Legendary Alabama football coach Nick Saban abruptly retired on Wednesday, with six years and $71.8 million remaining on his contract. Saban, 72, is walking away from a Crimson Tide program with which he has won the most national titles in college football history and that is perennially among the top four teams in the country and thus eligible to play for the championship trophy.
Soon after Saban’s retirement announcement, some who know him came forward to say recent changes to college sports, such as players being able to capitalize on their names, images and likenesses — better known as NIL — and the more relaxed student-athlete transfer rules, could lie behind the decision A.J. McCarron, who was an Alabama quarterback under Saban a decade ago, suggested the massively successful coach had grown weary of the new college sports landscape.
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Soon after Saban’s retirement announcement, some who know him came forward to say recent changes to college sports, such as players being able to capitalize on their names, images and likenesses — better known as NIL — and the more relaxed student-athlete transfer rules, could lie behind the decision A.J. McCarron, who was an Alabama quarterback under Saban a decade ago, suggested the massively successful coach had grown weary of the new college sports landscape.
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