Nick Saban Blatantly Admits to Tampering on National TV

#1
VolPack22

VolPack22

Jessica Alba wears my Daddy hat
Joined
Aug 11, 2014
Messages
23,952
Likes
59,602
#1
Hopefully Alabama will get some recruiting violations for Saban’s admission on national television. He blatantly said they tried to get Mitchell into the portal but he never wanted to. Even if not successful, that’s the definition of tampering. This is after he publicly said “we don’t tamper with anybody” just a couple years ago.

www.si.com

Alabama Head Coach Nick Saban Denies Tampering With Ex-Louisville WR Tyler Harrell - Sports Illustrated Louisville Cardinals News, Analysis and More

Harrell entered the portal not long after spring ball, and committed to Alabama a week and a half later.
www.si.com www.si.com

 
  • Like
Reactions: VOLnBama01, DrTNT, ArdentVol and 2 others
#2
#2
nothing will ever happen. at worst they will admit Alabama did wrong, but won't recommend anything because those involved are gone.

and then they will probably announce another investigation in UT because we broke some rule 2 years before it existed.
 
  • Like
Reactions: 99grad, joevol33, orangebloodgmc and 15 others
#6
#6
VolPack22 said:
Hopefully Alabama will get some recruiting violations for Saban’s admission on national television. He blatantly said they tried to get Mitchell into the portal but he never wanted to. Even if not successful, that’s the definition of tampering. This is after he publicly said “we don’t tamper with anybody” just a couple years ago.

www.si.com

Alabama Head Coach Nick Saban Denies Tampering With Ex-Louisville WR Tyler Harrell - Sports Illustrated Louisville Cardinals News, Analysis and More

Harrell entered the portal not long after spring ball, and committed to Alabama a week and a half later.
www.si.com www.si.com

Click to expand...
Let him blab long enough and he’ll transform into Barry Switzer. Hated Barry when he was coaching but nowadays he’s a must listen. Proudly talks about paying players back in the day.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Plecoptera and VolPack22
#7
#7
VolFreakJosh said:
Saban is untouchable.

Dude has broken so many rules during his time here.

Waste of time.
Click to expand...
Nobody’s going after HIM. His (former) program is fair game, tho. NCAA got neutered by Donde and Co, but this is a blatant consolation prize…served up on a platter. Pious “doing it right” pleas to Congress going to find some deaf ears imo.
 
  • Like
Reactions: VolDave53, VOLnBama01, tbwhhs and 1 other person
#8
#8
butchna said:
Nobody’s going after HIM. His (former) program is fair game, tho. NCAA got neutered by Donde and Co, but this is a blatant consolation prize…served up on a platter. Pious “doing it right” pleas to Congress going to find some deaf ears imo.
Click to expand...
Agreed, you have video evidence of him openly admitting to it. The crazy thing is nobody prompted him to say it lol. It’s a pretty easy case if they chose to pursue it.
 
  • Like
Reactions: swampfoxfan, VOLnBama01, Tennessee Cowboy and 1 other person
#9
#9
VolPack22 said:
Agreed, you have video evidence of him openly admitting to it. The crazy thing is nobody prompted him to say it lol. It’s a pretty easy case if they chose to pursue it.
Click to expand...
Old coaches are like Mafiosi in the Witness Protection Program. Ask them directly what rules they’ve ever skirted? None…totally clean. Get them talking for a book (like Henry Hill with Wiseguy) or on a draft telecast pumping for relatable player stories…
 
  • Like
Reactions: VolPack22
#10
#10
VolPack22 said:
Agreed, you have video evidence of him openly admitting to it. The crazy thing is nobody prompted him to say it lol. It’s a pretty easy case if they chose to pursue it.
Click to expand...
They will never pursue it. As I have said many times on this forum, Alabama plays by a different set of rules than all of the other members of the SEC. This is just further evidence.
 
  • Like
Reactions: LibertyVol, matt1107, Tennessee Cowboy and 2 others
#11
#11
VolPack22 said:
Hopefully Alabama will get some recruiting violations for Saban’s admission on national television. He blatantly said they tried to get Mitchell into the portal but he never wanted to. Even if not successful, that’s the definition of tampering. This is after he publicly said “we don’t tamper with anybody” just a couple years ago.

www.si.com

Alabama Head Coach Nick Saban Denies Tampering With Ex-Louisville WR Tyler Harrell - Sports Illustrated Louisville Cardinals News, Analysis and More

Harrell entered the portal not long after spring ball, and committed to Alabama a week and a half later.
www.si.com www.si.com

Click to expand...
Nah, F*** 'em. They're getting ready to get their a$$ handed to them on the playing field.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Sudden Impact and VolPack22
#14
#14
VolPack22 said:
Hopefully Alabama will get some recruiting violations for Saban’s admission on national television. He blatantly said they tried to get Mitchell into the portal but he never wanted to. Even if not successful, that’s the definition of tampering. This is after he publicly said “we don’t tamper with anybody” just a couple years ago.

www.si.com

Alabama Head Coach Nick Saban Denies Tampering With Ex-Louisville WR Tyler Harrell - Sports Illustrated Louisville Cardinals News, Analysis and More

Harrell entered the portal not long after spring ball, and committed to Alabama a week and a half later.
www.si.com www.si.com

Click to expand...


