re: Is Saban correct about NIL ruining college athletics as we know it?

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Call me old fashioned and corny, but my emotional connection to watching college football is barely hanging on at this point. There was a time when you’d say “That’s our guy.”, and you (most of the time) saw his connection to the school. Now? Just guns for hire. They have no bond with the school, so don’t expect me to have a bond with them (and, by extension, their team).

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You are 100% spot on.

I am really surprised more people are not able to comprehend this.

Contrary to popular belief, I don’t love Auburn because of Pat Sullivan, Bo Jackson, Charles Barkley, etc. I love those guys BECAUSE of Auburn.

If they were all just hired guns, I guarantee that my love for those guys would be minimal, if at all.

For anyone that responds to this by saying they’ve been paid in the past, that just proves you don’t get it and probably never will.