Because right now schools don’t pay players. These are “endorsement deals”.

May 19, 2022
9:05:05am

Boring Contributor

If schools started paying players, you could create a system with a cap, like the nfl. Top players could always get more money signing endorsement deals, just like the nfl.

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I feel really bad for Nick Saban

Cougero

5/19/22 8:46am

Does it come close to making up for the head start Bama had?

Soupie

5/19/22 8:50am

Don't feel badly for Saban, feel badly for schools like BYU. After finally reaching the P5, the arms race

Indy Coug

5/19/22 8:51am

RE: Don't feel badly for Saban, feel badly for schools like BYU. After finally

Cougero

5/19/22 8:53am

I don't joke about BYU

Indy Coug

5/19/22 8:57am

Neither did the OP.

Ozymandias

5/19/22 9:14am

I am not in favor of government regulation, but I hope the "no holds barred" nature of NIL gets changed quickly

2FarGone

5/19/22 8:55am

Because right now schools don’t pay players. These are “endorsement deals”.

Boring

5/19/22 9:05am

Maybe the play is to create a minor professional league. Schools who want to

Boring

5/19/22 9:08am

I don't think people get what Saban is really saying here.

shoganai

5/19/22 8:56am

But this was entirely foreseeable when everyone was clamoring for it for years.

Memmo

5/19/22 9:31am

Players getting paid is not the real heart of the problem.

shoganai

5/19/22 9:57am

It's like the NFL with no salary cap, no draft, and where fans of a team can

Socrates Johnson

5/19/22 12:05pm

Do you think if you putting a salary cap on CFP teams would fix the problem?

greatbam

5/19/22 2:10pm

This

Happy As Larry

5/19/22 9:53am

I could be wrong but I don't see Alabama dominating Texas schools in a arms race involving money.

greatbam

5/19/22 9:56am

Lol. You actually think Saban is worried about the rest of the sport here? Too

Ozymandias

5/19/22 9:57am

Of course he is. Just like we all should be. His motivations might not be

shoganai

5/19/22 9:59am

Nick Saban is only interest in Nick Saban.

Ozymandias

5/19/22 10:02am

If you want to believe Saban is a dark sociopath, that's fine. It doesn't really

shoganai

5/19/22 10:07am

No it doesn’t. He is 71 or 72. He only has a few years left in the tank.

Ozymandias

5/19/22 12:18pm

Meh. It's always amusing to watch the haves falling out. But NIL abuses WILL

Ursas Puma

5/19/22 11:28am

All it's really doing is bring what has been happening behind closed doors out in the open. Some programs clearly have

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