“I mean, we were second in recruiting last year. A&M was first. A&M bought every player on their team — made a deal for name, image, likeness. We didn’t buy one player, all right? But I don’t know if we’re gonna be able to sustain that in the future because more and more people are doing it. It’s tough.”
Let’s start by breaking this one down because the only correct thing Saban said there was they finished 2nd to the aTm in the national rankings. Beyond that?
- Texas A&M didn’t make the NIL deals
- Alabama didn’t either, but if Nick was trying to imply none of their players are receiving NIL money, that’s just basically a lie.