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There is almost some irony to this by Wass

Saban has gotten exactly (or almost exactly) the kind of system he wants. Force players out that he no longer wants, dip into the a wide open transfer portal to be able to poach another team's star player, pay players, etc. But when someone beats him at his own game, he can't stand it and suddenly wants sort of control or limits to it. This all started when lucrative TV contracts were signed, injects large amounts of money into universities. Then the universities did not want to share that cash with anyone, including the athletes whose NIL they were using to make even more money. On top of the 3rd party NIL money, they are going to pay players. If they had fairly compensated the players for using their NIL out of univeristy coffers rather than an unregulated 3rd party fund, things would likely be different. But ESPN will certainly be happy as will the sports book folks.