If you want to play for Alabama, you may not pull through when it comes to NIL money.
According to OutKick, Nick Saban recently had no issues letting a top recruit and one of his own players go after they combined demanded over $1 million from the school.
Head coach Nick Saban of the Alabama Crimson Tide during pregame warm-up practice prior to the Auburn Tigers face-off at Bryant-Denny Stadium on November 26, 2022 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama (Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)
Saban attended the ALFCA (Alabama Football Coaches Association) conference in Montgomery on Friday, where he reportedly told other coaches about the two players’ pleas and his decision to let them go.
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“Someone with one of the best corners in the nation (in high school) came up to me and asked if we would pay them $800,000 to have the player sign here. I told him he could find another place to play,” Saban said. according to Baker High School coach Steve Norman. “I don’t pay a kid a bunch of zero money before they’ve earned it.”
Head coach Nick Saban of the Alabama Crimson Tide leaves the field after a game against the LSU Tigers at Tiger Stadium on November 5, 2022 in Baton Rouge, LA. (Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images)
Norman added that Saban feels the NCAA “needs more ways and means to control it because it’s getting out of control.”
Saban later added that he had already lost 10 players, including one starter, to the portal.
“One of them wanted $500,000 and for us to get his girlfriend into law school in Alabama and pay for it. I showed him the door,” Saban reportedly said.
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It is not known who Saban was referring to. He didn’t name names or schools, but it’s possible he was talking about Javion Cohen moving to Miami.
Saban has been critical of NIL deals in the past but supports the concept.
Alabama Crimson Tide head coach Nick Saban addresses the media during the SEC Football Kickoff Media Days July 19, 2022 at the College Football Hall of Fame in Atlanta. (Jeffrey Vest/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
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“I think a couple of things are worrying,” Saban said in August. “We enable alumni through collectives to get involved in recruitment and other things. We’ve always been wary of that in college football. I think what kind of competitive balance can we create if we allow what isn’t will be great for the fans.
“The best competitive balance you can have is like in the NFL. They have rules to create a competitive balance. Whether it’s the salary cap, the difficulty of the schedule, where you draft, where you decide relative to your win-loss record. Those things are important I think in the interest of creating a lot of good matches at national level.”