re: Notre Dame says they want Nick Saban??

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You don't have a full understanding of how much money the Alabama football program generates

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The amount of cash Bama generates triple it and you have ND's athletic department. Then when you factor in boosters that have more money than the entire SEC could match they can offer cash that Bama can't match. Hate to break it to you but cash is not ND's problem.

I don't see Saban leaving those two programs are at odds, Saban doesn't like people questioning his decisions and he'd get a lot of that at ND.

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You don't have a full understanding of how much money the Alabama football program generates.

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According to indystar.com, Alabama's football budget is approximately 42 million dollars, only two million more than the LSU football budget. Almost every delusional Bama fan believes their program has endless financial support. Consider that two other conference foes, UGA and UF, had larger football budgets in 2008.

According to some, Notre Dame's endowment is over 5 billion dollars. I'm not sure how much money is dedicated to the football program, but it's for damn sure over 42 million dollars. Also consider that they have an exclusive contract with NBC. While one poster was correct that the actual value of the ESPN/SEC contract is more, Notre Dame pockets all of the money stipulated in the contract. The SEC divides the money equally.

If money is the deciding factor, or prestige, you can kiss Saban good-bye.