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TUSCALOOSA — The University of Alabama was notified by the NCAA this morning that a ruling on its violations of textbook distribution policy will be announced on Thursday, according to a source with knowledge of the issue.
This comes more than a year and a half after UA officials discovered improprieties in the way student-athletes received textbooks, and more than three months after the school made public the news that it had appeared before the NCAA’s Committee on Infractions because of its self-reported violations.
Alabama had been in its five-year probationary window when the violations occurred. That likely means stiffer penalties, though it’s not clear what they will be. A news conference is scheduled for Thursday afternoon.
Fair enough, but in a move that had nothing to do with individual student privacy, the school also blacked out the number of student-athletes and sports involved, as well as the total value of the impermissible textbooks and supplies.
Would it surprise you if I told you that about 200 student-athletes were involved in the four years the textbook case covers? That’s my understanding.
The biggest reason for Alabama to sweat the details of that report is that the school admitted a failure to monitor while it was still in the repeat violator window from the Albert Means case.
As I’m sure a lot of you know, the GUMP ADVISOR has posted this article on how bad Tony Franklin’s experience at Auburn was and how happy he is now:Click here to read that crap. The article opens up, “Tony Franklin has never been one to chase the spotlight…” So why would you agree to do an article like this in the first place? This is a guy who had book tours to promote his book on the spread offense. Guess some college football DCs showed up to those signings. Franklin said he had his doubts from the beginning and didn’t think his offense would really work. Well thanks, Tony. If you didn’t want to be in the spotlight and you didn’t think your offense would work at Auburn then why did you take one of the most coveted jobs in college football, an OC at a huge SEC school?? The article goes on to randomly talk about JETGATE, which Franklin had no part in, and how the AU regime was out to get Tubs. Then it goes to say that the people at Auburn are “fake” because they talk about religion “too much”. Ridiculous, Fake is promising you’re committed to the Miami Dolphins and then bolting to Bama for 6 million dollars. Fake is taking a job that you knew you would fail at and wouldn’t fit in at and wasting all of our time and energy, and in my opinion costing Tubs his job. If there was an underlining theme to the article, it was that the chemistry at Auburn between it’s coaches and administration was not working. I believe that is why in 2008/09 they administration decided to move forward and create a healthy environment for the future. We are all moving forward, so Franklin, you can truly get out of the spot light now. Go back to your happy little cave in Middle Tenn St. No one will miss you. oh yeah, and eat a dick.
Outside linebacker
Troy (AL) Henderson
Ht: 6-foot-2
Wt: 220 lbs
Forty: 4.58 secs
From the timing of the Big Cat weekend, it is clear that the intent was to educate those in attendance about more than just X’s and O’s. This was about Auburn’s philosophy, it’s new mission and designed to accentuate the strengths and traits unique to this program. This weekend was held at a time when there was no spring practice to attend on campus, no football camps taking place and the emphasis could be on Auburn traditions, academics and building relationships with players, parents and coaches. This is clearly the foundation of this new regime’s blueprint.
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