Players want to know is two things: "What assurances do I have that I'm going to play and How much are you going to pay me?'" Saban recalled.
Saban Salary $11.41 million. Players?
Saban, "Our program here was always built on how much value can we create for your future and your personal development, academic success in graduating, and developing an NFL career on the field?"
Saban was developing his income on the backs of his players.
Bama - 57 former student-athletes in the NFL as of Dec 6, 2023. He was there 16 years. High number of players never has a whif.
But rather that maybe the way he had done things and run a program for decades wasn't necessarily going to be the best way any longer. And that's really all.
I don't look at it as such a horrible reason for leaving. He's way older and pushing that pace is a lot harder. The context of that quote you showed is that he thought that next year's squad probably would have been a great team with another offseason of development. But, the players he had were making it clear that they weren't necessarily planning to be around without playing time assurances and desirable compensation. It can be a tough sell for a 74-year-old guy to want to keep pushing at his personal limits if his method isn't going to create a championship team any longer.
when he was raking over $! milllion a year in salary, not counting his football related income from Commercials, radio shows, sort of his own NIL money.
This was the framework he worked in for decades. Now, he feels like too many players on his own team are more concerned with getting more money than developing as players. It would be a headache to balance.
(or other coaches) standing up for their players seeing a share of the profit made on their work.
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out the window, as well as any dreams of an NFL contract.
Link: https://bleacherreport.com/articles/117418-college-football-recruiting-for-beginners-part-iii-oversigning-and-greyshirts
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I would have suggested at the time that the NCAA change the rule but they never did. Just goes to show not all laws are ethical. How unsightly it appeared, Saban was within the rules and apparently, the Bama recruits and parents didn't mind either.
You're right - he did nothing against the rules. When he was building L.S.U., a favorite story is where it was a no-visit period (calls only), he pulled up in his vehicle right outside a recruit's house and called him on the phone. He sat in the vehicle on a public road off their property and they had a phone conversation from like 20 yards away. He just didn't make eye contact.
On unofficial visits when coaches couldn't speak to recruits, he would "bump into" the H.S. coach who was walking with them, avoid eye contact with the player but speak only to the coach about how excited he was about this player.
Things were different once he had Alabama rolling. He didn't have to do quite as much creative stuff.
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But there's a reason we recruit the young to fight our wars... they have not developed the capacity to look into their futures.
AND, if momma needs some cash right now....
Rural communites make up 17% of our population they represent 44% of our military.
Lib idiots shut that down. Look in the mirror.
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And if you're a 17-year-old kid in Wakefield, Kansas with a sparse population around you, this is a chance to be a part of something that may sound exciting.
Also, anecdotally (I have no data or evidence of this), it seems like those rural populations are more likely to be the ones that have heavy patriotic, serve-your-country feelings.
I think it's both factors.
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