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Nick Saban Yields on Jimbo Fisher, but the SEC’s NIL Debate Isn’t Going Anywhere

DESTIN, Fla. — The first two questions came high and tight to Nick Saban on Tuesday, fastballs under the chin, no off-speed stuff. Olin Buchanan of TexAgs.com, a fan site covering Texas A&M, asked the Alabama coach about The Assertion Heard ’Round College Football. Specifically, he asked Saban what evidence he had that Jimbo Fisher and staff “bought their entire recruiting class.”

“I didn’t really say that anybody did anything wrong,” Saban responded.

Buchanan quickly interjected, “You said they bought their entire recruiting class.”

“I didn’t say anybody did anything wrong, O.