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platform. I'm just a football coach. I spent my life when we had the ball trying to get a first

down, when they had the ball trying to get off the field on third down so

this is an unlikely position for me to be in to speak to such a distinguished group of people thank you

but I come here today with a question what are the guiding principles for the future of college athletics

all athletes.

I'm talking about football, basketball, Olympic sports, revenue, non-revenue, it doesn't matter.

You know, my goal as a coach for my players, for our players, was to help them be more successful in life,

that we would create an atmosphere and environment that would help them through personal development, academic support, 668 degrees and 17 years at Alabama, and help them develop a career as a football

player.

That was our goal, so that they were creating value in life, and we were preparing them for their

future past athletics.

So what happened? You know, in this current system that we have,

that became impossible to do because people, instead of making decisions about creating value for

their future, they were making decisions about how much money could they make at whichever school

they could go to or transfer to.

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