Saban Praises Trump's Executive Order

NIL and Revenue Sharing continue to be a hot-button topic surrounding college sports, with President Donald Trump signing an executive order on Thursday to try to remedy some of the growing concerns around revenue sharing and "legit" NIL deals as dictated by the clearinghouse settlement.

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On Friday, former Alabama head coach Nick Saban joined Fox and Friends to discuss the new executive order from President Trump.

"President Trump's executive order takes a huge step in providing the educational model that has always been what we've tried to promote to create opportunities for players," Saban said on Friday morning. "Male and female alike, revenue and non-revenue, so that they can have development as people and students, and develop careers and develop professionally if that's what they choose to do."

"I think we need to make a decision relative to do we want to have an education-based model, which I think the president made a huge step toward doing that, or do we want to have universities sponsor professional teams?" Saban asked. "I think most people would choose the former."

Nick Saban has been at the forefront of the revenue-sharing and NIL discussion since his days coaching at Alabama. Saban met with President Trump during Trump's appearance at the University of Alabama to deliver a commencement speech to the 2025 graduating class.

Wyatt Fulton is the Tide 100.9 DME and Brand Manager, primarily covering Alabama Crimson Tide football and men's basketball. For more Crimson Tide coverage, follow Wyatt on X (Formerly known as Twitter) at @FultonW_.