Appearing on the New Heights show last week, Nick Saban argued in favor of a salary cap in college football to curb the influence of NIL and allow for more parity...

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“Let’s just say you put a $45 million cap on all this. Every school can decide whether they want to spend that or not,” Saban said. “But nobody can spend more than that, so you can’t really buy a roster.

“I think that makes better parity, better competition. It goes back to focusing on more development because when a player leaves now, he only can do it once, so he’d better make sure he’s doing the right thing. I just think it’s so much better.”

(The Spun)

Originally published on SECRant.com

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LSUPilot07•4 days

And then when the teams that can afford more than $45 million get to that cap limit reach it, the paper bags of money u see the table just start getting handed out. They opened a genie that can’t go back in the bottle with NIL but no governing rules unfortunately.

Bham4Tide•2 days

Let’s go back to Chargers and bagmen. It worked.

Albino Potato•3 days

Let’s put a cap on how much ESPN can pay Saban and all the others. I wonder how they’d like it. Maybe all sports programs should have the same budget? ESPN, Fox, CBS, Barstool, etc. It’s so obvious that he’s bought and paid for by some lobbyist.

brightsideman•4 days

Indiana wins a national championship in football, and Saban is talking about a need for parity. LOL

biglego•4 days

Indiana has massive resources. Huge alumni base.

Milosh•3 days

Mark Cuban.

Bham4Tide•2 days

People here have no idea how big their alumni base is - the business and music schools are some of the best in the world. They have mega $$

how333•3 days

NFL has a cap and Saban couldn’t win there.

RockyRococco•4 days

errebody riding dirty and always has. put the chips in the middle and let's ride

atltiger6487•3 days

college ball is now the NFL, only worse because of the no-sit portal. We already have the NFL (which I don't watch), we don't need another. The beautiful sport of college football (and basketball) is gone and my emotional attachment is near zero. What a shame.

nol1wph•3 days

No cap. Let em change schools every year. Love it.

Datbayoubengal•4 days

Saban does realize the only reason the NFL has a cap is because of collective bargaining right? You have to mutually agree to cap salary. You can't claim you love capitalism and then always talking about limiting earning potential for players.

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