College Football Transformation Part 2
Nick Saban has been getting dragged lately . I'm somewhat agnostic as to his place in the college football firmament, by which I mean there are people involved who are genuinely rotten like Greg Schiano but I have never seen Saban in that way. For the most part, he has seemed to play within the rules and excel within those bounds. Generally, he has advocated for players to get a larger share of the CFB money-pie but he has never been an activist or even the loudest voice. Could he have done more for the players from his unassailable position as one of the best in CFB history? Absolutely. But neither did he fight against players getting paid like some others. Rather, he wanted to give it shape and structure instead of allowing a whirlwind of payment schemes that might ultimately shred the sport. And in that respect, isn't he like most of us that do best in a world with some order. So let's be honest: the man saw the landscape of the game had changed ...