The Blue Board

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Yet again, I fail to see the problem with informing a recruit well before he signs his scholarship papers that the plan will be to grayshirt him. As long he knows the plan before NSD, there isn't an issue.

Since CNS has been here, we've had multiple starters at multiple positions, including QB, TE, and OT that delayed their enrollment for various reasons.

And lol at the AJC for citing our scholarship numbers when our own beat writers and recruiting writers don't have a clue where we stand.

The kid states in the article, that they are gonna get me a job. I was under the impression that if they, meaning Alabama got him a job, since he is not on their roster, that that would constitute an illegal enticement of that recruit. Like in, an "illegal benefit". What category of recruitment does a practice like this constitute anyway, "Stock piling future recruit, with illegal enticements?" I am not by any means a legal expert and certainly not as savvy as Saban is at getting around the rules, but isn't this a violation? Did Saban make a promise and it comes back to bite him in the butt on this one? I am sure he did not think this kid would actually reveal that information. Now what will probably be said, in a half A** attempt at a correction, is I errr, meant to say, I wuz gonna get a job and Saban is gonna give me a letter saying he will sign me in 2013. Young man, if you, your parents and that stupid coach you have in high school have any brains at all, run , and run as fast as your rehabbing knee can take you, as far away from this mess as you can. If necessary, go to a JUCO, and get a head start on some of your studies, because otherwise, you are now wasting at least a year of your life.

I disagree. When the scholarship is offered is when the player should be informed that it is a grayshirt offer. Otherwise you have situations like this, where a kid is committed to a school for over a year only to have his scholarship, lets say amended to be a grayshirt, less than a month before signing day.

Putting myself into that kids shoes, or his parents shoes (rather than a fans shoes) and I without question see an issue with that scenario.

Still a lot better than Les Miles doing so after the kid is on campus though.

Updyke'd.

Except you are leaving out the part where we, UGA, already have Keith Marshall and Todd Gurley committed to us in this class and wouldn't take Taylor even if he wanted to come.

Haha, damn! Kids are literally waiting in line to come to Bama. No wonder you other guys are pissed.

Oh, you mad!

I see a kid being point blank lied to and who will never play for Bama. As far as the greyshirt, 2 weeks ago is the first he heard of it.

Saban did this hoping the kid would look elsewhere and when he didn't, they threw together some bullshit piece of paper and this kid believed it. In essence, Saban pissed on his head, told him its raining, and he bought it. If Bama really cared about this kid and was "committed" to him, they would bring him in ASAP and get their doctors looking at him.

BTW, he doesn't have a UGA offer, he was never going to play here. Thanks for trying anyway. Good to see the AJC doing their job and dragging the OOS schools through the mud.

Settle down bro. This isn't Saban's first rodeo and this GA kid isn't the first (nor the last) to take a grey shirt from Alabama instead of playing elsewhere. Get over it.

If he is good enough, he will play. If he doesn't "make the cut", then you guys can have him. Deal with it.

You offered him a scholarship, if you didn't want him to commit don't offer him or don't let him commit. Don't wait until a couple weeks until NSD to let him know, "Hey we got some higher ranked guys coming in, do you want to take a year off and maybe sign with us next year?" I highly doubt he gets that signed paper either