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With every school able to pay players, Saban retires and cries for change

Posted on 2/22/24 at 2:17 pm
Posted by MetryMauler
Member since Sep 2016
7132 posts
Posted on 2/22/24 at 2:17 pm
Saban - this isn't college football

I don't disagree with CNS, but it is pretty funny that Bama had a big advantage over other programs for years by illegally paying players, and now that everyone can openly pay players, Saban quits and says things need to change.

Right message, wrong messenger.
Posted by Tuscaloosa
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Posted on 2/22/24 at 2:19 pm to
You think our big advantage was our ability to pay players?

Lmaaaoooooooo
Posted by JamesVinson
Austin
Member since Feb 2024
620 posts
Posted on 2/22/24 at 2:20 pm to
It'll be ok Mulkey, the bad man is gone now. Go shine up the leather on your Kim doll and you'll be right as rain in no time.
Posted by TigrFan2
Member since Feb 2024
58 posts
Posted on 2/22/24 at 2:21 pm to
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Bama had a big advantage over other programs for years by illegally paying players


Agreed! But it’s over
Posted by MykTide
Member since Jul 2012
25856 posts
Posted on 2/22/24 at 2:22 pm to
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Bama had a big advantage over other programs for years by illegally paying players,


Why was Bama the only one allowed to do this?
Posted by Smokeyone
Maryville Tn
Member since Jul 2016
18683 posts
Posted on 2/22/24 at 2:26 pm to
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You think our big advantage was our ability to pay players?


Absolutely, a simple gullible fanbase that believes they can make a difference by supporting the middle and upper middle class buying players and supporting a machine that allowed Bama experience success they didn’t earn.
Posted by elposter
Member since Dec 2010
25866 posts
Posted on 2/22/24 at 2:26 pm to
Crazy that the other 100+ teams were such pussies they let Alabama get away with this for so long. Almost ... not believable.
Posted by Frac the world
The Centennial State
Member since Oct 2014
17929 posts
Posted on 2/22/24 at 2:27 pm to
Never change Melty, never change

Thanks for the afternoon snack
Posted by CapstoneGrad06
Little Rock
Member since Nov 2008
72570 posts
Posted on 2/22/24 at 2:27 pm to
This is the modern day equivalent of “but Bear had 170 scholarships to use” nonsense.
Posted by Purple Spoon
Hoth
Member since Feb 2005
18690 posts
Posted on 2/22/24 at 2:32 pm to
No. Alabama was not the only school paying players pre 2020.

Yes. Nick Saban is the wrong guy to talk about how college football needs to go back to the old ways.
Posted by Hback
Member since Aug 2017
10346 posts
Posted on 2/22/24 at 2:35 pm to
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MeltyMan

Posted by DMagic
#ChowderPosse
Member since Aug 2010
47622 posts
Posted on 2/22/24 at 2:38 pm to
He did this with the hurry up too. He’s the best coach ever but is a little bitch when he doesn’t get preferential treatment. In essence he’s a microcosm of the Bama fan base as a whole
Posted by nicholastiger
Member since Jan 2004
46844 posts
Posted on 2/22/24 at 2:53 pm to
I don't have a problem with Saban being involved with being able to advocate for change and he has the platform to do it.
A strong voice is needed right now and he can definitely provide that and you have to respect what he says with no dog in the fight anymore.
It's not sustainable long term and it will start to impact other sports.

You have to get the transfer portal solved first but when you have teams pushing back against any transfer restrictions it's gonna be difficult. It's why the SEC and Big Ten need to come up with some guidelines they want to play by whether other conferences want to adapt to or not.
Posted by LSU Patrick
Member since Jan 2009
74480 posts
Posted on 2/22/24 at 2:56 pm to
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Why was Bama the only one allowed to do this?


This is going to be difficult for you to understand and accept, but Bama got away with more than other programs. Most if not all major programs were doing some cheating, but Bama was able to do so out in the open without any media pressure or NCAA investigations. It was an unfair advantage they had while Nick was there, and everyone knew it. Bama fans are the only ones who struggle with that reality.
Posted by Hback
Member since Aug 2017
10346 posts
Posted on 2/22/24 at 2:58 pm to
Posted by JamesVinson
Austin
Member since Feb 2024
620 posts
Posted on 2/22/24 at 2:59 pm to
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It was an unfair advantage they had while Nick was there


There it is!

Posted by Tuscaloosa
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Member since Dec 2011
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Posted on 2/22/24 at 3:01 pm to
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Absolutely, a simple gullible fanbase that believes they can make a difference by supporting the middle and upper middle class buying players and supporting a machine that allowed Bama experience success they didn’t earn.


Must fricking suck to be as poor as the University of Tennessee then.

Posted by Sleepy_Tiger
Baton Rouge, La
Member since Aug 2021
8247 posts
Posted on 2/22/24 at 3:08 pm to
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Crazy that the other 100+ teams were such pussies they let Alabama get away with this for so long. Almost ... not believable.
Yep but it's over now, Alabama is just another football program that about to decline
Posted by Funky Tide 8
Bayou Chico
Member since Feb 2009
53814 posts
Posted on 2/22/24 at 3:08 pm to
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He did this with the hurry up too. He’s the best coach ever but is a little bitch when he doesn’t get preferential treatment. In essence he’s a microcosm of the Bama fan base as a whole



sec rant: "wahhh cfb isn't the same anymore, players are free agents, this sucks, I will stop watching!"

also sec rant: "Saban is a little bitch for speaking up and seeking solutions to what we have been bitching about for the 3 years."
Posted by captdalton
Member since Feb 2021
11650 posts
Posted on 2/22/24 at 3:09 pm to
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Bama was able to do so out in the open without any media pressure or NCAA investigations


Alabama got put on three years probation, was fined $44000, and had to vacate a bunch of wins because athletes sold their textbooks at the end of the semester. The NCAA hammered Alabama because they said because the athletes received the textbooks at no charge as part of their scholarship and then sold them, they were impermissible benefits.

Again, Alabama got three years of probation because athletes across 16 different sports sold their text books at the end of the semester.

But you were saying?
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