The Blue Board

im sure theres no bias on the bama sites

Yes. Once a kid hits 9th grade, no one connected with an NCAA member school can provide any extra benefits unless they had a preexisting relationship with him or his family. I highly doubt Coach Saban qualifies in this case as a "close friend of the family". If Alabama actually did tell this kid they would find him a job while he waits, it is a major .

Here are the rules regarding employment of a prospect:

13.2.3.2 Prior to Completion of Senior Year—Athletics Award Winners. An institution may employ
a prospective student-athlete who is an athletics award winner in any department outside of intercollegiate athletics,
provided the employment is arranged through normal institutional employment procedures (e.g., local
newspaper, bulletin board listings) and without the intervention of any member of the institution’s coaching
staff. Any compensation received by the prospective student-athlete must be for work actually performed and
commensurate with the going rate for such services in the locale. For purposes of this bylaw, institutional recreation
programs, even if reporting to the athletics director, may be considered outside the intercollegiate athletics
department. An institution may hire a prospective student-athlete, who is an athletics award winner, in its
recreation programs, only if recreation and facility managers and no intercollegiate coaches are involved with the
hiring and supervision of these employees. (Adopted: 4/29/04 effective 8/1/04)
13.2.3.3 After Completion of Senior Year. An institution may arrange for employment or employ any prospective
student-athlete (regardless of athletics award winner status), provided the employment does not begin
prior to the completion of the prospective student-athlete’s senior year in high school. (See Bylaw 13.12.1.5.1.)

oops, I didn't see you already did that.

He will be taking off school for one semester. He will enroll at Alabama in January 2013. This has happened many times before.

I completely agree with that

This kid is dumber than a box of dildos.

Bottom line: Saban F's loopholes like Peter North.

So I have a question, what is so illegal, unethical, etc with finding a young man work? Especially if he is being paid according to work and not over compensated. In an age of 10% unemployment I would hope that my kid would have people help him get a job if he needed one. It's not even against the rules according to the NCAA manual, and also one more fact. No where does the AJC show Alabama provided, or has provided him with work. No where does it show other than a one sentence response to a question. No where does it show that the kid had discussed being grey-shirted in August of his commitment. It was always a possibility, as it was with Danny Woodson, Harrison Jones, William Vlachos, etc. etc...Alabama stuck with the kid when all the other schools bailed on him, and so he delays enrollment by 6 months. Thus saving him from burning a redshirt year. The kid still has a choice of other schools, and if he wants he can go to them.

Also I find it hilarious when people complain about the ethics of Athletic Scholarships. Athletic Scholarships are the one area in all of College that is outside the norm. Most academic scholarships are also on one year deals, or semester deals. However, they are performance based. If a kid on an academic scholarship screws up his grades he loses his scholarship, and everyone in America says nothing, because they assume that it's ethical. That kid either then has to drop out of school or pay for it on his own. However, if you take a kid who doesn't perform on an athletic scholarship and just outright cut him, the coaches, administration etc. are considered to be the most unethical people in the world. It's an egregious offense, but in the academic world it happens to young men and women everyday. Why the double standard? One is because the academic world views scholarships as incentive to prep for your future. Those who are unable to perform are cut, just as they would be in the real world if they don't perform in a job market. I wish we ran athletics like we run academics on this case. Unfortunately many schools are stuck with kids who no longer can, or under perform to what they were given a scholarship for, and the school is stuck with them for 4 years because if they outright cut them they become social pariahs.

Few would trade their souls for your success, those that would hail from the SEC. You realize alot of schools could do what Alabama does, right? They just aren't willing to sacrifice decency for a couple extra football victories a year.

Congrats on the title, Bama. Doesn't mean anything to anyone with a brain outside of Bama.

Hey, look: a Big 10 fan with a sack!

"He mad" is another way of saying "Just gonna look the other way as long as we keep winning".

That's not to say we don't care, that's saying there are those who find more pride in doing everything they can do with a sense of morality in mind rather than screwing over teenage kids in the name of the program.

It would be mean not making promises to teenage kids you aren't sure you can keep.

That's all-encompassing.