ATLANTA — Nick Saban is quite a selfless guy. He’s the undisputed coaching king of college football over the past 15 years. Saban’s Alabama program is a powerhouse that plays maybe four games per season that it could possibly lose. And yet Saban still worries about whether the little guys can compete.
That’s what Saban told reporters who caught up to him at a golf event in Birmingham on Wednesday. He said he’s all for athletes earning money from their name, image and likeness. Saban’s objection is that players having (almost) the same NIL rights as he does will lead to a lack of parity in college football.
“If we don’t create that balance, I think it’s going to affect the competitive standard of the game in the future and probably even affect other sports,” Saban said. “But so hopefully somebody will be able to figure that out.”
