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Yahoo
21-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Nick Saban: 'I don't think we need a commission' on college sports. Here's why
VESTAVIA HILLS, Ala. — Nick Saban continues to be at the center of conversation about a recently announced federal commission on the future of college athletics, one that will tackle NCAA sports in the age of Name, Image and Likeness. But the former Alabama football coach reiterated a message that he's continued to push since he was announced a co-chairman of the commission along with Cody Campbell, a former Texas Tech football player and chairman of the university's Board of Regents. Advertisement "I know there has been a lot of stuff out there about some commission or whatever. I don't think we need a commission. I've said that before," Saban said before the Nick's Kids Golf Tournament at the Old Overton Club in Vestavia Hills. "I think we need to know what the issues are. I think we just need to have people who are willing to move those and solve those and create some solutions for some of those issues. I'm all for being a consultant to anybody who would think that my experience would be beneficial to helping create some of those solutions." To Saban, that doesn't mean that all the issues regarding the NCAA and NIL are solved. "I'm not anti-NIL. I'm all for the players for making money," Saban said. "I don't think we have a sustainable system right now. I think a lot of people agree with that in terms of the future of college athletics period, not just football. How do we sustain 20 other non-revenue sports that create lots of opportunities for people and the future?" Saban said he knows President Donald Trump is "very interested in athletics" and the changing college football landscape that includes NIL and "having a balanced competitive playing field." Advertisement "If I could be a consultant to anyone who might be able to help the future of college athletics, I would be more than willing to do that," Saban said. Ahead of the Regions Tradition Golf Tournament in Hoover May 14, Saban said he didn't "really know much about this commission." "I think we know what needs to be done, I just think we've got to figure out who's got the will to do it," Saban said. "I learned one thing about coaching for all these years that when you get into a subject like this that's very complex, it's probably good not to talk about it off the cuff." Colin Gay covers Alabama football for The Tuscaloosa News, part of the USA TODAY Network. Reach him at cgay@ or follow him @_ColinGay on X, formerly known as Twitter. This article originally appeared on The Tuscaloosa News: Nick Saban reiterates lack of need for federal commission on college sports
Yahoo
21-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Should the College Football Playoff expand to 16 teams? What Nick Saban thinks
VESTAVIA HILLS, Ala. — Nick Saban's talking points about College Football Playoff expansion remain very similar, no matter how many teams are involved. The former Alabama football coach was never for expanding the CFP, he said, viewing bowl games as too important to the tradition of college football. Advertisement But with the CFP expanded to 12 teams in 2024 and 2025, and with a proposed 16-team model in the works, Saban, viewing bowl games as less significant, is bought in to more expansion. "I think expanding the playoff and having as many teams involved as we can, without playing too many games for the players — I think that is a little bit of a concern — it's probably a good thing," Saban said at the Nick's Kids Golf Tournament at the Old Overton Club in Vestavia Hills. According to Yahoo Sports, the proposed 16-team CFP bracket would include automatic bids for both the Big Ten and the SEC with the ACC and Big 12 getting two and a Group of 6 team and three at-large bids. In 2022, before the CFP expanded to 12 teams, Saban used many of the same talking points, viewing himself as one who aims to "protect the bowl game." Advertisement 'I'm for having a 12-team playoff, as long as we don't make the players play too many games,' Saban said in 2022. Colin Gay covers Alabama football for The Tuscaloosa News, part of the USA TODAY Network. Reach him at cgay@ or follow him @_ColinGay on X, formerly known as Twitter. This article originally appeared on The Tuscaloosa News: What Nick Saban thinks of College Football Playoff expansion to 16 teams
Yahoo
21-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Nick Saban wins Sports Emmys award as 'College GameDay' analyst
Nick Saban can officially add another award to his name. The former Alabama football coach was given the Sports Emmys award for Outstanding Personality/Emerging Talent for his work on ESPN's "College GameDay." Saban beat out Prime Video's Ryan Fitzpatrick, ESPN's Jason Kelce, Prime Video's Richard Sherman and CBS/TNT's Jay Wright for the award. Before the Nick's Kids Golf Tournament in Vestavia Hills May 20, Saban joked about the nomination saying it "must have not been a good year for people in the Emmys." Advertisement 'It was a new experience,' Saban said of his time on "College GameDay." 'A lot of people helped contribute to learning how to do it. I certainly appreciate them and thank them for that. We had a really good team of people who has lots of experience, I think, helped me fit in the program and hopefully we created value of some sort." Between 2007-23, Saban led Alabama to six national championships and 201 wins: the second-most wins at a single school in SEC history. Only Bear Bryant had more with 232 wins in 25 seven national championships — six at Alabama and one at LSU — is more than any coach in the modern college football era. Saban was named an inductee for the 2025 College Football Hall of Fame. Colin Gay covers Alabama football for The Tuscaloosa News, part of the USA TODAY Network. Reach him at cgay@ or follow him @_ColinGay on X, formerly known as Twitter. This article originally appeared on The Tuscaloosa News: Nick Saban wins Sports Emmys award for 'College GameDay' work
