LSU Miami Dolphins Alabama Coach, Nick Saban, recently referred to sports agents as pimps.
The Alabama coach was upset about the rash of recent agent-related incidents that have resulted in NCAA investigations at several Southeastern Conference schools.
"I don’t think it’s anything but greed that’s creating it right now on behalf of the agents," Saban said in a rant at the Southeastern Conference media days. "The agents that do this — and I hate to say this, but how are they any better than a pimp?
"I have no respect for people who do that to young people. None. How would you feel if they did it to your child?" Saban said.
He should know.
What is the difference between what a head coach at a major university does and what an agent does?
They take full advantage of young adults and make a potload of cash on them.
The kids are not supposed to get paid. Or receive cars or gifts. They cannot attend parties, etc. The compliance book has to be about as big as the US tax code.
The universities are making millions off the young people. They sell them on the front cover of their media guides. They sell their jerseys and posters. They sell them to the boosters.
And the kids do not make a penny off this stuff.
And the 1D10T head coaches, who will lie to the kids they recruited before bolting for a better job someplace else, are also making millions. Saban himself makes over $4M per year.
So, before you get all sanctimonious there, Coach, take a look in the mirror to see who the real pimp is.
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