Nick Saban’s target in a fiery statement from his lawyer amid NIL rumours

The law firm involved in a historic $2.8 billion antitrust litigation settlement involving the NCAA and the country’s five biggest meetings has torn apart the former college football coach Nick Savan And the possibility of an executive order from the Trump administration addresses names, images and likeness.

Attorneys for Hagens Berman Law Firm issued a statement Monday reporting Saban’s involvement in a potential executive order as “fun and useless.” Steve Berman, the company’s managing partner and co-founder, is called Saban, and Trump’s speech is called “not necessary.”

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“While he was a coach, Saban initially opposed paying athletes against zero, pushing them to add restrictions and red tape through national law to add ‘some kind of control’,” Berman said. said in a statement. “While scrutinizing the athletes’ wage structure, he made tens of millions of dollars and was previously the highest-paid coach in college football.

“Coach Saban and Trump’s 11-hour talks on executive orders and other interference are more unnecessary self-involvement. College athletes have argued for historical changes and are making great profits from the nil deal.

The company added that there are several ways university athletes benefited from the NIL without an executive order from the White House in any administration. The company said it empowered athletes to earn their income.

Fox News Digital has requested comment from Saban representatives.

After meeting with the legendary Alabama Crimson Tide coach, Trump was considering an executive order to regulate the names, images and likeness of college sports. Wall Street journal It was reported last week. Saban reportedly doesn’t want to stop paying, but is trying to “reform” them.

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Appearing on the Fox News channel last year, Saban urged Congress to intervene and “equally”;

“And while it should still be present for all players, it is not just a pay system that we have, now the most money-raising people in a group can pay the players the most, this is not a level playing field.

Saban said ncaa can be handled Whatever the necessary changes, Parliament will need to “add” national law.

“Now we just have state laws, and every state is different – it will protect the NCAA from litigation once we establish future guidelines for university athletics. But the litigation has now led us to this point.” “We need some protection from litigation. I don’t know if it’s antitrust law or not.

“I’m not very familiar with everything to actually make recommendations, but I know that there’s a need for some kind of federal standards and guidelines that allow people to enforce their rules.”

Senator Tommy Tuberville; r-ala. said, “It’s President Trump.”

Saban introduced Trump at an Alabama alumni event on Thursday, where he gave a speech.

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In his speech, Trump praised it Alabama athletic programsays the school is a place where legends are made.

Fox News’ Ryan Morik and the Associated Press contributed to this report.

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