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Nick Saban'shad no shortage of examples from the NFL for what not to do, and the Alabama coach said Wednesday he's used the league's recent off-field issues as teaching moments for his players.
Saban said it's all about "pre-empting behavior," whether it be domestic violence, which led to former Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice's release and indefinite suspension, or child abuse, which has indefinitely sidelined Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson.
"We probably have 15-20 speakers a year and spend a tremendous amount of money on personal development in all these areas, whether it's domestic violence type of issues, how to treat other people, how to be a man," Saban said on Wednesday's SEC teleconference.
"Drugs, alcohol, agents. All these things that affect young people. I think every opportunity we have where there's an example of consequences for behavior that's not what we want to try to develop, we certainly want to use it as a teaching opportunity with our team."
In early August, Saban said one of his camp speakers focused his or her presentation on domestic violence. He did not name the speaker.
"We teach our players they should not evaluate the circumstances of someone else in terms of how they treat them," Saban said at the time. "Every person should be treated with the kind of respect you would like to be treated with regardless of their station, anyone from whoever cleans the building, cleans the locker room, to whoever the president of the university is.
"The right way to treat all those people is the right way. There is not some other way."
Alabama also brought in two speakers from The Pacific Institute, former Fresno State basketball star Chris Herren, NFL Executive Vice President of Football Operations Troy Vincent and former NBA star Antoine Walker. Vincent discussed the risks that come with leaving college early for the NFL Draft, Herren talked about the drug addiction that derailed his career and Walker focused on his financial troubles.
Nick Saban'shad no shortage of examples from the NFL for what not to do, and the Alabama coach said Wednesday he's used the league's recent off-field issues as teaching moments for his players.
Saban said it's all about "pre-empting behavior," whether it be domestic violence, which led to former Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice's release and indefinite suspension, or child abuse, which has indefinitely sidelined Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson.
"We probably have 15-20 speakers a year and spend a tremendous amount of money on personal development in all these areas, whether it's domestic violence type of issues, how to treat other people, how to be a man," Saban said on Wednesday's SEC teleconference.
"Drugs, alcohol, agents. All these things that affect young people. I think every opportunity we have where there's an example of consequences for behavior that's not what we want to try to develop, we certainly want to use it as a teaching opportunity with our team."
In early August, Saban said one of his camp speakers focused his or her presentation on domestic violence. He did not name the speaker.
"We teach our players they should not evaluate the circumstances of someone else in terms of how they treat them," Saban said at the time. "Every person should be treated with the kind of respect you would like to be treated with regardless of their station, anyone from whoever cleans the building, cleans the locker room, to whoever the president of the university is.
"The right way to treat all those people is the right way. There is not some other way."
Alabama also brought in two speakers from The Pacific Institute, former Fresno State basketball star Chris Herren, NFL Executive Vice President of Football Operations Troy Vincent and former NBA star Antoine Walker. Vincent discussed the risks that come with leaving college early for the NFL Draft, Herren talked about the drug addiction that derailed his career and Walker focused on his financial troubles.
