Former Alabama Crimson Tide head coach Nick Saban drops news about his future that college football fans won’t want to hear
Coach Saban seems to be content with playing golf and being on T.V.
Nick Saban has been a lot of things in his life. A gas station clerk, a media personality, and the greatest coach in the history of college football for the Alabama Crimson Tide. He has a wide array of expertise. That’s why, with the current state of the sport, many have suggested moving away from the NCAA.
Suggestions of a new set of oversight, led by a commissioner, have become a popular take. Many names have been floated as the potential commissioner. Josh Pate, Kirk Herbstreit, different athletic directors, and, of course, Saban. But if you’re hoping that he would take on said role, you will have to keep wishing.
Nick Saban wants no part of College Football Commissioner
“I think that we need some sort of governing body in college athletics. I think we need a commissioner, which I’m not interested in being, and we probably need some sort of competition committee like they have in the NFL,” said Saban, via Madyson Marie of 8 News Now.
“It makes the game better, and makes sure everyone is playing by the same rules. I think that to have those things, you probably have to have some type of legislation, whatever it might be, to protect college football from litigation because the NCAA not being able to enforce their rules because of lawsuits is what got us to where we are now.”
If there ever was a man who could fix college football, it would be someone like Saban. There is nothing in the sport he hasn’t seen or can’t handle, and it’s why he would be the perfect commissioner. Forget all the red tape and legalities that go into NIL, the rev-share model, and pay-to-play.
I don’t doubt that Saban would have a fix for that, or, like he did when he was a coach, find someone smart enough to help him fix it. Saban not being the commissioner of college football hurts the sport’s competitiveness. The very fabric of the sport.
Ask yourself this. If Saban were the one in charge, or overseeing the College Football Playoff, do you think teams like Notre Dame, Texas, and Vanderbilt would be out of the CFP while teams like James Madison and Tulane make it?
That’s no shot at the Dukes and the Green Wave. They have good programs and should have a shot at competing with Power-4 teams. But it shouldn’t come at the expense of programs that are much better and have always been better.
That’s where Saban would shine, and it’s why not moving to a new governing body and not having him run the show is a significant loss for the consumer.
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