Can Nick Saban SAVE college football? 🙏🏻 Is the GOAT the right messenger?

About this episode

The episode discusses Nick Saban's role in college football reform and his recent testimony before the Senate.

Nick Saban is going to save college football. And with the federal government's help. Tat's a sure bet, right? Nick Saban testified before the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee this week about college sports in an ongoing effort to protect competition and support student athletes. The former Alabama coach has become the face of this college athletics reform. He said the bill creates competitive balance, parity, and an opportunity to have a framework to build a fair-play system. Is he right? And is Saban the messenger college sports need for something to change? AL.com reporter and columnist Michael Casagrande joins "Beat Everyone" to break it all down! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: AL.com

Guest: Michael Casagrande

Topics covered

• college football
• Nick Saban
• sports reform
• student athletes
• competition
• fair play

Keywords

• Nick Saban
• college football
• sports reform
• student athletes
• Senate testimony
• competition
• fair play

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, AL.com, Alabama Media Group

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