re: Saban turned down $100M in order to stay at Bama

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Really? Even if they though it meant a guranteed NC trophy for the case?

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Maybe, the BOR is separated from the program.

There was talk in Austin when all this was going on that much of the compensation (I was hearing even bigger numbers) would be under the table (real estate deals and the like) so that the Horns wouldn't be bad guys nationally for blowing up coaching salaries.