This is a great article. I hope it gets a lot of media traction. Nick Saban's program is in a position where he can vocalize this without fear of losing too much talent. I'm guessing a majority of coaches feel this way and probably act this way in practice, even if they don't vocalize it to the media. I think it would be hard to attract kids into weaker programs and rebuilding programs if those coaches came out too strong verbally and publicly. e.g. look at Iowa's struggles with NIL as one example.
Coach Rhule's comments on wanting kids that want to be here and prioritizing player development are indirect public view points along the same lines as Saban's.....as I think a majority of coaches.
NIL is like lawyers....everyone has to have them, but once you use them, they foul everything up.
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