Netflix’s new sitcom “Space Force” gave a funny, and quite accurate, shoutout to the Nick Saban and the Alabama Football team.
Netflix’s new sitcom “Space Force” gave a funny, and quite accurate, shoutout to the Nick Saban and the Alabama Football team.
The new centers around a group of people tasked with establishing the sixth branch of the U.S. Armed Forces, the United States Space Force.
It stars Steve Carell, Ben Schwartz, and John Malkovich.
In this episode, which is the show’s eight episode called “Conjugal Visit,” the team is looking for a contractor for a project, and clearly, the contractor wants more money than they originally discussed.
The contractor wants $1 million dollars.
Malkovich (who plays Dr. Adrian Mallory) laughs and explains how no government employee, even them, gets paid a million dollars.
That’s when the contractor uses Nick Saban as an example:
“No, no, no. I heard coach Saban makes over $7 million a year,” he says. The contractor follow that with an immediate “Roll Tide!”
Ben Schwartz (who plays Tony Scarapiducci) respond with his own “Roll Tide” back at the contractor.
Malkovish says to Schwartz, “Oh you would be a Bama fan,” to which Schwartz responds with, “Oh, I’m so sorry for liking winners.”
In 2018, Nick Saban’s contract increased to $7.5 million, and he is getting another $800,000 from what the university is terming a “contract extension/championship signing incentive.” Under his previous terms, Saban had been set to make $7.125 million, including a $400,000 contract-year completion payment.
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