Former Alabama head coach Nick Saban delivered some strong thoughts on what has been a controversial topic in the Yellowhammer State this week as collectives across the nation increasingly solicit donations from fans to help fund NIL.

Crimson Tide AD Greg Byrne widely syndicated a call to Alabama fans to ‘fight back’ against other schools trying to steal players away from them and that the Alabama nation needs to collectively step up their donation to the school’s NIL collective, Yea Alabama.

While he is far from the only one, at least one major figure is staunchly against this. During an appearance on the Pat McAfee show, former Alabama head coach turned College GameDay personality Nick Saban talked about how NIL has gotten out of control and questioned what fans get out of the deal when they spend their own hard-earned money on it.

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“Each year, it’s gotten a little worse,” Saban said. “The first year we had name, image and likeness — four or five years ago, we had a $3 million [collective] and everybody was happy. Then the next year it was $7 [million]. Then the next year it was $10 [million]. Then this year it’s $13 [million]. Now they’re looking at $20 [million]. Where does it end?”

Saban questioning the practice of NIL and the road it’s taking college football down is nothing new, but he would then go on to criticize the solicitation of fans, something that he has not been on record as saying to this point.

“And the people who are supporting this, they really get no benefit for it, and I’m sure there’s going to be some instances in the future where those people don’t want to continue to support players who aren’t there,” he said. “I mean, how would you feel if you gave $500,000 to your program and it was to play certain players, and those players all left after one year? You’d say, ‘I don’t know if I’m going to continue to do this.’”

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In order to get college football to a place where it feels less chaotic and healthy once again, it will take voices like Saban speaking out against practices that a fairly clearly wrong and flawed.