Later in the press conference, Fisher said Saban called him in an attempt to talk it out. Maybe someone should have slapped ,” Fisher said. If you did my old man slapped me across the face. There’s no doubt, however, that the strongest response came from Fisher, who did not let ease off the attacks on Saban throughout his lengthy press conference. “I got A mil? But my mom still stay in a 3 bed room house with five kids,” Hunter tweeted, with a crying-laughing emoji. “I was & awakened by my son that sent me the article stating that WE PAYED a Million to play at We as a PEOPLE don’t have to pay our PEOPLE to play with our PEOPLE.” “You best believe I will address that LIE Coach SABAN told tomorrow,” Sanders tweeted. But the NCAA can’t enforce their rules because it’s not against the law.”īoth Sanders and Travis Hunter - the top prospect in question who shocked the college football world by switching from Florida State to Jackson State - responded to the claim on Twitter. “These guys at Miami that are going to play basketball for $400,000, it’s in the newspaper. Nobody did anything about it,” Saban said. Jackson State paid a guy a million dollars last year that was a really good Division I player to come to the school. Saban also went after Jackson State - currently coached by NFL legend Deion Sanders - and Miami basketball. I cant tell you how pleased and honored I am to be your coach at the University of Alabama. I don’t know if we’re going to be able to sustain that in the future because more and more people are doing it.” Alabama Crimson Tide head coach Nick Saban Getty Images Made a deal for name, image and likeness. “We were second in recruiting last year, A&M was first. … The issue and the problem with name, image and likeness is coaches trying to create an advantage for themselves. “I have no problem with that, and nobody had a problem on our team with that because the guys who got the money earned it. “Our players last year created $3 million worth of opportunity for themselves by doing it the right way,” Saban said. Unprompted, the seven-time national champion launched into a tirade about the new NIL rules, attacking several other programs in the process. On Wednesday, Saban spoke at an event promoting The World Games, which are scheduled to take place in Birmingham, Ala.

It’s amazing that we’re allowed to do those things.” Jimbo Fisher on the Texas A&M sideline Getty Images You can find out anything you want to find out. We build him up to be the czar of football? Go dig into his past, or anybody that’s ever coached with him. You may find out about a lot of things you don’t want to know. “Some people think they’re God,” Fisher said. Go dig into his past.' /iG4UQ4BH3I- Ari Meirov May 19, 2022įisher did not stop there, continuing to unleash on his SEC contemporary and alleging that Saban hasn’t exactly done everything above board. 'We built him up to be this czar of football.

Texas A&M HC Jimbo Fisher just fired back at Nick Saban for saying they 'bought' recruits.įisher calls Saban a 'narcissist' and says he won't take his call.

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