It has become apparent that Alabama’s Nick Saban thinks everybody outside of Alabama is cheating.
Saban told a large group of Birmingham businessmen on Wednesday that the Crimson Tide “did not buy a single player” during the last recruiting cycle while schools like Jackson State and Texas A&M did.
“We have a rule right now that said you cannot use name, image, and likeness to entice a player to come to your school,” a now-reprimanded Saban said, according to the Associated Press. “Jackson State paid a guy a million dollars last year that was a really good Division I player to come to school. It was in the paper and they bragged about it. Nobody did anything about it.”
Saban was referring to Travis Hunter, the No. 1 overall player in the 2022 class, who committed to the Tigers on December 15. Immediately following Hunter’s commitment, speculation arose that Sanders used Barstool Sports to help pay the five-star cornerback $1 million.
It did not take long for both Sanders and Hunter to respond to Saban’s scathing allegation.
“You best believe I will address that LIE Coach SABAN told tomorrow. I was & awakened by my son @ShedeurSanders that sent me the article stating that WE PAYED (sic) @TravisHunterJr a Million to play at @GoJSUTigersFB ! We as a PEOPLE don’t have to pay our PEOPLE to play with our PEOPLE,” Sanders wrote in a Wednesday night Tweet.
You best believe I will address that LIE Coach SABAN told tomorrow. I was & awakened by my son @ShedeurSanders that sent me the article stating that WE PAYED @TravisHunterJr a Million to play at @GoJSUTigersFB ! We as a PEOPLE don’t have to pay our PEOPLE to play with our PEOPLE.
— COACH PRIME (@DeionSanders) May 19, 2022
Then on Thursday morning, Hunter pitched in his thoughts on the matter.
“I got a mil? But my mom still stay in a 3 bed room house with five kids,” he wrote, also on Twitter.
I got A mil?😂But my mom still stay in a 3 bed room house with five kids 🤣
— Travis Hunter (@TravisHunterJr) May 19, 2022
Sanders then quote-tweeted Hunter, saying “I don’t even make a million! Lolololol.”
While nobody knows how all of this will play out, one thing we do know is that the next Aflac commercial is going to be pretty awkward.
