Nick Lou Saban Jr. is an American football coach who has been the head football coach at the University of Alabama since 2007.
Nick Saban: Past| Recruiting| Apology| Accusations
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Past:
Saban did not specifically target one player at Jackson State who was making a million dollars. However, he is likely referring to Travis Hunter, who was the top recruit in the country and originally slated to play at Florida State before flipping his commitment to JSU in December.
When Sanders began his coaching duties on Dec. 1, 2020, the 54-year-old signed a contract for an annual salary of $300,000 that runs through Dec. 15, 2024. With that, Sanders reiterated Hunter is not making more than him as the program’s coach.
Recruiting:
Jackson State football coach Deion Sanders responded to Nick Saban’s comments on Thursday after the Crimson Tide’s football coach criticized Sanders for “paying a player a million dollars” to attend the program.
In addition to criticizing Sanders, Saban attacked Texas A&M coach Jimbo Fisher saying the Aggies program “bought every player on their team” and that his program “did not buy one player.”
Apology:
While Saban has since apologized for his comments made on Wednesday and has attempted to reach out to Sanders, the Tigers’ coach said Saban’s comments are a matter that needs to be handled publicly.
“I haven’t talked to Coach Saban,” Sanders told ESPN’s Andscape. “I’m sure he’s tried to call. We need to talk publicly—not privately.
What you said was public. That doesn’t require a conversation. Let’s talk publicly and let everybody hear the conversation.”
Accusations:
Saban said people blame the NCAA, “But in defense of the NCAA, we are where we are because of the litigation.”
Last summer, the Supreme Court upheld a lower court ruling that said limiting education-related benefits violated antitrust laws. In the wake of that decision, the NCAA adopted rules that were far less restrictive, including allowing athletes to profit from their name, image and likeness.
