Nick Saban Believes Massive Changes Are Coming To College Football

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Alabama head coach believes big changes are coming to college football.

With the emergence of NIL, the transfer portal, and conference realignment, college football is a bit of a wild west right now.

During an appearance on The Pat McAfee Show, Saban says he believes there are not enough guardrails in college football right now and there’s going to be a “thunderbolt” that is going force changes to the current system.

“I think it’s going to continue in the same direction that it’s going until something happens,” Saban said “I call it a ‘thunderbolt,’ where maybe people start dropping sports because the finance part can’t make sense in terms of what you can reinvest in non-revenue sports, or some players out there don’t get what they were promised and there’s lots of lawsuits and stuff.”

“This is not a system that we have right now that has any guardrails, and in most competitive venues there are some guardrails that sort of control what you can and can’t do,” Saban continued. “Whether it’s the NFL in terms of where you pick in the draft to create parity or whatever it is. Right now, it’s a game of whoever’s willing to invest the most has the best chance to have the best team.”

Saban isn’t the only other college coach who believes there needs to be some change when it comes to NIL and the transfer portal. UCLA head coach Chip Kelly also shared his concerns about the current college footbal system.

“We need to get the transfer portal and NIL because right now it’s free agency with no salary cap, and you can be a free agent whenever you want…at some point if this doesn’t get changed someone is going to transfer at halftime of a game.” said Kelly.