Former Alabama coach Nick Saban has been mentioned as a potential college football commissioner by Penn State’s James Franklin, Georgia’s Kirby Smart and plenty of others in recent days.
However, ESPN First Take analysts Domonique Foxworth and Shannon Sharpe believe putting Saban in that position is a bad idea. The two have different reasons as to why they don’t believe it would work. Foxworth shared his opinion first.
“Hell no. … It’s a terrible idea,” Foxworth said. “Put aside the idea of having a commissioner, having someone who is obviously associated with a specific team and organization and a conference, making all the decisions for college football, assuming that any one person is capable of putting the best interest of college football ahead of their own personal bias – it certainly shouldn’t be Nick Saban, because he does not even have the perception of unbiasedness.”
Foxworth went on to say that he doesn’t believe anyone should be the commissioner of college football. But if there does end up being one, he definitely feels like it shouldn’t be Saban.
Foxworth doesn’t feel like Nick Saban is capable of being unbiased.
“You at least have to be perceived as such, perceived as capable of doing it,” Foxworth said. “No one would accept it – because you know who would be No. 1 every year no matter what? Alabama. It makes no sense to have Nick Saban as the commissioner of college football. And I don’t even think you should have a commissioner at all.”
As for Shannon Sharpe, he shared a different reason for why Nick Saban as the college football commissioner doesn’t make sense.
According to Sharpe, it’s because Saban gains nothing by adding the pressure and stress of taking over that role.
“I believe coach Saban loves what he’s doing currently with College GameDay.’ Sharpe said. “It’s a lot less stressful. You make good money. You get to travel, you get out to meet people. And people pat you on the back and tell you everywhere you go that you’re the greatest college coach ever. Coach Saban doesn’t want these problems anymore. Coach Saban doesn’t want these headaches.”
Unlike Foxworth, Sharpe does believe that there should be a commissioner for college football. He just doesn’t believe the role is right for Saban.
“I do like the theory of having a commissioner,” Sharpe said I” do think we need a commissioner to get a handle on this and say, ‘OK, this is how we’re going to do it moving forward.’ But I think coach Saban, he doesn’t want that.”
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