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Alabama’s former football coach Nick Saban gave congratulations to President Donald Trump for signing an executive order that establishes new restrictions on payments to university athletes on Thursday.
The order prohibits athletes from receiving paid payments from third -party sources. However, order does not impose restrictions on Null payments to university athletes by third -party sources.
“I think that the executive order of President Trump takes a great step to provide the educational model, which is what we have always tried to promote to create opportunities for players, men and women, income and not income, so that they can have development as people, students and develop careers and develop professionally if that is what they choose to do,” Saban told “Fox & Friends” Friday.
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President Donald Trump shakes hand to the legendary Alabama football coach, Nick Saban, before giving a special graduation speech to graduates from the University of Alabama in Coleman Coliseum. Graduation occurs during the weekend. (Gary Cosby Jr.-Tuscaloosa News)
“I think we need to make a decision here in relation to what we want to have a model based on education, which I think the president took a great step to do so, or we want universities to sponsor professional teams? And I think most people would choose the first.”
The order establishes that “any exchange of income allowed between universities and university athletes must be implemented in a way that protects women’s sports and non -income.”
“The order requires preservation and, when possible, the expansion of opportunities for scholarships and university sports competition in women’s sports and without income.”
Clear guidelines would not be provided on how these sports would be counted in the initial announcement. However, Saban seemed sure that university sports are safe.
President Donald Trump poses with Alabama Crimson Tide coach, Nick Saban, and members of the Crimson Tide ceremony in honor of the University Socoyoffs champion Crimson Tide soccer playoffs at the South Lawn in the White House on April 10, 2018. (Geoff Burke-USA Today Sports)
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“I think the compensation house is there to authenticate the name, image and likeness. In other words, is its marketing value in relation to what they pay to do a marketing opportunity? When it crosses that line, it is when it becomes paying for the game,” he said. “So you have groups that collect money that pay the players, and do not really do a relative marketing job to earn that money, and that is where all this has become aside. I think that all this compensation house is there to protect the collective competitive balance that affects university sports.”
“I am in favor of maintaining all the sports that we have as many as we can have, but there are financial concerns in relation to how many sports can promote that they do not believe income,” added Saban. “I think one of the things that people need to understand about university sports, they say it is a business, but in reality it is not a business. It is a production of income, and two sports have created income to have another 20 sports. And I think that is why it is important that we have a system in its place.
Archive – President Donald Trump gestures as the chief coach of Alabama Crimson Tide, Nick Saban (L), smiles in a ceremony in honor of the Crimson Tide University soccer playoff champion at the South Lawn in the White House on April 10, 2018. (Geoff Burke-USA Today Sports)
Saban and Trump met in May to discuss the current state of university athletes and null agreements. Saban retired in 2024, largely due to the new culture.