Everyone tampers, even us.
 
  • Like
Reactions: BigOrangeTrain and VolPack22
#18
#18
BigOrangeTrain said:
So what? Tons of teams did it. He just admitted it.
Click to expand...
Yeah but tons of teams aren't admitting to it while sitting in front of a camera with millions of people watching. If you tamper in the NFL you get a hefty fine and docked draft picks. If you are Alabama you get applauded. Alabama should be forced to pay a fine to Toledo and docked scholarships. That would be the equivalent to the NFL rule. Guarantee you if there was an huge fine and a significant scholarship reduction and decreased recruiting visits for tampering then you would see less shady stuff regarding tampering. The problem is the penalties aren’t severe enough to deter the behavior. People in charge should be laying down the law and making an example out Alabama but they are too busy trying to keep kids from making money.
 
#20
#20
butchna said:
Let him blab long enough and he’ll transform into Barry Switzer. Hated Barry when he was coaching but nowadays he’s a must listen. Proudly talks about paying players back in the day.
Click to expand...
My son is friends w Barry’s grandson in Spring Hill. I was friends with the kid’s father. He played LB at Arkansas and shared some stories about his dad ( Barry) @ Oklahoma and Dallas.

Barry is still a diehard Sooner fan and attended the 2015 Oklahoma vs TN game @ Neyland.
 
  • Like
Reactions: VolPack22 and butchna
#21
#21
vol94 said:
My son is friends w Barry’s grandson in Spring Hill. I was friends with the kid’s father. He played LB at Arkansas and shared some stories about his dad ( Barry) @ Oklahoma and Dallas.

Barry is still a diehard Sooner fan and attended the 2015 Oklahoma vs TN game @ Neyland.
Click to expand...
I live in the DFW area and he’s always around here or back in Norman. In case I misrepresented myself, I thoroughly enjoy his stories and him in general. Gotta live long enough to appreciate what you couldn’t stand when you were young. Same outlook with Larry Bird.
 
  • Like
Reactions: VolPack22 and vol94
#22
#22
This the same Nick Saban that bragged at the Texas High School Football Coaches convention about the NIL money pouring in for Bryce Young only to later denounce NIL and blame it for one of the reasons he retired?

Saban’s a great coach but FOS if Something doesn’t benefit him or his program.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Hbg, VolPack22, orangebloodgmc and 3 others
#24
#24
VolPack22 said:
Hopefully Alabama will get some recruiting violations for Saban’s admission on national television. He blatantly said they tried to get Mitchell into the portal but he never wanted to. Even if not successful, that’s the definition of tampering. This is after he publicly said “we don’t tamper with anybody” just a couple years ago.

www.si.com

Alabama Head Coach Nick Saban Denies Tampering With Ex-Louisville WR Tyler Harrell - Sports Illustrated Louisville Cardinals News, Analysis and More

Harrell entered the portal not long after spring ball, and committed to Alabama a week and a half later.
www.si.com www.si.com

Click to expand...
What this shows, above all, is that Mitchell did not need Saban's self-proclaimed and endlessly hyped "development" to go in the first round.

Yet had Mitchell transferred, Saban would be taking the credit, claiming it was his and Alabama's "development" that got him to the league.

Saban monopolized talent at Bama by means of having complete immunity to NCAA rules, and buying every Bama class, beginning with his first. Cheating with impunity (i.e., with the NCAA's deliberate blind eye) "made" Saban. He can't tolerate his rivals being able to pay like he has always done. A level playing field is an absolute affront to him. So he quit.

When Saban says he wants to "save football," what he means is that he wants to "save the dirty, corrupt extreme advantage of belonging to a small club of programs that cheat endlessly with no NCAA implications."
 
Last edited:
  • Like
Reactions: VolNExile and VolPack22
#25
#25
DaddyChad said:
Even if Saban chose not to cheat it’s impossible to keep the boosters there in check. Someone is going to grease someone’s palm to get an advantage; it’s the Bama way.
Click to expand...
According to NCAA rules, those are violations.

Moreover, according to those same rules (which the NCAA has crookedly refused to enforce with respect to Saban and Bama), what you describe is a textbook case of "lack of institutional control."

I'm always intrigued by the excuses and perhaps accidental exculpations people make for Saban, the greatest cheater in the history of the game. The excuses always amount to more and more serious infractions that the NCAA has crookedly covered up.
 
  • Like
Reactions: VolPack22 and VolNExile
New posts
You must log in or register to reply here.

VN Store



Back
Top