Tuberville speculates NIL was a factor in Saban walking away – ‘I saw it coming’

U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville offered new thoughts on the retirement of former Alabama head coach Nick Saban out Outkick’s Don’t @ Me with Dan Dakich. Tuberville (R-Auburn) suggested that the NCAA’s Name, Image, Likeness (NIL) system, which is changing the landscape of college sports, factored into Saban’s decision to walk away, and that he believes the legendary coach was simply tired of it. “I kinda saw it coming. He never mentioned it, but he and I have been working on an NIL bill, along with a lot of other coaches and [athletic directors] for the last couple years, and he just got tired of