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Texas A&M officials thought Nick Saban deserved to be suspended for saying that A&M “bought every player” in its recruiting class via name, image and likeness deals.
Saban’s comments drew widespread reaction, including a fiery and personal response from Aggies head coach Jimbo Fisher, who once worked for Saban. Saban quickly apologized for singling out A&M and a few other schools in his comments.
In the aftermath, Saban and Fisher were issued public reprimands by the SEC, but folks in College Station thought Saban’s comments warranted much more punishment from the league office.
Thanks to an open records request submitted by On3, we now know that A&M president M. Katherine Banks and athletic director Ross Bjork sent an email to SEC commissioner Greg Sankey to “express disappointment and outrage” about the situation.
In the email, the A&M officials suggested both fining and suspending Saban. They also said, among other things, that Saban’s comments were “a blatant violation” of SEC sportsmanship bylaws, “beneath the dignity of the SEC” and “corrosive to the fabric of sportsmanship in college football as a whole.”
More from the email, via On3:
“We expect the league to take strong, public action against Coach Saban and the University of Alabama to demonstrate that such unprofessionalism and disrespect for Texas A&M’s student-athletes, coaches, and the university as a whole, will not be tolerated. A public apology from Coach Saban to Coach Fisher, Aggie Football, and Texas A&M University is a good starting point, but the league should also consider monetary and participation penalties against Coach Saban.”
Saban, Fisher both reprimanded by SEC
The email was sent the morning after Saban made his comments during an event in Birmingham. On the same morning the email was sent, Fisher held a news conference and had plenty to say about Saban, calling the Alabama coach a “narcissist” and saying his comments about A&M were “despicable.” Fisher also said his relationship with Saban was “done" and suggested that Saban's past isn't exactly spotless.
“Some people think they are God,” Fisher said of Saban. “Go dig into how God did his deal and you may find out a lot about a lot of things you don’t want to know. We build him up to be this czar of football, go dig into his past.”
Before that news conference, Fisher and Sankey spoke on the phone and Sankey warned the coach not to violate the same sportsmanship policies that Banks and Bjork cited in their email. Once Sankey was made aware of what Fisher said during his news conference, the commissioner decided to reprimand both coaches.
From On3:
The SEC had prepared a statement in the morning after Nick Saban’s comments to announce a public reprimand of Saban. Sankey wrote to Bjork that, “while working to finalize the press release focused on Coach Saban’s public comments, I was made aware of video from Coach Fisher’s press conference. After reviewing statements made by Coach Fisher, he also fell short of the expectation in SEC Bylaw 10.5.2 as he directed public criticism toward another institution’s staff member. While, to a certain extent, his desire to clarify the record is understood, elements of Coach Fisher’s comments are in conflict with the membership-established expectations.”
Sankey said both Saban and Fisher violated the conference’s “Ethical Conduct” policies.
“The membership of the Southeastern Conference has established expectations for conduct and sportsmanship that were not met last night nor today,” Sankey said May 19. “A hallmark of the SEC is intense competition within an environment of collaboration. Public criticism of any kind does not resolve issues and creates a distraction from seeking solutions for the issues facing college athletics today."
Saban, Fisher say they're moving on
Saban has not backed down from the overall tenor of his comments, which were critical of the NIL environment on the whole, but he has apologized for singling out A&M.
“I should have never really singled anybody out. That was a mistake and I really apologize for that part of it,” Saban said during a May 19 radio interview.
At the SEC meetings earlier this month, Saban said that he “didn’t really say that anybody did anything wrong” and told reporters he has “no problem with Jimbo at all.” At the meetings, Fisher said he was ready to move on from the spat.
Alabama and Texas A&M will meet on the field in Tuscaloosa on Oct. 8.
Saban’s comments drew widespread reaction, including a fiery and personal response from Aggies head coach Jimbo Fisher, who once worked for Saban. Saban quickly apologized for singling out A&M and a few other schools in his comments.
In the aftermath, Saban and Fisher were issued public reprimands by the SEC, but folks in College Station thought Saban’s comments warranted much more punishment from the league office.
Thanks to an open records request submitted by On3, we now know that A&M president M. Katherine Banks and athletic director Ross Bjork sent an email to SEC commissioner Greg Sankey to “express disappointment and outrage” about the situation.
In the email, the A&M officials suggested both fining and suspending Saban. They also said, among other things, that Saban’s comments were “a blatant violation” of SEC sportsmanship bylaws, “beneath the dignity of the SEC” and “corrosive to the fabric of sportsmanship in college football as a whole.”
