Mose Phillip's Watch
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The stone that broke the back of amateur athletics was the original contract given to Satin by Alabama. 10 times the correct salary for a college football coach, of course the players want to be paid. Now that they are being paid the elimination of amateur athletics is just over the horizon.
Citing Saban’s contract as the primary reason players are now being paid is akin to saying someone’s morbid obesity was caused primarily by the donut they ate for breakfast yesterday.
If Saban would’ve stayed with the Dolphins, the SEC would’ve lost its edge, tanked, and Arkansas would’ve bolted back to the Big XII. The Mississippi schools and LSU would’ve followed simply in a panic attack. Big XII wouldn’t have drawn SEC ratings, because let’s face it, the SEC just means more. College football would’ve tanked and would’ve brought down even mighty ESPN.Yeah as if the exponential growth of media rights revenue over the past 35 years wasn’t the driving force behind NIL and big time money for coaches like Saban and Fisher.
If Saban would’ve stayed with the Dolphins, the SEC would’ve lost its edge, tanked, and Arkansas would’ve bolted back to the Big XII. The Mississippi schools and LSU would’ve followed simply in a panic attack. Big XII wouldn’t have drawn SEC ratings, because let’s face it, the SEC just means more. College football would’ve tanked and would’ve brought down even mighty ESPN.
(I hope I’m doing this right)
99% of the "I hate the current state of college football" talk on this site is driven by the fact that Tennessee stinks and Alabama is awesome. Mostly because Tennessee stinks.Citing Saban’s contract as the primary reason players are now being paid is akin to saying someone’s morbid obesity was caused primarily by the donut they ate for breakfast yesterday.
