Crimson Tikes: Prohibition

A different way of looking at all things Alabama athletics through the eyes of Anthony Sisco.

Outkick the Coverage reported that while at the ALFCA (Alabama Football Coaches Association) Convention in Montgomery last week, Nick Saban told a story about two players' NIL requests and his decision to say "No thanks."

"Someone with one of the best corners in the nation (in high school) came to me and asked if we’d pay them $800,000 for the player to sign here. I told him he can find another place to play," Saban said, according to Baker High School coach Steve Normand. "I’m not paying a kid a bunch of NIL money before he earns it."

Saban later added that he lost 10 players, including a starter, to the portal already.

"One of them wanted $500,000 and for us to get his girlfriend into law school at Alabama and pay for it. I showed him the door," Saban reportedly said.

Normand added that Saban feels the NCAA "needs more ways and means to control it because it’s getting out of hand."

So what's next? ... 

"Crimson Tikes," the brainchild of Anthony Sisco, who is passionate about all things Crimson Tide, appears three times a week on BamaCentral.

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