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With every school able to pay players, Saban retires and cries for change
Posted on 2/22/24 at 2:17 pm
Posted on 2/22/24 at 2:17 pm
Saban - this isn't college football
I don't disagree with CNS, but it is pretty funny that Bama had a big advantage over other programs for years by illegally paying players, and now that everyone can openly pay players, Saban quits and says things need to change.
Right message, wrong messenger.
I don't disagree with CNS, but it is pretty funny that Bama had a big advantage over other programs for years by illegally paying players, and now that everyone can openly pay players, Saban quits and says things need to change.
Right message, wrong messenger.
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Posted on 2/22/24 at 2:19 pm to MetryMauler
You think our big advantage was our ability to pay players?
Lmaaaoooooooo
Lmaaaoooooooo
Posted on 2/22/24 at 2:20 pm to MetryMauler
It'll be ok Mulkey, the bad man is gone now. Go shine up the leather on your Kim doll and you'll be right as rain in no time.
Posted on 2/22/24 at 2:21 pm to MetryMauler
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Bama had a big advantage over other programs for years by illegally paying players
Agreed! But it’s over
Posted on 2/22/24 at 2:22 pm to MetryMauler
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Bama had a big advantage over other programs for years by illegally paying players,
Why was Bama the only one allowed to do this?
Posted on 2/22/24 at 2:26 pm to Tuscaloosa
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You think our big advantage was our ability to pay players?
Absolutely, a simple gullible fanbase that believes they can make a difference by supporting the middle and upper middle class buying players and supporting a machine that allowed Bama experience success they didn’t earn.
Posted on 2/22/24 at 2:26 pm to MetryMauler
Crazy that the other 100+ teams were such pussies they let Alabama get away with this for so long. Almost ... not believable. 
Posted on 2/22/24 at 2:27 pm to MetryMauler
Never change Melty, never change
Thanks for the afternoon snack
Thanks for the afternoon snack
Posted on 2/22/24 at 2:27 pm to MetryMauler
This is the modern day equivalent of “but Bear had 170 scholarships to use” nonsense.
Posted on 2/22/24 at 2:32 pm to MetryMauler
No. Alabama was not the only school paying players pre 2020.
Yes. Nick Saban is the wrong guy to talk about how college football needs to go back to the old ways.
Yes. Nick Saban is the wrong guy to talk about how college football needs to go back to the old ways.
Posted on 2/22/24 at 2:35 pm to MetryMauler
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MeltyMan
Posted on 2/22/24 at 2:38 pm to MetryMauler
He did this with the hurry up too. He’s the best coach ever but is a little bitch when he doesn’t get preferential treatment. In essence he’s a microcosm of the Bama fan base as a whole
Posted on 2/22/24 at 2:53 pm to Purple Spoon
I don't have a problem with Saban being involved with being able to advocate for change and he has the platform to do it.
A strong voice is needed right now and he can definitely provide that and you have to respect what he says with no dog in the fight anymore.
It's not sustainable long term and it will start to impact other sports.
You have to get the transfer portal solved first but when you have teams pushing back against any transfer restrictions it's gonna be difficult. It's why the SEC and Big Ten need to come up with some guidelines they want to play by whether other conferences want to adapt to or not.
A strong voice is needed right now and he can definitely provide that and you have to respect what he says with no dog in the fight anymore.
It's not sustainable long term and it will start to impact other sports.
You have to get the transfer portal solved first but when you have teams pushing back against any transfer restrictions it's gonna be difficult. It's why the SEC and Big Ten need to come up with some guidelines they want to play by whether other conferences want to adapt to or not.
Posted on 2/22/24 at 2:56 pm to MykTide
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Why was Bama the only one allowed to do this?
This is going to be difficult for you to understand and accept, but Bama got away with more than other programs. Most if not all major programs were doing some cheating, but Bama was able to do so out in the open without any media pressure or NCAA investigations. It was an unfair advantage they had while Nick was there, and everyone knew it. Bama fans are the only ones who struggle with that reality.
Posted on 2/22/24 at 2:58 pm to LSU Patrick
Posted on 2/22/24 at 2:59 pm to LSU Patrick
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It was an unfair advantage they had while Nick was there
There it is!
Posted on 2/22/24 at 3:01 pm to Smokeyone
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Absolutely, a simple gullible fanbase that believes they can make a difference by supporting the middle and upper middle class buying players and supporting a machine that allowed Bama experience success they didn’t earn.
Must fricking suck to be as poor as the University of Tennessee then.
Posted on 2/22/24 at 3:08 pm to elposter
quote:Yep but it's over now, Alabama is just another football program that about to decline
Crazy that the other 100+ teams were such pussies they let Alabama get away with this for so long. Almost ... not believable.
Posted on 2/22/24 at 3:08 pm to DMagic
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He did this with the hurry up too. He’s the best coach ever but is a little bitch when he doesn’t get preferential treatment. In essence he’s a microcosm of the Bama fan base as a whole
sec rant: "wahhh cfb isn't the same anymore, players are free agents, this sucks, I will stop watching!"
also sec rant: "Saban is a little bitch for speaking up and seeking solutions to what we have been bitching about for the 3 years."
Posted on 2/22/24 at 3:09 pm to LSU Patrick
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Bama was able to do so out in the open without any media pressure or NCAA investigations
Alabama got put on three years probation, was fined $44000, and had to vacate a bunch of wins because athletes sold their textbooks at the end of the semester. The NCAA hammered Alabama because they said because the athletes received the textbooks at no charge as part of their scholarship and then sold them, they were impermissible benefits.
Again, Alabama got three years of probation because athletes across 16 different sports sold their text books at the end of the semester.
But you were saying?
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