More from the email, via On3:
“We expect the league to take strong, public action against Coach Saban and the University of Alabama to demonstrate that such unprofessionalism and disrespect for Texas A&M’s student-athletes, coaches, and the university as a whole, will not be tolerated. A public apology from Coach Saban to Coach Fisher, Aggie Football, and Texas A&M University is a good starting point, but the league should also consider monetary and participation penalties against Coach Saban.”
Saban, Fisher both reprimanded by SEC
The email was sent the morning after Saban made his comments during an event in Birmingham. On the same morning the email was sent, Fisher held a news conference and had plenty to say about Saban, calling the Alabama coach a “narcissist” and saying his comments about A&M were “despicable.” Fisher also said his relationship with Saban was “done" and suggested that Saban's past isn't exactly spotless.
“Some people think they are God,” Fisher said of Saban. “Go dig into how God did his deal and you may find out a lot about a lot of things you don’t want to know. We build him up to be this czar of football, go dig into his past.”
Before that news conference, Fisher and Sankey spoke on the phone and Sankey warned the coach not to violate the same sportsmanship policies that Banks and Bjork cited in their email. Once Sankey was made aware of what Fisher said during his news conference, the commissioner decided to reprimand both coaches.
From On3:
The SEC had prepared a statement in the morning after Nick Saban’s comments to announce a public reprimand of Saban. Sankey wrote to Bjork that, “while working to finalize the press release focused on Coach Saban’s public comments, I was made aware of video from Coach Fisher’s press conference. After reviewing statements made by Coach Fisher, he also fell short of the expectation in SEC Bylaw 10.5.2 as he directed public criticism toward another institution’s staff member. While, to a certain extent, his desire to clarify the record is understood, elements of Coach Fisher’s comments are in conflict with the membership-established expectations.”
Sankey said both Saban and Fisher violated the conference’s “Ethical Conduct” policies.
“The membership of the Southeastern Conference has established expectations for conduct and sportsmanship that were not met last night nor today,” Sankey said May 19. “A hallmark of the SEC is intense competition within an environment of collaboration. Public criticism of any kind does not resolve issues and creates a distraction from seeking solutions for the issues facing college athletics today."
Saban, Fisher say they're moving on
Saban has not backed down from the overall tenor of his comments, which were critical of the NIL environment on the whole, but he has apologized for singling out A&M.
“I should have never really singled anybody out. That was a mistake and I really apologize for that part of it,” Saban said during a May 19 radio interview.
At the SEC meetings earlier this month, Saban said that he “didn’t really say that anybody did anything wrong” and told reporters he has “no problem with Jimbo at all.” At the meetings, Fisher said he was ready to move on from the spat.
Alabama and Texas A&M will meet on the field in Tuscaloosa on Oct. 8.
I don't really have a problem with what Saban said. He's right. a&m did get ahead of the curve and use NIL to their advantage to reel in, what, seven five-star kids? If I recall, four of those players were the #1 players from out of state. a&m had never come close to that kind of recruiting haul ever in their history.
According to Fisher, "they chose a&m because of the culture and what they're building there". Come on now. No one outside of the aggy clan believes that for one second. Of course a&m bought their class. It's legal now. Why doesn't Fisher just own it and say that they benefitted from NIL and used it to their advantage? Fisher whining about it and going on his rants like he's done is embarrassing to himself and a&m.
According to Fisher, "they chose a&m because of the culture and what they're building there". Come on now. No one outside of the aggy clan believes that for one second. Of course a&m bought their class. It's legal now. Why doesn't Fisher just own it and say that they benefitted from NIL and used it to their advantage? Fisher whining about it and going on his rants like he's done is embarrassing to himself and a&m.
Don't know if this is the exact one he's referring to but here's one I read about it.
Texas A&M officials wanted Nick Saban suspended following controversial NIL comments
Texas A&M officials said that Nick Saban's words were “beneath the dignity of the SEC” and called for the Alabama coach to be suspended.
Is there another University who whines as much as A&M does? Man, every time you turn around they are crying about something. I had and aggie friend of mine whining to me about how Texas was the only team to not play a power five opponent in the baseball regional and super regional. Like we get to schedule who we play in the tournament. Oblivious to the fact that ECU was ranked higher than Louisville and we had to play them on the road. They constantly play the poor innocent victim card.
The Aggies are new to baseball. They don't realize that the power five argument holds no water in baseball.
Wichita State, Pepperdine, Cal State Fullerton, Fresno State and Coastal Carolina are all non-power five teams that have won national championships, so the non-power five argument doesn't hold water in baseball.
