Overview

• Deion Sanders proposed paying every player on College Football Playoff teams a standard bonus, with larger shares for each win, modeled on the NFL postseason system.
• Nick Saban endorsed the concept in an Associated Press interview, saying the bonus approach to “spreading the wealth” sounded like a good idea.
• Saban also rejected ideas to grant multiple automatic CFP bids to the Big Ten and SEC, arguing that all teams should earn their way in.
• Today, conferences collect $4 million when a member reaches the 12-team bracket with increasing payments per round, while players lack a standardized bonus share.
• Both coaches called for clearer rules around NIL as schools, under the House settlement, can pay up to $20.5 million to athletes over the next year alongside outside deals.