Alabama Coach Nick Saban Fumes Over Questions About His Present Tactics…
Alabama Crimson Tide head coach Nick Saban has strong words about the current state of college football recruiting.
Saban believes the current era of NIL and the college football transfer portal are not sustainable. During a December 21, 2023 interview on “The Pat McAfee Show,” Saban hinted that recruiting has become “pay for play.”
“I think there’s one sort of factor involved in recruiting now that did not used to be involved in recruiting,” Saban explained. “And that’s the whole concept of, I don’t want to say it’s pay for play, but name, image and likeness [NIL] has turned into something very similar to that.
So, what you have in some cases is you have players who are looking to create value for their future.
They’re looking to go to a program where they can have a good quality of life. But at the same time their personal development, their academic development, their career development on and off the field are all things that are most important to them and their family,” Saban continued.