Nick Saban went to Washington.
The legendary former Alabama head coach appeared before Congress to support the bipartisan Protect College Sports Act, a bill aimed at bringing structure to the current era of name, image and likeness deals and the transfer portal, according to ESPN.
Saban told lawmakers the legislation would help to bring order to a system that badly needs fixing. The act is described as bipartisan, meaning it has support from both Republican and Democratic members of Congress.
The appearance marks one of the more prominent public roles Saban has taken since retiring from coaching. College athletics has operated under significant uncertainty since NIL rules took effect and the transfer portal expanded, and multiple legislative efforts have stalled in recent years. This bill represents the latest attempt to establish a federal framework for how college athletes are compensated and how movement between programs is governed.
No vote date has been announced.
