re: Has Saban now "jumped the shark"?

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In this context, he's just talking through the issues of the changing system to those boosters who he is-- as you put it-- telling to pay up. Clearly, though, he doesn't like the new changes-- whether he has any true interest in the purity of the game (doubtful) or just knows Texas, Texas A&M, and perhaps a few others can outspend Bama boosters.

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This is exactly what he was saying but people are refusing to look into the context of his comments.

Bama has surely paid players. No doubt about it. But I would venture they generally wait until they're on campus.

In contrast A&M was throwing money at recruits like crazy with the new NIL. I think they were probably doing it differently than many. They were and are definitely operating in a bit of a gray area. I think Saban and Bama really weren't doing the same type of thing because they have the draw to a recruit more than money. So he is now basically saying if A&M can operate in this way we need to as well.