Nick Saban offers take on helmet communication amid Michigan football's sign-stealing scandal

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Longtime Alabama coach Nick Saban offered a potential solution to college football's sign-stealing problem — in-helmet communication devices.

In the NFL, a speaker is placed inside the quarterback's helmet which allows the player to receive the play call from the coach. One player on the defensive side of the football also hears the play call from the sideline. This type of communication is currently not allowed at the college football level. 

The second-ranked Michigan Wolverines are under an NCAA investigation after allegations of a sign-stealing operation surfaced. But Saban believes putting speakers in helmets could reduce the amount of time teams possibly dedicate to studying opponents' signals.

"If you look historically, you'll know that there were reasons that they (the NFL) changed the rules so you couldn't do that (steal signs)," Saban said during a recent appearance on "The Pat McAfee Show."

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Head coach Nick Saban of the Alabama Crimson Tide looks on during the third quarter of the game against the Arkansas Razorbacks at Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, on Oct. 14, 2023.  (Alex Slitz/Getty Images)

"Then they come with the microphone in the helmet, whatever they call it, and there was no sign stealing. There was no signs because it was just communication. Which I think we would solve a lot of those problems if we would do the same thing in college football."

Saban further argued that there is "no reason" to not implement in-helmet communication. 

"There's no reason not to do that. There's no reason that you just can't tell the quarterback what the play is rather