Alabama player received Impermissible benefits

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<p>Y</a>! SPORTS</p>

<p>I have long suspected that Alabama, and the other schools mentioned were paying their players.</p>

<p>After the precedent to USC and OSU, Alabama (Who already had a massive violation in the early 2000s) should have their last 2 national titles stripped and at least a two year bowl ban.</p>

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<p>I’m sure that’s just the tip of the iceberg. There probably isn’t a big football program in the US which isn’t engaging in similar conduct.</p>

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<p>Alabama player received Impermissible benefits </p>

<p>An education?</p>

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<p>It’s not the football programs. It’s the agents. The NFL and the agents.</p>

<p>This is why the coaches want to take money out of their salaries in the SEC and Big1G and give the players a stipend.</p>

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Lol touche</p>

<p>I remember that all SEC academic with a 2.8 GPA</p>

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<p>Everyone makes money off college football except the players. Most go to college because you have to be three years out of high school before you become eligible for the NFL. Somehow this isn’t a problem for the NBA where the best player in the world, LeBron, went directly to the pros. (I know that some are going to say football required more physical maturity blah blah blah, but many teenagers are world class in a variety of sports.)</p>

<p>Note the NFL three years after high school before NFL eligibility doesn’t require college while you are waiting–so it’s not necessarily about education. </p>

<p>I’m surprised there hasn’t been a lawsuit by a player arguing that the three-year rule is an illegal restraint of trade.</p>

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<p>Well, yes, but often, the boosters as well.</p>

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<p>True. But more in the past with that</p>

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You can’t go straight from high school into the NBA anymore, you have to go to college for one year first (or play overseas for 1 year).</p>

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A former NBA/NCAA player tried to sue in the 60s about their rule requiring players to sit out 4 years before going into the NBA. </p>

<p>He won, but the NBA still enforces a 19 year old age requirement (since 2004?)
<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haywood_v._National_Basketball_Association[/url]”>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haywood_v._National_Basketball_Association&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>That’s not the most disgusting story to come out of Bama today …</p>

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<p>Wow, YDS–what a well-done article; what a stupid situation.</p>

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<p>There are some positive things about Alabama as a school, but it mostly falls into the category that was applied to Oklahoma decades ago: the administration is continually striving to develop a University that the football team can be proud of.</p>

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<p>FYI - the rules about when players are eligible to turn pro are negotiated deals between the leagues and the professional player’s unions.</p>

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<p>So…if the NCAA strips Alabama of it’s wins and titles for the past two years…does that mean the Fighting Irish get the National Championship???
(probably not, but, hey, one can dream…)</p>

<p>In this day and age…I’m still amazed that athletic departments/schools/boosters/players think they can get away with these violations and not get caught eventually…</p>

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<p>A cartel.</p>

<p>It is in the union’s economic interest to restrict the labor supply.</p>

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<p>I think they have to prove that the athletic department knew about it for them to strip the championships. I am not saying that they did or did not know, I just have not seen anything about the athletic depart knowing yet. </p>

<p>I am sure we will see a lot more about this in the next few weeks.</p>

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<p>I don’t even know what to say about that horrifying sorority article. Just last week I was defending this Greek system as changing and pointing out how wrong it is for northerners to get so superior. </p>

<p>Boy was I wrong!</p>

<p>And alumni , too. They should step the hell out of the way and let the younger generation lead then into the 1900’s. </p>

<p>My apologies for last week. I could not have been more wrong.</p>

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<p>^^^^^Sounds like the younger generation is ready to move forward, but the alums don’t want to go there…</p>

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<p>Exactly. The school and the national organizations should ban alumni from voting in recruitment. </p>

<p>I’m really rather embarrassed I bothered defending them based on the kids I know. Clearly the adult women need to get a life of their own and step out of the way.</p>

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<p>^^^yeah, they need to let the girls decide who their sisters will be. I didn’t realize some sororities allow alums to be part of the voting process.</p>