BSC and other College football polls

[dre1919]

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Thanks Tigerman, I'm with ya on that. It's one thing to be good all year and quite another to be good in a short playoff time.

[spazzed]

Tee Martin. Heh. Not really a whole lot of chatter going on about that around here. I think it's because we're too busy bashing the current team to care about what he did.

Personally, and this isn't just with this case, but I don't see why they throw such a big fuss over some of these things. So what if he was given X amount of $$'s. It was to fix his friggin' car. Big deal. The man needed transportation, he obviously couldn't hold a job due to time constraints, so what's he supposed to do?

Other cases I can understand (*pokepoke*), but a good chunk of these are just rediculous.

[Collegeboy]

Oh you mean the lets make an example out of Bama ones hehe. Those sanctions are bogus and quite undeserving.

[spazzed]

I don't know the details of the bama case, so I'll refrain from commenting on that one.

[Collegeboy]

recruit, identified in news reports as Kenny Smith, and his parents were given $20,000 in cash, lodging and entertainment by two Crimson Tide boosters beginning in 1995. The first payment of $10,000 was made in $100 bills delivered in a grocery bag. Smith signed with Alabama but couldn't meet academic requirements. (this was never proven)


An Alabama booster previously identified as Logan Young of Memphis, Tenn., gave cash to a high school coach who was seeking $100,000 cash and two sport-utility vehicles in exchange for directing star recruit Albert Means to Alabama. (read what a booster is)


An assistant coach, former recruiting coordinator Ronnie Cottrell, received two loans totaling $56,600 from Young in violation of NCAA rules. The loan was not repaid until the case became known. (not even a athlete)


Two boosters involved in repeated rules violations were known to the Alabama staff, coaches and fans and often were seen at the team hotel during road games. (they wasn't banned)


A recruit, identified previously as Travis Carroll, was given the use of a car in 1999 for agreeing to attend Alabama. The car was repossessed when Carroll transferred to Florida. (not by the uni, he was just given a car by someone who falls into the following category)


And this is the difenition of a booster

made any type of contribution to the athletics department or to a booster club

joined the institution's booster club or any sport specific support group

provided or helped arrange employment for a student-athlete

provided benefits to enrolled student-athletes or their families

assisted in any manner in the recruitment of prospective student-athletes

promoted the institution's athletics program in any manner.


Those terms are so broad I can be considered a booster if need be since I buy a ticket or so. So if I was to buy my friends Jarred Johnson (DT) and Brody Croyle (QB) lunch the school could be on probabtion.

This is why the NCAA needs to be investigated themselves and see what is happening there