It’s no secret that the transfer portal and NIL have changed college football in recent years, and it sounds like Alabama Crimson Tide head coach Nick Saban is worried about the future of the sport as a result.
Last month, Saban opened up about the big changes to the college football landscape, revealing that he is concerned about the direction of the sport.
“I think everybody’s concerned about ‘the state’ of college football right now in terms of the transfer portal, NIL,” Saban said according to On3. “How do we put some parameters on some of the things that are happening? And some of the things that can create a competitive advantage or disadvantage for certain schools?”
“It’s not the same for everybody, which is one thing that we’ve always tried to make college football,” said Saban. “We’re still trying to emphasize the fact that you go to college to create value for your future. And developing as a person and a student, developing a career off the field, developing a career on the field? Those are still the things that are most valuable to the future. And those are the things we try to emphasize at our program so people want to still become part of it.”
Saban recently went to Washington D.C. to speak to lawmakers about potential uniform NIL legislation. It will certainly be interesting to see if that ever happens and if it’s able to level the playing field a bit across college football.
[On3]
