100% this.
He knew the cameras were there, he thought about what he was going to say ahead of time. This was another warning - a warning that NIL (as it's being abused) will eventually destroy CFB, but also that, if this is how it's going to be, then Bama will kick your butt here, too.
All the atm fans are saying 'he's scared', just like opposing fans have said every time Saban warned CFB about something. How quickly they forget. As an aside, I've come to the realization that atm is really just texas-lite - same attitude, with lesser history, so they're not quite as intolerable. But overall, same attitude of 'we have more money than you so we can win' with nothing to show for it.
We'll see what happens, but I suspect Saban already has a collective in place (or is putting one in place) and will give CFB what it asked for soon enough.