re: No matter what happens Saban's next contract is going to change college football

So his salary will be an outlier, because he is an outlier. I don't think it'll be too dramatic.

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Doubling? No. Going to the $8 million range? Most likely

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I think the ceiling for a public amount is $7 million which is on the edge of getting to the point where a school receives very heavy criticism. I think like what was mentioned with Texas and the extra money on the side I think Alabama has some sort of arrangement where he'll get something on the side. I base that on nothing at all other than I'm sure there are creative ways to pay someone deferred compensation that isn't technically part of a formal contract. Sort of like agreeing to pay money into a nest egg account for every year he stays at Alabama and when he leaves cut him a check for this amount.