Saban touched on name, image and likeness Tuesday from the main podium but did not mention Fisher or previous comments on the subject relating to Texas A&M. Young went on to say Alabama respects Texas A&M and is looking forward to playing the Aggies in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, this season. “When you compete at this high of a level, stuff like that is bound to happen.” “Both coaches are great coaches and great competitors,” Young said earlier this week. “I have great respect for Nick and unfortunately our thing went public and sometimes that happens in this world, nothing is private anymore, is it? Anyway, I have great respect for Nick and we all learn from it, we all will learn, he will learn, hopefully I will learn from things we do and say and we move on from there, but I have great respect for him and their program like always.”įor Alabama quarterback and reigning Heisman winner Bryce Young, he does not see the Saban and Fisher beef as that big of a deal. So we usually had them against other people. But on the basketball court, we didn’t have them (arguments), we were always on the same team. And like he said, I heard a statement he made, the arguments we had in the staff room and on the basketball court and all those things. “We all learn from things we do in our business, you've got two competitive guys on a topic (NIL) that is very everywhere, as they say, there’s no rules in this thing and where it goes and each state has different laws and everything. “Listen, we’re great, two competitive guys that go at it,” Fisher said. During SEC Media Days this week, Fisher was asked whether he has any regrets about the quarrell between him and Saban. Texas A&M head coach Jimbo Fisher and Alabama's Nick Saban made headlines this offseason with their back and forth spat regarding recruiting and new NIL rules in college football.

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