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Colorado Buffaloes<\/a> head coach Deion Sanders revealed his bold idea for the College Football Playoff (CFP) that no one has brought up, and it doesn\u2019t involve the format.
It\u2019s about paying the players.<\/p>\n

“Coach Prime”<\/a> suggested paying the players for making the CFP and, furthermore, paying them extra if they advance.<\/p>\n

“Now, it\u2019s equality, now it\u2019s even, and every player is making the same amount of money,” Sanders said in an interview with the Associated <\/strong>Press.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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That interview also involved college football<\/a> coaching legend Nick Saban as part of their new Aflac commercial. Saban has been extremely vocal about getting college sports down the right path in this new name, image and likeness (NIL)-fueled system.<\/p>\n

While a commissioner of college sports was floated, Saban said he wants no part of that.<\/p>\n

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“I don\u2019t want to be in that briar patch of being a commissioner, but I do want to do everything I can to make it right,” he noted.<\/p>\n

Both coaches feel more structure is needed, though, as schools have the ability to make players millionaires due to NIL deals and schools being able to pay up to $20.5 million each to their athletes over the next year.<\/p>\n

Sanders referred to NIL deals as a joke, saying that “there are only three or four guys who you might know their NIL, and the rest you\u2019re just giving money to.”<\/p>\n

Saban also worries about what happens after these players leave college.<\/p>\n

“For years and years and years as coaches, and when we were players, we learned this: we\u2019re trying to create value for our future,” Saban explained. “That\u2019s why we\u2019re going to college. It\u2019s not just to see how much money we can make while we\u2019re in college. It\u2019s how that impacts your future as far as our ability to create value for ourselves.”<\/p>\n

To Sanders\u2019 point about paying players for making the College Football Playoff, conferences whose schools make the 12-team CFP receive $4 million. Those payouts increase with each win, but Sanders wants the wealth to spread to those players helping make that happen instead of just the conferences.<\/p>\n

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That\u2019s what the NFL<\/a> does with its playoff bonuses. For example, winners of the Super Bowl received <\/strong>$171,000 each last year, no matter what part they played in making that happen.<\/p>\n

And for those conferences that believe a guaranteed bid to the CFP should be made available, like the SEC and Big Ten, Saban isn\u2019t having it.<\/p>\n

“The NFC East has the Cowboys, Eagles and Giants. They have the biggest fan bases of anyone, and they have to play their way in,” he reminded football fans. “Everyone should play their way in.”<\/p>\n

The world of college sports, especially when it comes to building a college football program, has been turned on its head, and coaches continue to navigate those waters each season.<\/p>\n

Until a proper structure is in place, any idea can be floated, like Sanders\u2019 proposal,<\/strong> as we head into another season of football.<\/p>\n

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