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Posted on 3/14/24 at 4:26 pm to Tideroller
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this stuff is hurting everybody.
Damn sure not hurting the players.
Posted on 3/14/24 at 4:27 pm to nicholastiger
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Saban just mad he lost all his advantages
The hypocrite is the amount of money he made out of college football
The hilarious part is he said he wants to restore the "competitive balance" in college sports.
I agree that NIL is bad for college sports, but ole nick shooting his mouth off again to gain competitive advantage is some of the funniest stuff on the planet.
Posted on 3/14/24 at 4:33 pm to Tuscaloosa
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Prove it.
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"So, then, I get paid every month," Harris said before quickly catching himself and correcting himself by adding, "I would have got paid every month."
Najee slips that he was paid
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Leon O’Neal Jr., who is currently a rookie in the NFL after signing as an undrafted free agent with the 49ers, also spoke out.
O’Neal was a four-star recruit in the Class of 2018 and chose Texas A&M over Alabama. He said that every Crimson Tide football player received a Dodge Charger upon their commitment while he was driving a Nissan Maxima.
This post was edited on 3/14/24 at 4:41 pm
Posted on 3/14/24 at 4:34 pm to SwampyWaters
quote:Now there's a bastion of character, honesty and integrity that everyone can trust.
I refer you back to what Rush Propst said a couple of years ago about Saban. He recanted it because of all the heat that he took, but he was 100% correct about everything he said!
Posted on 3/14/24 at 4:43 pm to SwampyWaters
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I just listened to Saban speak before congress and I just find it comical that he would now find a problem with pay for play, when Alabama has been paying players to come play for them for years. Yes, NIL is out of control, and yes, all the big time programs have been paying players for years, but I just find it humorous that Saban would be the poster child to speak against NIL when he had no problem paying for players all those years at Alabama, as long as they signed with his program.
I have tremendous respect for him as a coach, but to go before Congress and rail against NIL, I find very amusing. It's like inviting Bill Clinton to speak before Congress on the sanctity of marriage.
Stop whining, its all good. Now if you really believe, which you don't, that Bama was the only school (yes Bama buys players) that did that, well, good luck in life but chill out. The public has spoken, NIL is fine, collectives are fine, the transfer portal is fine, Saban wasted his time (and our governments) and let's move on.
Posted on 3/14/24 at 4:49 pm to SwampyWaters
This thread is very original.
Posted on 3/14/24 at 5:15 pm to SwampyWaters
Reading between the lines, Saban is saying something like this:
Previously, whatever the combo of handshakes, bagmen, access to cars, blah blah, it did not create an environment in which the majority of players said "pay me X dollars and guarantee me playing time or I'm gone."
But now that it's like that, it sucks in 2 ways: harder for the coaches to develop the team they want, and harder FOR THE PLAYER TO DEVELOP INTO WHAT WILL SERVE HIM BEST IN THE LONG RUN.
These players are going to grab top instant dollar, lose motivation, piss their money away, and end up tragic stories of excess. Like any of us would who made these choices at that age.
If you think Saban doesn't actually care about that side of it, and made up this whole sequence of feelings including that conversation with his wife, I don't know what to tell you.
Time will prove him right as these money grab players become broke and down and out by age 22.
Previously, whatever the combo of handshakes, bagmen, access to cars, blah blah, it did not create an environment in which the majority of players said "pay me X dollars and guarantee me playing time or I'm gone."
But now that it's like that, it sucks in 2 ways: harder for the coaches to develop the team they want, and harder FOR THE PLAYER TO DEVELOP INTO WHAT WILL SERVE HIM BEST IN THE LONG RUN.
These players are going to grab top instant dollar, lose motivation, piss their money away, and end up tragic stories of excess. Like any of us would who made these choices at that age.
If you think Saban doesn't actually care about that side of it, and made up this whole sequence of feelings including that conversation with his wife, I don't know what to tell you.
Time will prove him right as these money grab players become broke and down and out by age 22.
Posted on 3/14/24 at 5:16 pm to Tuscaloosa
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Suck it, loser.
Typical uat fan. Can't respond with anything else so let's resort to personal attacks.
Pathetic.
Posted on 3/14/24 at 5:16 pm to SwampyWaters
LOL at the usual suspects responding in this thread.
Posted on 3/14/24 at 5:22 pm to geauxnavybeatbama
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"So, then, I get paid every month," Harris said before quickly catching himself and correcting himself by adding, "I would have got paid every month."
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Leon O’Neal Jr., who is currently a rookie in the NFL after signing as an undrafted free agent with the 49ers, also spoke out. O’Neal was a four-star recruit in the Class of 2018 and chose Texas A&M over Alabama. He said that every Crimson Tide football player received a Dodge Charger upon their commitment while he was driving a Nissan Maxima.
Posted on 3/14/24 at 5:25 pm to Tuscaloosa
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Tuscaloosa
You guys had no problem accusing Cam of playing for pay in 2010.
Posted on 3/14/24 at 5:26 pm to Fearless and True
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You guys had no problem accusing Cam of playing for pay in 2010.
And to this pay y'all repeat the "nothing was proven" line.
Posted on 3/14/24 at 5:30 pm to au7342
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Can't respond with anything else
Buddy, you posted an article talking about players getting bribed by NFL agents and a story about infractions from 1999 as your “proof” that “Saban paid players.”
You people are broken. A weak, frail, broken fanbase. Same as it’s always been and all you people ever will be.
Posted on 3/14/24 at 5:36 pm to Clark14
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Or inviting trump to talk about honesty.
Or Biden, or basically most politicians.
Posted on 3/14/24 at 5:39 pm to au7342
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Typical uat fan. Can't respond with anything else so let's resort to personal attacks.
Pathetic.
Your links were completely irrelevant to anything having to do with Saban at all.
Posted on 3/14/24 at 5:47 pm to Fearless and True
It's possible the GOAT saw a change and wanted no part of it. His system was dominant for 16 of 17 years.
I never liked the bad part of Bill Belicheck he learned, being a dick all the time. I didn't like Saban in BR. He was always angry, it got old. You can WIN in life and still be happy...he won but was miserable with fan base.
I say this because he is the one of the GOATS of all coaching professions...he just saw a change.
I hope he finds peace to be honest
I never liked the bad part of Bill Belicheck he learned, being a dick all the time. I didn't like Saban in BR. He was always angry, it got old. You can WIN in life and still be happy...he won but was miserable with fan base.
I say this because he is the one of the GOATS of all coaching professions...he just saw a change.
I hope he finds peace to be honest
Posted on 3/14/24 at 6:03 pm to SwampyWaters
Gumps are still in denial. 
:lol:
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Posted on 3/14/24 at 6:18 pm to Tuscaloosa
That’s all you get from Alabama fans prove it. You’re foolish if you think Saban didn’t pay the players. Internets is full of pictures of players, and their dodge cars. Saban did own nine different car dealerships. Nick doesn’t like the level playing field now. I am the best coach and a Dodge car doesn’t buy What it used to.
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