Nick Saban urges Congress to make NIL 'equal across the board,' expresses concerns on Dartmouth unionization

Seven-time national champion coach Nick Saban discusses the implications of student-athlete compensation and how name, image and likeness deals could affect the future of college sports on ‘Special Report.’

Earlier this week in a courtroom, former Alabama head coach Nick Saban reiterated his stance on NIL and how it has had a negative impact on college athletics.

"What we have now is not college football," the seven-time national champion said last month.

After five decades on football sidelines, it's all changed, he says.

"All the things I believed in for all these 50 years of coaching no longer exists in college athletics," Saban said in court Tuesday.

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Head Coach Nick Saban of the Alabama Crimson Tide speaks during 2023 SEC Media Days at the Grand Hyatt Nashville July 19, 2023, in Nashville. (Johnnie Izquierdo/Getty Images)

Saban reiterated with Bret Baier Thursday night that NIL isn't the reason he retired.

"I didn't want my age to be a detriment to the University of Alabama, to the football program and the chances of it being successful," he said.

However, he has been adamant about making changes to NIL.

Last year, Saban was part of an SEC contingent that went to Capitol Hill to discuss NIL, which he says needs regulation.

Saban says he'd like to see the "collective-driven" system replaced with a "revenue-sharing" operation.

"Football and basketball are going to be fine because they're revenue-producing, but all the non-revenue sports have always been funded by the revenue sports," Saban told Baier. "We want to continue to be able to do that, so we have to come up with a system that allows us to do that, and people giving all this money to collectives can give it