Texas A&M top-ranked 2022 football class beat out Alabama’s No. 2, and Nick Saban expounded on his explanation for why this happened for the first time since at least 2010, which is as far back as 247Sports‘ rankings go.
“We were second in recruiting last year. A&M was first. A&M bought every player on their team. Made a deal for name, image and likeness. We didn’t buy one player,” Saban said, according to Al.com reporter Mike Rodak.
The Alabama head football coach spoke for about seven minutes about NIL and collectives during an event at the World Games 2022. The video of him speaking was posted to YouTube by Al.com.
