After Alabama coach Nick Saban made waves earlier this week by throwing barbs in the direction of Texas A&M coach Jimbo Fisher for “buying his players” from his top-ranked recruiting class via NIL deals. Days earlier, Saban mentioned his concern for the lack of “parity” in the sport. The legendary Crimson Tide coach doubled-down on his comments on the ESPN+ coverage of the PGA Championship on Saturday.
Saban joined ESPN’s Joe Buck and golf commentator Michael Collins on the early morning coverage and elaborated further on his call for parity in college football.
“Well I think the problem with all of that is there isn’t parity, and it’s not going to create competitive balance.