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Nick Saban pushes for players to 'unionize,' has 'no problem' with athletes being paid

Posted on 7/2/23 at 5:33 pm
Posted by Anand0925
Texas
Member since May 2022
1127 posts
Posted on 7/2/23 at 5:33 pm
Nick Saban pushes for players to 'unionize,' has 'no problem' with athletes being paid as employees

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"I have no problem," Saban said, via CBS Sports. "I mean, unionize it. Make it like the NFL. It's going to be the same for everyone. I think that's better than what we have now."


"Everything they do in the NFL is to create what? Parity," Saban said. "If they can have everybody going into the 17th week of the season 8-8, that would be like a dream for the NFL. You think there is disparity right now in college football? There's going to be more in the future."


Posted by tide06
Member since Oct 2011
11352 posts
Posted on 7/2/23 at 5:34 pm to
CFB is in a death spiral.
Posted by WylieTiger
Member since Nov 2006
13160 posts
Posted on 7/2/23 at 5:35 pm to
Saban needs to retire.
Posted by jlovel7
Louisiana
Member since Aug 2014
21502 posts
Posted on 7/2/23 at 5:37 pm to
Really throwing the grenade in the room on his way out of the door isn’t he?
Posted by Jebadeb
Member since Oct 2017
4862 posts
Posted on 7/2/23 at 5:38 pm to
Who is the employer? The athletic dept? The university? The conference? The NCAA?
Posted by Diego Ricardo
Alabama
Member since Dec 2020
6024 posts
Posted on 7/2/23 at 5:39 pm to
He’s right. The players should unionize. The NIL collective stuff with transfers is going to be such a legal headache. The players need to negotiate terms on how these things work with schools.
Posted by Yippie_Ky_yae
Member since Jun 2019
3829 posts
Posted on 7/2/23 at 5:39 pm to
The guy thats always gotten the players he’s wanted.

Is worried about an unfair advantage…..
Posted by TigerBeight
Member since Jul 2022
172 posts
Posted on 7/2/23 at 5:45 pm to
College football died the day James Meredith enrolled at Ole Miss. Everything since then is just more salt in the wound.
Posted by Shawn Spencer
The Spirit World
Member since Nov 2011
1188 posts
Posted on 7/2/23 at 5:49 pm to
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Nick Saban pushes for players to 'unionize,' has 'no problem' with athletes being paid


He’s good with it as long as they don’t have to play Auburn, Tennessee, LSU every year. That just wouldn’t be fair to the players.
Posted by Errerrerrwere
Member since Aug 2015
38522 posts
Posted on 7/2/23 at 5:51 pm to
Saban has lost control over college football
Posted by ucbearcats
Member since Oct 2021
847 posts
Posted on 7/2/23 at 6:04 pm to
I agree with Nick Saban, players need to unionize because a strong union is the best way to look after the player's/workers' interests.
Posted by tigerskin
Member since Nov 2004
41085 posts
Posted on 7/2/23 at 6:06 pm to
And that is why Saban ran away from the NFL. Couldn’t have better talent than everyone else.

Getting too old to know what he wants
This post was edited on 7/2/23 at 6:07 pm
Posted by saint tiger225
San Diego
Member since Jan 2011
37422 posts
Posted on 7/2/23 at 6:08 pm to
That's exactly what I'd expect from a cocksucker.
Posted by Loganville Vols
Loganville Georgia
Member since Feb 2021
876 posts
Posted on 7/2/23 at 6:12 pm to
Saban’s last year. He doesn’t care.
Posted by WilliamTaylor21
2720 Arse Whipping Avenue
Member since Dec 2013
35936 posts
Posted on 7/2/23 at 6:50 pm to
Posted by lsusteve1
Member since Dec 2004
42303 posts
Posted on 7/2/23 at 6:53 pm to
quote:

You think there is disparity right now in college football? There's going to be more in the future."


He's perfectly OK when Bama was the standard.

Posted by ScoggDog
SE Indiana
Member since Aug 2020
3623 posts
Posted on 7/2/23 at 7:27 pm to
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Nick Saban pushes for players to 'unionize,' has 'no problem' with athletes being paid


Of course he is. He's trying to get it all back, somehow, to where he can show a better benefits package. If every ball player makes X dollars a month, its no different than every ball player making zero dollars a month.

And then Nick can go back to selling the pathway to the pros, better other benefits, blah blah blah. This is so obvious it really kinda' irks me that some people fall for it.

Of course Saint Nick wants the ball-players to Unionize. Because he's not built to negotiate with 85 different consumers. That's not the message Nick sells.
Posted by NawFoo
Member since Mar 2023
833 posts
Posted on 7/2/23 at 7:57 pm to
He should make up his senile mind
Posted by Gulf Coast Tiger
Ms Gulf Coast
Member since Jan 2004
18742 posts
Posted on 7/2/23 at 8:16 pm to
Of course a well known democrat wants a union
Posted by r2d2
Member since Dec 2006
6843 posts
Posted on 7/2/23 at 9:08 pm to
Saban comes our like a communist saying this. frick him.
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