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There's just something about a school's proximity to Birmingham with this stuff. It's like the SEC office is the eye of Sauron.

 

NBC sports:

‘Bama looks into potential extra benefits for Trent Richardson, gives the ‘all clear’ | CollegeFootballTalk

 

I have no doubt that Alabama has probably already cheated five times this week, but their compliance department did what any department does multiple times a day. They research, file their report, and then decide if they need to pursue it any further.

They actually did a great job - just like LSU's did with Shepard.

 

The article demonstrates poor journalism. He writes as if this just happened when in fact it was last December when bama sent the store a "cease and desist letter." It only came to light after Danny Sheridan recently made his accusatory remarks concerning Auburn/Cam Newton on the Finebaum radio program. Bama fired and Auburn fired back. For years, bama has had this group of influential supports called the Red Elephant Club whose passion is to destroy Auburn. Auburn now has it's own group leveling the playing field.

 

We really don't know yet whether LSU's compliance office has handled the Shepard situation correctly. All we know is that they handled the Hicks/McCarthy situation correctly by checking out the living arrangements and preventing Hicks from traveling on the opening road trip. This meant that the compliance office was ahead of the coaching staff, which is why the NCAA liked their proactive response. But the Shepard situation is still too new to know if they have acted properly or even need to.

The situation alleged at AMAB is quite different. The evidence shows pictures of multiple players who were still on the team having signed jerseys in the store window. Those players weren't immediately suspended, so AMAB may have some explaining to do if it comes out that they were somehow reimbursed. Remember the Cam Newton suspension last year in the week before the SECCG. Auburn got solid evidence that Cam's father had in fact solicited money from Moo U. Auburn did the cautious thing and suspended Cam, and immediately appealed the suspension to the NCAA, even though they claimed the whole time that it had nothing to do with Auburn. That's the kind of proactive compliance the NCAA likes: Suspend first, ask questions later. The website does a pretty good job of creating a prima facia argument that AMAB failed to do this.

No matter--it's not like AMAB has a win against us last year to vacate.

GEAUX TIGERS

 

Yeah, I jumped the gun a little - and same goes for crediting Bama's department. I meant at least they're trying unlike Ohio State's.

 

If nothing else it's nice to see bama have to squirm a bit. They are good at accusations but sensitive when on the defense.

Why did so many Alabama football players sign so much stuff for one men's store owner? | al.com

Many bama fans this morning are saying Scarbinsky is an Auburn tool. But the same ones loved it when Slimebaum and Sheridan were running down Auburn last week.

 

Exactly. They detected the problem quickly, reported it to the NCAA, and took corrective action immediately. Text book handling of the situation.

The old mentality was based on legal rationality. Never admit to anything, remain silent, and force the NCAA make the case.

The NCAA is sending a message with the latest round of investigations. They are saying that it is up to the individual schools to police themselves. If they do a good job then the NCAA will rubber stamp there sanctions and move on (LSU/Hicks). If they don't report, deny any wrong doing, and thumb their noses at the rules than the NCAA will come down hard (USC/Bush)

 

yeah, i'd be squirming if i was a bama fan, just like the store owner here:

also, i was wondering what was taking him so long to delete all those pics he had on his facebook page of bama players signing stuff in his store:

on another forum, one bama fan's defense was that if there was any ncaa infractions taking place, then why would the owner be so public about posting the pics online? well, that's obviously not the case now