Idiot hacks like that guy need to understand that The University of Alabama has nothing to do with these lawsuits.
RTR LC --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > KMA. > > kurt > > > http://www.thetowntalk.com/html/216C8313-30B1-4C81-9160-5A2AB718D895.shtml > > GUILBEAU: Tide should get over it, move on > Glenn Guilbeau / Louisiana Gannett News > Posted on July 29, 2004 > BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - It took some 20 years for most > University of Alabama people to realize that Bear > Bryant indeed died in January of 1983. > > Just a few years ago, footage of the Bear growling > unintelligibles was played before Crimson Tide games > at Bryant-Denny Stadium. Bryant was actually listed > as an intangible advantage in a matchup graphic on > the morning of the 2001 LSU-Alabama game in the > Tuscaloosa News despite him being dead for 17 years. > > > Now, this pitiful dysfunctional family with three > years remaining on its latest NCAA probation can't > seem to let the fact that Tennessee turned it in to > the NCAA die. > > Former Alabama assistant coaches Ronnie Cottrell and > Ivy Williams filed a $60 million defamation lawsuit > against the NCAA several months after Alabama > received its second round of major NCAA sanctions in > seven years in 2002. Apparently, they were finding > it harder to get a job than to recruit. > > Cottrell and Williams and their attorneys contend > Fulmer and the NCAA conspired against Alabama, which > was punished for major recruiting violations > involving Alabama booster Logan Young and star > prospect Albert Means of Memphis. Young allegedly > payed Means $150,000 in 1999 to Means' high school > coach to go to Alabama. Attorneys for Cottrell and > Williams contend the NCAA, acting like the FBI, let > violations by Tennessee go if Fulmer would turn in > Alabama. > > In 2000, Fulmer and staff spoke to NCAA investigator > Rich Johanningmeier about Alabama. In November, the > NCAA notified Alabama it would be questioning > players and coaches about rules violations. Soon, > Alabama was back on probation. > > Fulmer has decided not to attend Tennessee's portion > of the Southeastern Conference Media Days on > Thursday because his attorneys told him he may be > served a subpoena for the defamation suit set to go > to trial next June. Fulmer, who doesn't have to play > in the state of Alabama until 2005, also said he > feared his safety so close to Alabama's den. I don't > blame him one bit. There's no telling what these > fans might do. > > Fulmer has been fined $10,000 by the SEC, which is > miffed at his absence. In a cute bit of scheduling, > the SEC had Fulmer set to appear before Alabama > coach Mike Shula and players on Thursday along with > LSU and South Carolina in the undercard. > > Yes fans, Alabama-Tennessee has actually replaced > Alabama-Auburn in terms of hate in these parts. > Auburn coach Tommy Tuberville and players spoke > Tuesday with nary a word about Alabama. What is > going on? This Alabama-Tennessee story has been > percolating in Alabama for nearly a year, but it has > not been as big in the rest of the SEC states, well, > with the Iraq war and all. It has gotten ugly and > sadly silly. > > Alabama people have served up Fulmer as its round > mound of revenge for all the ills that have beset > its once-proud program. The Tide is headed for its > fourth losing season in eight years with no relief > in sight as NCAA scholarship reductions set in. And > it's got to be somebody else's fault. This is the > same fandom that once said national poll voters kept > the Tide down because of the state of Alabama's poor > civil rights record. > > Other SEC and Big Ten coaches also reported Alabama > violations to the NCAA, but Alabama wants Fulmer. > Perhaps because he is 8-1 against Bama? Coaches > turning in other programs is nothing new. Fulmer may > have done it with more zest than others, but he was > proven right. Alabama IS on probation. > > Fulmer is surely no saint. Former Alabama player > Kenny Smith and his mother filed a defamation suit > against Fulmer in April alleging Fulmer said Smith's > mother was involved with an Alabama assistant. > Another allegation via Alabama attorneys says Fulmer > established a credit line for former Vol star John > Henderson. But Fulmer is not the guilty party here, > yet. Alabama is, no matter how much its lawyers > blame Tennessee. > > "I understand that Coach Fulmer had to weigh all the > advice he was getting and make a decision," SEC > commissioner Mike Slive said Tuesday. "I can't put > myself in his shoes." > > Not exactly a ringing endorsement from the commish > for Fulmer.Slive came to this league two years ago > with a promise to clean it up. Yet he seems to want > to keep it in the family more than he wants the > family clean. His new rule establishing a protocol > for turning in member schools made UT sound more > guilty than the school it helped find guilty, which > was Alabama. > > Instead of admonishing and fining Fulmer, Slive > should be telling Alabama people to drop the > lawsuits, stop cheating and get over it. > > > > ______________________________________________________ > RollTideFan - The University of Alabama Athletics > Discussion List > > "Welcome to RollTideFan! 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