know if the NCAA can legally put a limit on how much a player can be paid, but it migh help. Better yet, if the right coaches said no, it might kill the whole thing. If NIL is put under some kind of controls it may kill College Football.
