Nick Saban blames coaches for state of collectives: “It was not suppo…

A collective is defined as an organization formed to benefit student-athletes, usually at a specific institution, according to the Business of College Sports. Different schools have different collective models, but the premise of it is college alums coming together to create a unit, who seeks to provide NIL opportunities to student-athletes. The University of Alabama unveiled its collective, Yea Alabama, in February with the support of Saban.

The Alabama head coach was on Stephen A. Smith’s Know Mercy Podcast Wednesday, and he blamed coaches for the way collectives are used at the moment,.

“It (NIL) was not supposed to be me going to give a speech to raise money from alumni, so we can get enough money in our collective, so we can pay players,” Saban said. “That is not what it was supposed to be. Who is to blame for that? coaches. We did…