My vote is go hard after the rule breakers. However, despite being eligible for the death penalty, Alabama escaped that outcome. The ongoing federal corruption saga jumped the tracks from college basketball into the football realm. What if I told you it's not cheating if everyone is doing it. All rights reserved. The ongoing federal corruption saga jumped the tracks from college basketball into the football realm. Reply. These aren't outside allegations. Time to go hard against the cheaters and NCAA somehow (press, legal system, etc.). In reply to What if I told you it's not by Crootin. At least, not at the University of Alabama. The Sooners athletic dorm was the scene of drug use and gunplay, and former star quarterback Charles Thompson was arrested for attempting to sell cocaine to undercover FBI agents, resulting in Sports Illustrated's famous cover featuring Thompson in handcuffs and prison orange, under the heading "Oklahoma: A Sordid Story - How Barry Switzer's Sooners Terrorized Their Campus." This is not the only option unless you are a cynic lacking a moral compass. The third-seeded Bulldogs will need an Orange Bowl . RT @edsbs: Remember that in 2002 Alabama lost 21 scholarships over 3years with a 2 year bowl ban. Prosecutors said Lang attempted to sell Means to at least eight schools, including Georgia, Arkansas, and Tennessee. In reply to Nick Saban has never been by Logan88. Follow him on Twitter @ByCasagrande or on Facebook. Photos from the shop's Facebook page, however, depicted both current and graduated players signing items in the store, although outkickthecoverage.com provided no evidence of payments to players. "I have no doubt [the same level of cheating] is happening. Although Id like to consider Michigan above this, it is frustrating to know this goes on with no repercussions, while we took a hit for stretching too much. In reply to If all it took were some old by jmblue. Granted immunity by the NCAA for cooperating in their investigation, Dykes revealed a bidding war that involved Oklahoma, Texas A&M, Illinois and Oklahoma State all of which ended up on probation. ), CFB Risk Day 33 - It's Five O'Clock Somewhere. The company, Sports with Alternatives to Steroids, or "S.W.A.T.T." In fact, Means exposed a secret about how he even qualified to get into the school. And, do you really think he flipped for any other reason than Michigan's ugly performance against Ohio St? The notice of allegations says at least a dozen members of Pruitt's staff were involved in more than 200 individual violations over a two-year period. It's been nearly 8 years since "the Wise Man's Fear" was published. Is it a moral dilemma to decide whether or not to give kids money to come to your school to play football? TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- Five Southeastern Conference football players, including former Alabama All-American tackleD.J. 7 prospect for the 2011 NFL draft by ESPN analyst Mel Kiper, is the latest prominent college football player to be entangled in an evolving NCAA investigation into illegal contact and conduct by sports agents. I was forced to live in that part of the country for a year. In reply to Okay, soooo lets just give by northernmich. Posted on Jan 5th, 10:08 PM, , User Since 189 months ago, User Post Count: 2566 . Overall, the entire scandal resulted in not only legal action against Young and Lang, but also harsh penalties for the Alabama football program. These are the conclusions of the school itself. Yet. Its all part of the federal investigations into bribery and fraud allegations involving coaches, players, shoe companies and the financial advisors competing for the services of athletes before rules allow such activity. Lance Armstrong is a good example here: everyone Lance racedagainst was doped to the gills. Florida State The Seminoles encountered two scandals under former coach Bobby Bowden. 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On the surface, all three stories at least suggest the breaking of NCAA rules on a small or large scale. Four former Tennessee football staff members were given multiyear show-cause penalties by the NCAA for their roles in recruiting violations under former Vols coach Jeremy Pruitt. The Tide might have found a suitable replacement for A.J. Alabama coach Nick Saban said Wednesday he supports the school's compliance department and then refused to answer further questions on the matter. Nelson alleges that Propst told him they needed to pay players to attend Valdosta, and that he needed to reach into the Touchdown Club's coffers to make that happen, according to the Journal-Constitution. Other coaches in college football think he's cheating: "If you had the No. Alabama football is enjoying the momentum expected of a power program. Their coaches have committed NCAArecruiting violations: Alabama won't face any further punishment stemming from former Crimson Tide defensive line coach Bo Davis' NCAA violations, the NCAA announced Friday morning. There is a lot of money and vested interest involved, but this seems like a hill worth dying to take. Have you hugged your bagmen today? A Memphis native, Albert Means dominated as a defensive tackle at Trezevant High School. Since September, three NCAA-related stories have hit Sabans desk. But those improvements had come at a cost. Only options from my POV. "The university continues to pursue a resolution of its case that recognizes and demonstrates for other NCAA member institutions that the actions taken by the university during the investigation, including our swift corrective actions and exemplary cooperation, should be the standard for institutional inquiries into potential violations.". Luckily for the schooland by extension, Sabanthat never happened. Alabama was banned for two years from postseason play and were forced to reduce 21 scholarships. 1, Hawks have problem and Snyder must fix it, Kane trade grades: Rangers ace deal; Blackhawks get 'D+', Detroit's Davis closing in on Maravich NCAA scoring mark, Report: Snyder charged team $4.5M to put logo on his jet, Cowboys' Stephen Jones on futures of RBs Elliott, Pollard, Bucks get 15th straight win, complete perfect February. Who cares??? First, none of the reporting to this point indicates Blazer named any recipients of the alleged payments. And those of you who truly are Michigan fans, you will owea lot of us true fans an apology that we will likely not get from you because of your character. Theres no evidence of that right now. I dont necessarily agree, but I certainlyunderstand the reasoning and dontthink they are amoral for thinking it. SMUStill the gold standard for cheating in college football, the SMU Mustang football program of the early and mid-1980s was the poster child for the renegade Southwest Conference and general college football lawlessness. The facility, which . Either do what it takes to compete or call out the cheaters to level the playing field. Sadly, his career ended in ignominy, as improper booster involvement including loans, summer jobs and funds for on-campus visits led to the dreaded NCAA label of "lack of institutional control" and earned the school NCAA and Pac-10 sanctions. It is not a federal policy, and is subject to state and school. This is about how Alabama BECAME Alabama. McNown and other players were charged with illegal possession of handicapped parking passes, leading to countless parking violations and misdemeanor charges for the players involved. ", In reply to Cool story, bro. Because NIL is an interim policy put in place by the NCAA (as forced by the States), there may not be any teeth in regulating it. No idea if that's same time frame for USC. Alabama forward Brandon Miller won't be capping off his controversial week with a new accolade. An NCAA investigation revealed the existence of a "slush fund" for athletes, and it came to light that in 1985 and 1986 alone, 13 players had been paid a total of $61,000. If a guys not cooperating, that does put a roadblock up. According to a new report, the officiating in that game is being investigated by the SEC. Only Southern Methodist University suffered that fate before when the program got shut down in 1987. Until then, Auburn and Oklahoma are the only ones disrupting the process.. The agent piece goes to amateurism, so it would surprise me if there hasnt been a pretty intense effort to look at that, Brown said. The reason Michigan couldn't close out games in '16, including that OSU game, is because of QB play and the inability to get a stop defensively. For one, schools like LSU and Auburn and FSU and Texas also have sophisticated rule-breaking programs. Alabama has 24 commits right now, 23 of them are 4 or 5 stars. And in 1999, they went 10-3 and finished eighth in the final rankings. Given Alabamas repeated violations, the NCAA could have exerted the ultimate punishment: the death penalty. It's time to either pay the players or have powerful people in college football start talking and exposingAlabama and Nick for what they are because this is getting silly. Fluker, now of the San Diego Chargers, among other SEC players. Dareus, ranked as the No. ". 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