Posted on 05/27/2017 4:56:27 AM PDT by blam
Nick Saban might be the most beloved man in the entire State of Alabama. However, he has a long way to go before getting in the good graces of Terry Bradshaw. Saban, who will earn over $11 million in salary alone this upcoming year, became the subject of debate when Terry Bradshaw appeared on the Paul Finebaum Radio Show. During the show, Bradshaw debated Phyllis, the longtime and very loud Alabama fan who frequently calls in to Finebaum.
Bradshaw called Saban’s contract “shameful,” and made an analogy between Saban’s contract and the athletic budget of his alma mater, Louisiana Tech:
Bradshaw: “I understand Saban, that’s your coach. What’s he making, $12 million now? That is the entire athletic budget at Louisiana Tech. The entire budget. That’s shameful! Shameful!”
Phyllis: “Shame? You think the man hasn’t earned it? Do you think the man hasn’t earned every single dollar he has earned at the University of Alabama?”
Bradshaw didn’t just stop at attacking Saban’s contract, he also attacked him personally. Bradshaw said, “If he has the personality of Steve Spurrier, then I would like him. Spurrier, now you’re talking about a great coach. That’s a great coach, Steve Spurrier, not Saban. Saban hates people. The man doesn’t even like people. 12 million. Think about it. I could use a little bit of that money to kind of help pay off my trailer house.”
Saban hates people? Perhaps Bradshaw has access to information the rest of us don’t. But, short of that, Saban’s disdain for talking to the media doesn’t necessarily mean he “hates people.” It’s possible to question how much money someone makes without personal attacks, and Bradshaw should have done that here.
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Wrong. College coaches should be paid aggressively to create as
much revenue as possible for the University. Pay them whatever they are worth. Plenty of successful football programs provides thousands upon thousands of athletic scholarships in field hockey, rowing, gymnastics,etc... Even help build hospitals at. some schools. Go Hawkeyes!
If Saban had remained at Miami would he be making $11,000,000 today? If not then the NCAA and the state legislatures have been derelict in their duty.
If Saban had remained at Miami would he be making $11,000,000 today? If not then the NCAA and the state legislatures have been derelict in their duty.
It is amazing how media can shape a story, perpetuate it and it be wrong. It is also amazing how jealousy and ignorance just pour out of the mouths of fools.
Alabama invested it’s future in a coach back in 2007. They believed that investment would have a large payoff, so they invested heavily.
In 10 years, Saban is 119-19 overall. He has won 4 National Championships and 5 SEC Championships. But that doesn’t even tell the whole story.
In 2008 Alabama was undefeated lost to eventual National Champion Florida in the SEC Championship Game.
In 2013, Alabama was undefeated and lost to Auburn on the last play of the game in the last regular season game.
In 2014, Alabama lost Ohio St in the National Semi-Final Playoff Game.
In 2016, Alabama lost to Clemson with 2 seconds left in the game.
They have been playing for national titles in virtually every season.
Here is one more astounding statistic: Of the hundreds of athletes Saban has signed, only 2 do not have National Title rings. Those two were a JUCO signee and a graduate transfer. EVERY HIGH SCHOOL PLAYER SIGNED BY SABAN HAS AT LEAST ONE NATIONAL TITLE RING.
The 101,000 seat stadium is sold out for every game before every season.
The Athletic Department turn enough profit to return several MILLION dollars to the University general fund every year.
What Terry Bradshaw is too stupid, or jealous, to realize that this is a Return on Investment.
Well, if Saban and his ilk weren’t paid so much many, many more good things could happen with the money— like maybe more academic scholarships or cheaper text books or tutors available to non-athletes or whatever. Don,t ignore the obvious—the tickets are going to be bought regardless of whether the average coaches salary is $1,000,000 or $100,000.
I like your analogy.
My big problem is college ball coaches being paid fat state salaries for doing nothing more than being a ball coach.
I’m get chewed out some since I don’t bow, grovel, and scrape at the altar of big sports.
Fwiw, I could never stand Terry Bradshaw.
He’s still tied in with real estate developers here in Baton Rouge.
What are you doing on this forum? Every word you type has “jealous liberal” written all over it in your reply to this threads subject.
The employee is worth every dime he can get the school to pay him, that is simply the free market at work.
If the X and O’s are so easy, why is Alabama the best College football program in the nation? Not only are they the best, it is by a fairly large amount. That is indicative of the coach.
Mike Price. LOL.
How much of the 11 million is actually paid buy the university? Boosters pay for most is my guess.
I like Coach Sabah. He’s a liberal in a sea of knuckle dragging bible believing ALABAMA. he gets that and instead of being typical Lib he focuses on his job. That respect is in turn returned and I ignore his personal politics and look at his work.
There are not many NCAA football coaches that hold his players to higher standards. I have seen him pull his key players for behavior type penalties.
FR should actually be embracing this Coach. Community, job before his own politics, high standards for his players, focused on excellence.
You have a complete list of how much or max pay on everyone? I’m interested to read it. How about teachers, firemen, cops, ... they are overpaid in my opinion but the deserve as much as they can get someone to pay them.
Saban is a public employee. The highest paid employee of the State of Alabama.
My assumption is that winning football teams bring in more money (and other valuable tangibles and intangibles) to the school. You haven’t convinced me otherwise.
You sure your on the right site. Your redistribution scheme is stupid. It’s not a zero sum economy. My goodness ignorance is high here. It didn’t used to be this way. Have you even looked up who pays that money? Rich booster mostly. That’s good because they give funds to other items like academics. There are also endorsements deals that pay him and the university.
Sagan makes the university way more than he costs. It bleeds over to other areas. Football pays for all the women sports also.
You are correct, are pro athletes and corporate CEO’s worth what they are paid? The people paying them think so and they are writing the check.
So what we think has no real bearing on this.
As one who grew up watching the ‘70’s Steelers and a die-hard Steelers fan who now lives in Alabama, I think TB is wrong. TB definitely has issues with coaches who are not player’s coaches or friendly with the media (like his old coach, Chuck Noll). Furthermore, Saban is worth what the market will bear. I’m sure if Alabama didn’t pay him enough, Texas would try to poach him.
Can any other public employee generate this kind of revenue?
"The University of Alabama is set to capitalize on its success over the last five years by signing one of the nation’s most lucrative multimedia rights deals with Learfield Sports worth at least $150 million to $160 million over 10 years....
The new financial terms of $15 million to $16 million a year double Alabama’s guarantee previously and put the Tide among the top three schools in multimedia rights revenue behind Texas and Notre Dame, both of which have unique TV arrangements that boost their overall figure."
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I’m just disappointed Saban isn’t coaching Auburn.
War Eagle!
Well then it’s up to the tax payers of Alabama, their elected representatives, and the regents and other grand eminences of the university to say whether he’s worth the money. As long as they win the SEC and every second or third national championship the chances are they’ll pay up to keep him. Bradshaw’s entitled to his opinion, but using the word “shameful” makes him sound like a crotchety old Liberal, which he may in fact be.
Not amongst Auburn fans.
Words can’t describe how illiterate and uninformed your statement is about college football, whether in the South or not...
I lived it, I’m white, I’m Southern, was unpaid, got battered around plenty by black and white players, played for black and white coaches, and then got off your so-called plantation and moved on, just like my black and white teammates...what you said is disgusting...
TG
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