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Nick Saban Explains His 'Biggest Concern' With Realignment

by Larry Leo

July 12, 202238 Comments

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While speaking to ESPN's Greg McElroy on Monday, Alabama head coach Nick Saban explained the one thing that concerns him with all this realignment in college football...

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“My biggest concern is competitive balance,” Saban said on the Always College Football podcast. “The NFL—which I was involved in for eight years—every rule they have is to create competitive balance and if they could have every team go 8–8 so at the end of a season every team was playing their last game to get in the playoffs they would be ecstatic. Because how much fan interest does that create?

“We don’t have any guardrails on what we’re doing right now,” he continued. “We have no restrictions on who can do what. Some people are gonna be capable of doing certain things other people aren’t going to be capable. But the bottom line is we’ll lose competitive balance. Which everything we’ve always done in college football is to maintain competitive balance. Same scholarship, everyone had to play by the same rules whether it was recruiting or whatever. Right now that’s not how it is.”

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blizzle•21 months

"balance," says the guy whose team has won 90% of its last 200 games

bulletprooftiger•21 months

He needs to believe that there is competitive balance because then he is reason that Alabama isn't an average football team. If he were to accept that Alabama has structural advantages that he has exploited, it would diminish him as a coach.

BayouTiga•21 months

Hypocrisy on Steroids - Game over little nicky!

Sevensblue•21 months

‘Everyone had to play by the same rules whether it was recruiting or whatever” double standard SABAN lol! FCUK off!

Sevensblue•21 months

Rules for thee, but not for me. What a fcukin slim ball dirtbag

slowmoe•21 months

he is correct you know.

Geauxldilocks•21 months

Correct about what? I didn’t know Alabama and Tulane had the same football budget and NIL opportunities.

TouchdownTony•21 months

He’s right. He’s mainly speaking of NIL. I don’t understand people calling him a hypocrite. What rules were in place to keep Bama at the top. Don’t give me some bullshite about refs. What written rule was there that applied to Alabama and no one else. I’ll wait.

boogiewoogie1978•21 months

Bama has/had a sophisticated pay for play system that has allowed them to buy players of the last few decades. Now that you can openly buy them he doesn't have that advantage.

AtlantaLSUfan•21 months

Now that he’s has his place, he’s looking out for the best interest of the sport. Props to him.

lsusteve1•21 months

NIL will affect Saban's reign more than anything and he knows this.

19•21 months

long reign for a short king.

Texaggie96•21 months

It's humorous that he points to the NFL as being competitively balanced. I believe we all know how Nick faired when he was in the NFL. He's never wanted competitive balance, he just doesn't want to lose his recruiting edge.

boosiebadazz•21 months

What has Mark Emmett done to earn a paycheck in the last two years? He’s literally said “frick it”, there are no rules, do what you want. Except you, Will Wade, frick you

ThurlNoonkester•21 months

What did he say after the interview when he thought the mike was off an no phones were around? That will tell you what he really thinks. This? This was all for show.

tigerbite2•21 months

Saban laughs all the way to the bank....

imjustafatkid•21 months

As with everything Saban says, all of the people knocking him now will eventually have to admit he is correct.

NOSTRODAMUS•21 months

BS. He only cares about what allows Bama to cakewalk to the CFP. Realignment means jack shite in the grand scheme of things. It needs to be done for travel purposes for schools and fans. That’s it. Rivalries will take care of themselves.

Texaggie96•21 months

People tend to remember the things in his favor and ignore his bad takes. Remember when Saban predicted no huddle offenses would cause more injuries, then after failing to get it banned, used it himself. That either means he was fos, or a cold blooded sob willing to risk his players lives.

MrAUTigers•21 months

"Same scholarship, everyone had to play by the same rules whether it was recruiting or whatever".

didn't the NCAA create the "bump" rule because saban would just happen to "bump" into a HS player, on their HS campus" during the dead period?

19•21 months

"Biggest concern" or "Tall order"
See, cuz he's a fricking midget...

barry•21 months

Like spending 100's of millions on facilities and coaches?

Ponchy Tiger•21 months

While his words are correct coming from him it is a joke. He has a competitive advantage over everyone.

momentoftruth87•21 months

Coach of one school says…

Saban is GOAT but nobody cares as Bama has a yuge competitive advantage currently. He don’t want to lose it.

CDawson•21 months

If it doesn’t favor Bama, Saban doesn’t like it.

Easye921•21 months

That's total horshite and you know it

Easye921•21 months

He was never a fan of the hurry up offenses or the transfer portal. He just adapted and me it work.

panzer•21 months

these words from Saban perfectly illustrate the age we're living in where anyone can say anything and it be taken as a serious statement. As if he give a crap about parity or balance in college football at the school that cheated so badly that they created the 85 scholarship limit - total hogwash from Saban the magnificent.

chalmetteowl•21 months

Saban in college football is not just “anyone” and he’s not saying just “anything”

Tiger1988•21 months

Geez. He will retire at the e end of this year.

skiboman1•21 months

He does what they allow him to do. So what?!?

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