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Nick Saban: Texas A&M 'bought every player on their team,' Jackson State 'paid a guy $1M'

Nick Saban wasn't asked about Texas A&M football recruiting on Wednesday. But he sure was happy to talk about it.

In what can be aptly described as a shot fired across the bow of his SEC rival, Saban accused Texas A&M of manipulating name image and likeness rules to pay players and land the nation's No. 1 recruiting class under head coach Jimbo Fisher. He also managed to rile up Deion Sanders.

Saban was speaking in front of local business leaders in Birmingham for an event promoting The World Games slated to take place in Alabama in July.