re: Caleb Downs on biggest lessons Saban taught him: "He taught me a lot about commitment..."

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The problem with what you're saying is that transferring to Ohio State is not a step that's going to make him more successful in life.

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Right or wrong, it should be his decision to make, and it doesn't really make a frick what you, me, or anyone else thinks about it.

All you folks who want to chain these players to a program so you can have the guise of loyalty are really just selfish. And if you don't like young adults having opportunity, then pull your money and interest and that will do it to some extent. But you all can't do that because the sport and winning are too important to you. Well, these guys have the right to take advantage of your obsessive interest in college football.

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must not be all business for some of the players because some that could have left choose to stay.

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Bahahahahaha!

Does everyone in the Real World accept every job offered to them? There aren't a lot of schools with opportunities equal to what can be found at Bama, so it's not a surprise that many are staying. But you give someone (especially an ambitious person, which high level athletes tend to be) an opportunity to significantly better their situation in life - whether it's changing jobs, changing schools, getting a better home or car - they're pretty much always going to take it.

No one is turning down life changing money and opportunity for the sake of a fricking school.