Dressed in a pink golf polo shirt, dark slacks and loafers, Nick Saban leans back in a cushioned chair, props his foot on a coffee table full of championship rings and makes one thing very clear: He is not against players earning compensation from their name, image and likeness.
However, the Alabama football coach does not support the current mechanisms by which it happens.
“Guys are not going to school where they can create the most value for their future,” Saban says. “Guys are going to school where they can make the most money.”