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During a Wednesday U.S. Senate committee hearing, legendary former Alabama football coach Nick Saban testified in favor of a new bill to reform college athletics.
The hearing, entitled “Protecting College Sports: Supporting Student Athletes, Restoring Fair Competition, and Saving the Games Fans Love,” will convene at 8 a.m. CT to assess the Protect College Sports Act of 2026.
President Donald Trump and U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) continue to sound the alarm about the direction of college sports if Tuberville's Student-Athlete Act is not passed.
College sports are dominant in Alabama, and the state saw success across major sports in 2025. It also saw high expectations not met, leading to coaching changes.
In a Monday interview on ESPN's "The Pat McAfee Show," President Donald Trump praised retired Alabama football coach Nick Saban and called on him to "get involved" in fixing the problems in NCAA sports that have come with the introduction of the transfer portal and Name, Image and Likeness (NIL).
During a Tuesday appearance on Real America's Voice's "Just the News, No Noise," U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) continued his warpath against the current state of college athletics by saying an anonymous football player had already blown through his NIL funds and was demanding additional money just to travel to an away game.
On Friday, former Alabama football coach Nick Saban applauded President Donald Trump's executive order that is intended to bring order and stability to college sports.
On Friday, Tuberville continued his effort to resolve the "disaster" that NIL and transfer portal had become in college sports with a lack of rules and regulations. The former Auburn head football coach lamented that the NIL had "gotten out of hand."
Amid a push to reform NIL rules in the NCAA, U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) is predicting a major shift in college athletics in the "near future."
Although he has retired from coaching, legendary Alabama head football coach Nick Saban is still working to improve college athletics.
U.S. Sens. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) and Joe Manchin (D-West Virginia) filed legislation regulating the name, image, likeness (NIL) college sports on Tuesday.
U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) told 1819 News and other reporters on Tuesday that he and his colleague U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W. Va.) will propose legislation to govern name, image and likeness (NIL) deals for college athletes nationwide next month.
The Alabama state director for the Human Rights Campaign responded to the signing of House Bill 261, which protects college athletes.
Two former football players from the University of Alabama and one from Auburn University were added to the 2023 College Football Hall of Fame ballot.
Samford University in Birmingham announced a $65 million capital project beginning next year, focused on athletics and recreation, which will transform Bashinky Fieldhouse, the Beeson Center, and Seibert Hall.