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Sporting News Blog from Auburn Fan writes......
Link: www.sportingnews.com/blog/AU505/186608
Disturbing news about Bama
Filed under: AlabamaCrimsonTideCF AuburnTigersCF CollegeFootball LSUTigersCF TennesseeVolunteersCF
Mar 13, 2009 01:12 PM | [report abuse]
Yes, I am an Auburn fan, but I have been hearing some pretty disturbing stuff from some insiders in the 'know' about possible trouble for the Crimson Tide and I was wondering if anyone else or if Bama fans have been hearing this same stuff.
The first thing I received was an email about a Booster from Gadsden Alabama and a football recruit. Below (in Italic's) is an exerpt from that email.
People on Rivals are talking about the 2nd letter situation. A friend of mine just called me and said that the 2nd letter revolves around a booster from Gadsen and that the NCAA has a video that contains full audio of a booster offering to pay a kid to go to UA. He said that this is going to be worse than the Albert Means problem was for them a few years ago for them.
If that isnt bad enough, today I received a second email which is even more disturbing, here is an excerpt (in Italic's).
Tip of the iceberg.....Alabama actually got a Preliminary Letter of Inquiry from the NCAA regarding investigation into textbook scandal back 10 months ago (i.e. students from football and possibly other sports given textbooks to sell to other students and make money. Bama covered it up, despite FOIA requests from newspapers). The PLOI falls in the 5 year window of the Unversity's last run in with the NCAA.
There are now indications of a second investigation, covering numerous other violations of NCAA rules, 22 students. There will be a second PLOI sent to Alabama from the NCAA, or the NCAA will add it as an appendix to the first letter. Because Alabama's violations occured while still under sanctions after last investigation, Alabama is looking at big time NCAA sanctions, although people in the know say they would not likely get the death penalty. The word is the possibility of no home games for at least one year, multiple years of probation, and significant scholarship cuts for football as well as a complete one year shutdown of one women's program.
This will be bigger than the Albert Means deal. Seven SEC schools and 2 ACC schools have turned Bama in for numerous recruiting violations which seem to revolve around the greeting policy of "bumping into recruits".
Apparently Saban has made a habit of the incidental bumps turning into all out recruiting during dead periods and non-contact time frames.
Throw in a leer jet ride from Florida for a recruit during an unofficial visit and the NCAA is not happy. They have been seething since Alabama took their bowl ban from a few years back and turned it into a field trip to Hawaii.
The PLOI #2 will contain a couple of dozen Major violations....note that textbookgate is only ONE major violation. The NCAA has twenty three investigators......four are assigned to Alabama at this very moment. Not good.
This is a big deal and will be a significant blow to The University. I predict Mal Moore will lose his job, Mike Slive may be forced into retirement, Troy King may end up with a few issues himself.
Take it for what it's worth.......the textbook deal is not as much of a
non issue as people may think.
If there is 'any' truth to this it could mean serious consequences for the Tide. So, again, I am not writing this to 'needle' bama fans...just wondering if anyone else has heard any of this.
Link: www.sportingnews.com/blog/AU505/186608
Disturbing news about Bama
Filed under: AlabamaCrimsonTideCF AuburnTigersCF CollegeFootball LSUTigersCF TennesseeVolunteersCF
Mar 13, 2009 01:12 PM | [report abuse]
Yes, I am an Auburn fan, but I have been hearing some pretty disturbing stuff from some insiders in the 'know' about possible trouble for the Crimson Tide and I was wondering if anyone else or if Bama fans have been hearing this same stuff.
The first thing I received was an email about a Booster from Gadsden Alabama and a football recruit. Below (in Italic's) is an exerpt from that email.
People on Rivals are talking about the 2nd letter situation. A friend of mine just called me and said that the 2nd letter revolves around a booster from Gadsen and that the NCAA has a video that contains full audio of a booster offering to pay a kid to go to UA. He said that this is going to be worse than the Albert Means problem was for them a few years ago for them.
If that isnt bad enough, today I received a second email which is even more disturbing, here is an excerpt (in Italic's).
Tip of the iceberg.....Alabama actually got a Preliminary Letter of Inquiry from the NCAA regarding investigation into textbook scandal back 10 months ago (i.e. students from football and possibly other sports given textbooks to sell to other students and make money. Bama covered it up, despite FOIA requests from newspapers). The PLOI falls in the 5 year window of the Unversity's last run in with the NCAA.
There are now indications of a second investigation, covering numerous other violations of NCAA rules, 22 students. There will be a second PLOI sent to Alabama from the NCAA, or the NCAA will add it as an appendix to the first letter. Because Alabama's violations occured while still under sanctions after last investigation, Alabama is looking at big time NCAA sanctions, although people in the know say they would not likely get the death penalty. The word is the possibility of no home games for at least one year, multiple years of probation, and significant scholarship cuts for football as well as a complete one year shutdown of one women's program.
This will be bigger than the Albert Means deal. Seven SEC schools and 2 ACC schools have turned Bama in for numerous recruiting violations which seem to revolve around the greeting policy of "bumping into recruits".
Apparently Saban has made a habit of the incidental bumps turning into all out recruiting during dead periods and non-contact time frames.
Throw in a leer jet ride from Florida for a recruit during an unofficial visit and the NCAA is not happy. They have been seething since Alabama took their bowl ban from a few years back and turned it into a field trip to Hawaii.
The PLOI #2 will contain a couple of dozen Major violations....note that textbookgate is only ONE major violation. The NCAA has twenty three investigators......four are assigned to Alabama at this very moment. Not good.
This is a big deal and will be a significant blow to The University. I predict Mal Moore will lose his job, Mike Slive may be forced into retirement, Troy King may end up with a few issues himself.
Take it for what it's worth.......the textbook deal is not as much of a
non issue as people may think.
If there is 'any' truth to this it could mean serious consequences for the Tide. So, again, I am not writing this to 'needle' bama fans...just wondering if anyone else has heard any of this.
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