Terry Bradshaw calls Nick Saban's Alabama salary 'shameful'
Alabama's Nick Saban is the highest paid college football coach — set to haul in more than $11 million next season — as well as one of the highest-paid public employees in the country, according to Paste BN Sports’ salary research database.
That doesn’t sit too well with four-time Super Bowl champion Terry Bradshaw, who bluntly called the Crimson Tide coach’s income “shameful” during a segment on the Paul Finebaum Show while debating Phyllis, a die-hard 'Bama fan.
Bradshaw started by explaining that Saban’s contract is the “entire athletic budget” at Louisiana Tech (Bradshaw’s alma mater, and the budget is actually $22 million).
“The entire budget,” Bradshaw said. “That’s shameful. Shameful!”
But Bradshaw didn’t make the often-noted point that the NCAA student-athletes who have helped Saban win four titles in Tuscaloosa don’t earn a cent outside of their scholarships. He just thought it was way too much money.
“Twelve million. Think about it,” Bradshaw said. “I could use a little bit of that money to help pay off my trailer house.”
Bradshaw also said retired college coach Steve Spurrier is a better coach based on personality.
“If he has the personality of Steve Spurrier, then I would like him,” Bradshaw said. “Spurrier, now you’re talking about a great coach. That’s a great coach, Steve Spurrier, not Saban. Saban hates people. The man doesn’t even like people.”
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