CORAL GABLES, Fla. — Alabama coach Nick Saban criticized the NCAA’s current rules regarding name, image and likeness, saying the current environment was not “sustainable” and that it “creates a situation where you can basically buy players.”
In South Florida, Miami Hurricanes coach and former Saban assistant Mario Cristobal is embracing NIL opportunities for his players.
“Football is changing,” Cristobal said Thursday. “Like anything else in life, you adapt to how things change. I think it’s really neat that guys can profit off of their name, image and likeness.”
