re: Caleb Downs will hit the portal

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Dude didn’t go to play for Saban, he was married to the bag.

All of them are if one thing goes wrong.

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NIL is always a draw. No argument. But so is development. Saban and his coaching staff provided the development and initial contract inn the NFL. Once in the NFL there are no guarantees. Average life span of an NFL player is something like 4 years...maybe less. If you can get drafted in the first and maybe second round you can be fixed for life. Alabama/Saban provided an opportunity to make that initial splash as an early round draft pick, and if you managed to do well enough to last 7-8 years get even bigger contracts.

Besides. The money is still there, so....