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Nick Saban Questions If NFL Draft Prospects Would Opt Out of Spring CFB Season

As a number of conferences weigh the possibility of playing football in the spring, Alabama head coach Nick Saban is wondering if any NFL draft prospects would want to play at that point.

Appearing on ESPN's Get Up! on Tuesday, Saban talked about "one of the real consequences" of trying to delay the football season (starts at 5:20 mark).

"If you're a junior or senior, and you have an NFL grade, are you gonna play in the spring?" he said. "Or is that going to sort of become a JV season with a lot of these juniors and seniors opting out and not playing their senior year?