Former Alabama head coach and seven-time national champion Nick Saban is urging Congress to regulate NIL and wants to make it a revenue-sharing system.
Earlier this week in a courtroom, former Alabama head coach Nick Saban reiterated his stance on NIL and how it has had a negative impact on college athletics. 'What we have now is not college football,' the seven-time national champion said last month. After five decades on football sidelines, it's all changed, he says. 'All the things I believed in for all these 50 years of coaching no longer exists in college athletics,' Saban said in court Tuesday.
Saban reiterated with Bret Baier Thursday night that NIL isn't the reason he retired. 'I didn't want my age to be a detriment to the University of Alabama, to the football program and the chances of it being successful,' he said. However, he has been adamant about making changes to NIL. Last year, Saban was part of an SEC contingent that went to Capitol Hill to discuss NIL, which he says needs regulation.
You go to college to create value for your future, and I want the quality of life for student-athletes to be the best it can be. And I think they should have a seat at the table. And I think they should share some of the revenue. But I think it needs to be equal across the board so that a school that can afford more can't create an advantage for themselves just because they have more money to spend. But I'm all for student-athletes.
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