In a quiet moment, Nick Saban asked if he had gone too far.

"You think I'm crazy for saying all this stuff?" Alabama's coach wondered after his brief media availability Tuesday at the 2023 SEC spring meetings.

Well, no, if you believe whatever is left of the collegiate model has been shredded and put in a dumpster somewhere out behind NCAA headquarters in Indianapolis. Saban was merely speaking his truth when suggesting that college football is headed toward an NFL model.

In fact, the great coach practically endorsed the idea when asked about whether players should be made employees.