Alabama coach Nick Saban: "A&M bought every player on their team." https://t.co/4Qv8vomMk1
— KWTX News 10 (@kwtx) May 19, 2022
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Alabama coach Nick Saban: "A&M bought every player on their team." https://t.co/4Qv8vomMk1
— KWTX News 10 (@kwtx) May 19, 2022
-tbp*fubar said:
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Russell Gym said:
Clayton would probably tell Saban just to sit back, relax, and enjoy it.
Pecos 45 said:
Here's more on it, if you care to read it.
https://edition.pagesuite.com/infinity/article_popover_share.aspx?guid=5303d03c-3488-492a-8dcd-b5fd7100fbd6
It has been a poorly kept secret for decades that A&M pays players. (Anyone remember the FedEx envelope full of cash from Jackie Sherrill, or Kevin Murray's non-existent job cleaning printing presses?)
I know that some on this board weren't around in the 80s, but A&M was so off the charts back then, as well as SMU, that it was just accepted that the Agnostics had "a payroll to keep."
The real issue is that A&M alumni have deeper pockets than Bama's.
That west-Texas oil revenue has brought in a gusher of NIL donations.
(There is a reason the alumni center in Collie Station is named after Clayton Williams.)
I'm just shocked that they didn't pay 10 players to suit up so they could play in their bowl game.
Pecos 45 said:
Here's more on it, if you care to read it.
https://edition.pagesuite.com/infinity/article_popover_share.aspx?guid=5303d03c-3488-492a-8dcd-b5fd7100fbd6
It has been a poorly kept secret for decades that A&M pays players. (Anyone remember the FedEx envelope full of cash from Jackie Sherrill, or Kevin Murray's non-existent job cleaning printing presses?)
I know that some on this board weren't around in the 80s, but A&M was so off the charts back then, as well as SMU, that it was just accepted that the Agnostics had "a payroll to keep."
The real issue is that A&M alumni have deeper pockets than Bama's.
That west-Texas oil revenue has brought in a gusher of NIL donations.
(There is a reason the alumni center in Collie Station is named after Clayton Williams.)
I'm just shocked that they didn't pay 10 players to suit up so they could play in their bowl game.
- tmlp*william said:{ chewing on nopal }fubar said:
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It's because A&M alumni have more money than Alabama alumni and can therefore outbid The Tide for the best players.PartyBear said:
I'm not sure what Saban's issue is A&M has been doing this for decades and it hasnt caused Saban to not be able build Bama to what it is. So he should just relax just because it is allowed out the open now doesnt mean it is new at all there.