Nick Saban dishes hilarious comment regarding Ohio State's $20 million NIL football roster
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Nick Saban has expressed his thoughts about the current state of football, including how NIL is fueling players to bounce around the transfer portal based on what type of money they’ll be getting.
The ability for players to capitalize on NIL has led some schools to prosper over others, especially the Ohio State Buckeyes, a school that has a $20 million roster based on NIL signings.
Well, Saban had a hilarious comment during ESPN’s "College GameDay," the program he will be featured on after retiring as head coach of Alabama last season, when discussing the Buckeyes’ roster.
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Ohio State Buckeyes head coach Ryan Day looks on before a game against the Akron Zips at Ohio Stadium. (Joseph Maiorana-USA TODAY Sports)
"You guys keep talking about a $20 million roster. If you don’t play the right guys, you’ll be s--- out of luck," Saban said candidly.
WARNING: The video below contains explicit language
Saban’s colleagues on the panel cracked up after hearing him cuss on live television. Veteran college analyst Kirk Herbstreit followed up by saying, "Congratulations, you just broke the internet."
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Ohio State’s athletic director Ross Bjork told Yahoo Sports in an interview that head coach Ryan Day’s football roster costs $20 million.
On one hand, the astronomical cost points to the amount of talent Day and his coaching staff were able to recruit to Ohio State. But the reality that teams are now recruiting with money as well as selling the players on the program gives teams like the Buckeyes an edge over