DeBoer makes outlandish statement about Tide, revenue sharing

TUSCALOOSA — Apparently the world of NIL, transfer portal and high school recruiting has damaged even the most powerful of college football programs in the SEC.

NEW: Kalen DeBoer believes revenue sharing can put Alabama back on a ‘balanced playing field,’ he tells @PeteNakos_⬇️

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— On3 (@On3sports) February 27, 2025

Alabama coach Kalen DeBoer made his concerns known about how far his Crimson Tide team has fallen during his first year in charge. While his program previously won six national championships under legendary coach Nick Saban from 2009-2020, it’s been a minute since they have been overwhelmingly better than the rest of the field.

That appears to be a fair sentiment considering the Crimson Tide stacked recruiting classes and developed talent better than any other team in the country for over a decade. Now, that Alabama has fallen behind a tad, DeBoer believes revenue sharing will help his school’s case to once again be college football’s standard.

“Having a more balanced playing field helps our situation,” DeBoer tells On3. “It allows us to get where it was at one point just a few years back. Where recruiting is real recruiting, not just someone who’s gonna put in the highest bid.”

The Crimson Tide’s “Yea Alabama” NIL collective was considered among the 12 best in the sport ahead of the 2024 regular season by On3. DeBoer’s team was still behind the likes of SEC teams Tennessee (No. 2), Texas (No. 3), Ole Miss (No. 6), Missouri (No. 10) and Texas A&M (No. 12).

One of the more funny things about this revelation is the fact that Alabama had one of the top rosters in the sport last season and still lost three games. Two of the three losses were to unranked foes such as Vanderbilt (Crimson Tide ranked No. 1 in AP Poll) and Oklahoma.