Saban calls out Miami while complaining about NIL

[TheOriginalCane]

Would it be slander or defamation if someone here (not me, of course) said Nick's insecurity on this matter stems from him having a very small ****?

Truth is an absolute defense.

 

[Hoyacane1620]

That's not his style but darn I love it when Kiffin does.

His timeline on his twitter account is one funny post after another.

 

[KANE]

I'll go with discounted labor if you call it that. A ride to Alabama with housing, food, books, etc. In addition, most of the players are treated like gods and given jobs after they graduate if they're not able to make it to the pros. None of that is free.

We're talking semantics here, but it is free labor when you compare it to the millions, they have put in Saban's pockets, and the billions that those very same kids have put in the coffers of that university.

 

[Handsome Squidbum]

So I think this definitively concludes the debate from a couple years ago about whether NIL would level the playing field for UM or not. Saban smearing a bunch of his former staffers and coaching colleagues in an attempt to stop NIL tells you everything.

 

[paksat]

Jimbo saying he's clean cracks me up, what if Saban pops his lid and spills something Jimbo did. Then Jimbo just snaps..

 

[TheOriginalCane]

Let's not forget that it was ALABAMA BOOSTERS who blocked Jimbo Fisher from getting his first college head coaching job.

How different would CFB be if UAB had hired Jimbo? | 2007: The inside story of the greatest season in college football history

Let's have some alternate history fun.

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[Rellyrell]

I love all of this, btw. One of the best off seasons in recent memory.

 

[Empirical Cane]

No you're a cheater, no you're a cheater

and a poopyhead. I LOVE IT.

 

[TheOriginalCane]

****. Do I kind of like Jimbo now?

Love his sinful words, hate the sinner...

 

[miamicanephins]

The Johnny Depp trial has nothing on this

 

[Handsome Squidbum]

 

[TheOriginalCane]

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Highest-rated regular season college football game IN HISTORY...

 

[423Hurricane]

I don’t think anyone could have foreseen NIL having this impact. Many thought it might level the playing field somewhat, but with what Ruiz has done and Sabag crying like a little ******, NIL has literally turned CFB on it’s head.

 

[Fluffhead]

This is some of the best sports dramedy that I can ever recall. I love this. Lane Kiffin doing his best Don King hypeman, Jimbo looking worse for wear just spilling all of the family secrets, media showing their ***, Saban looking like he is about to have a stroke in the new NIL climate, Emmert running for the hills. This is absolute gold.

 

[TheOriginalCane]

The Johnny Depp trial has nothing on this

Little Nicky just **** in Jimbo's bed, what do you expect...

 

[CaneSince4Ever]

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LOL, basically.

 

[Once&FutureCane]

Of course schools (SEC) who had an advantage (bag men) don't like the leveling of the playing field and bringing everything above the table. He's lost his advantage.

The smaller schools are complaining because they are nothing more than developmental farm teams whose best players will jump in the portal after a good season and there's nothing they can do about it.

 

[TheOriginalCane]

Some highlights...

If you had a son who was a five-star prospect, how big of a check would a middle-tier program need to write for him to turn his back on what Nick Saban is offering? That answer may be different for everyone, but it should, logically, be somewhere in the hundreds of thousands — if not millions — of dollars. You could logically make the argument that playing for Saban, without NIL deals or financial promises, is worth 500 grand.

That’s what Saban has organically built at Alabama. That’s his life’s work. That’s his legacy. That’s what makes him the GOAT.

Yes, we all view Alabama as a football dynasty in a sport starving for parity. We all know about Saban’s six national championships at Alabama and the fact that every prospect who signed with him and stayed for four years has won a national title. That is mind-boggling.

But to a recruit, Alabama is offering something no other school can, at least at the same level: the promise of accumulating generational wealth through the NFL Draft for those who stay. Alabama has developed five-star prospects into high NFL Draft picks at a much more impressive clip than any other program in America. If you’re a kid with NFL dreams — and the wealth that comes along with realizing those dreams — you play for Saban. That’s worth a lot of money.

Go ahead and complain, Nick. People may laugh, but you’ve earned the right to say what’s on your mind.

This will make you feel better: You’re still going to win in the end even if Alabama never participates in facilitating NIL deals to high school athletes. Why? Because what you have built is infallibly attractive. NIL is the bird in the hand, and some prospects will take it. But playing for Alabama is an investment. Smart people invest.

This is an evolutionary time in this sport. Reformed transfer rules and the introduction of NIL have created some turbulence.

But don’t worry, Nick, your life’s work is still intact.

If I had a five-star prospect for a son, I’d view your sales pitch as more attractive than a lump of cash to play somewhere worse for someone worse. And I’m not alone in that.

"Organically"? "ORGANICALLY"?

Yeah, if the definition of "organic" is FERTILIZED WITH HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN ILLICIT PAYMENTS...

 

[PIPO]

 

[U Wouldn’t Understand]

I don’t think anyone could have foreseen NIL having this impact. Many thought it might level the playing field somewhat, but with what Ruiz has done and Sabag crying like a little ******, NIL has literally turned CFB on it’s head.

And we're still in the off-season. The full effect won't be on display until results are shown on the field and other programs start consistently winning........namely US!!