Nick Saban's quotes to Congress in NIL testimony will make you LOL
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Nick Saban, who became the greatest college football coach ever during an era in which coaches flexed unfettered omnipotence, testified before a congressional committee in favor of a bill that would enforce a cap on college athlete earnings and restrict player movement.
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What a surprise, right? Saban misses the all-encompassing control coaches like him used to have. It’s why he retired.
Saban served up several LOL moments throughout his holier-than-thou testimony.
Here are some of my favorites:
Saban: “Congress does not need to micromanage college sports.”
My response: Um, why do you think you’re here, Coach? Did you not get memo? You’re testifying in support of a 111-page bill that amounts to Congress’ attempt to micromanage college sports.
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Saban: "Everything that happens is about, how much money can we create?"
My response: That’s called capitalism, buddy. Did Saban miss the “Welcome to America” sign?
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Saban: “If you had the biggest, baddest Ferrari that you could ever have, and it was going 150 miles an hour toward the Grand Canyon, somebody needs to tap the brakes.”
My response: Who’s responsible for driving the Ferrari 150 mph into the Grand Canyon? The guy behind the wheel.
If a moron drives a Ferrari 150 mph toward a giant hole in the earth, maybe the moron driving the Ferrari needs to tap the brakes, instead of pleading for the federal government to stop him while accelerating off the cliff.
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Saban: “You have schools that have $40 million rosters!”
My response: You also have schools paying coaches $13 million (and soaring) salaries and paying team weightlifting coaches more than $1 million.
Is Congress going to cap their earnings, too?
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By the way, what’s the congressional cap on “advisor” earnings going to be? I’m only asking, because Alabama pays Saban $500K to be an “advisor.”
Don’t misunderstand, I’m not suggesting Congress should regulate the team weightlifting coach’s salary or the head coach’s salary. I’m saying Congress shouldn’t restrict anyone’s payday within College Sports Inc., no matter whether he's the weightlifting coach hollering "Give me one more!" or he's the athlete lifting the weight.
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Saban: “We have college players paying 20% (to agents). We have agents that encourage players to get in the portal, when it's really not in their best interest to get in the portal, only to try to stimulate more revenue for them.”
My response: We also have coaches' agents who encourage coaches to enter the coaches’ portal when it might not be in their best interest to do so, to stimulate more revenue for them.
Is Congress going to regulate coaches' agents, too? No rules for Jimmy Sexton, right? Only restrictions for players’ agents. Got it.
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