Nick Saban

Nick Saban's NIL outrage was a dog-whistle recruiting pitch

Alabama coach Nick Saban publicly complained that his freshman quarterback made 7 figures off NIL deals while teammates didn't. Shaan reads it as a masterstroke: by emphasizing the money came from Alabama's brand, Saban was secretly recruiting future athletes while appearing outraged.

“He's like, he's making all this money and that's because of our brand. That's because he's a quarterback at Alabama, which is true. It became a recruiting pitch at the same time. So he was fake being outraged, but really was what they call dog whistling, dog whistling to all the other, you know, high school athletes right now.”