Legendary Head Coach Reveals Lawsuits Could 'Break College Football'

Since the start of the NIL era, it seems like different lawsuits have changed the outlook of college football's future. The NIL era started with a lawsuit that allowed players to get paid without losing their amateur status.

A more recent lawsuit allowed college athletes to transfer and play immediately as long as they met academic requirements, but that's not all. More lawsuits are making their way through the legal system.

One of those is coming up next week and is pivotal for the NCAA. According to On3’s Eric Prisbell, that’s when a deadline is coming to settle three cases, including House v. NCAA, which could pave the way for the revenue-sharing era.

Former Alabama Crimson Tide Head Coach Nick Saban feels taking care of these lawsuits is big for the sport. He said it could break the sport if they continue to mount.

“The No. 1 thing we need to do in college football, the first thing you’ve got to do is address all the lawsuits because the lawsuits may break the NCAA, and they may break college football,” Saban said at the Jimmy Rain Charity Golf Banquet in Birmingham .

“Aight, so that should be the first order of business. The second thing is to try to create a system that continues to allow all people who have had the opportunity to participate in college athletics – that’s male and female, Title IX.”

Saban has stayed in the public eye since retiring in January, including making a trip to Capitol Hill to support revenue sharing. It seems college football is heading that way. The NCAA needs to either get on board and be the entity that governs the sport, or they will be done away with.

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