Comments on: Offering To Find A Prospect’s Girlfriend A Job Appears To Be Perfectly Legal… In Football

By: I4Bama

I4Bama — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:59:57 +0000

@DaveinExile I understand that this woman is after her fifteen minutes of fame and am certainly not impugning anyone in this situation or even at Alabama. I have friends who have been hostesses and have done nothing wrong, and there is no evidence of which I am aware that Landon Collins has, either. I also understand that women cannot be prevented from participating. However, hostesses at large could be made illegal so that no one could dictate what they wear and then parade them in front of recruits in large groups, etc. Regulate organizational behavior and structure, not the female sex.

By: Bubba Gump

Bubba Gump — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:18:19 +0000

John,

I know you do not links, but if ever there were a link to use for this thread the Mike Leach “fat little girlfriends” video when he was a Texas Tech needs to find a home in the body of this post! I would link it, but it is easy to find on Google. It is still a classic.

By: DaveinExile

DaveinExile — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:07:04 +0000

Because nothing’s simple. “Sorry, you’re a woman – you can’t be involved in recruiting.” Yeah, that’ll stand about 5 seconds in court.

I have two nieces and a nephew on scholarship at Alabama. All three also work for the university. None of them date an Alabama recruit, so it’s not exactly headline news.

The NCAA rule was passed in response to baketball coaches hiring player’s parebts as assistant coaches or athletic department staff for high-five figure positions. It was becoming commonplace. It had nothing to do with low-level, hourly rate jobs for undergraduates.

If a team can lure a girlfriend with a scholarship/job, and in turn that girlfriend can land a recruit, then, yes, that’s a violation of the spirit of the rules – but that’s a lot to assume about relationships with 18 year olds for university who implements that strategy, and it’s a lot to assume about this situation for readers.

The only thing we know for sure right now is that Momma doesn’t like Alabama and Momma does like being in the spotlight.

John is definitely not biased. A bit sensitive to criticism, perhaps, but definitely not biased.

By: fortunecookie

fortunecookie — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:21:15 +0000

@I4Bama @Brazos – ” I assure you vast majority of Bama fans are perfectly fine with that type of practice”

Oh please just shut up.

By: Brazos

Brazos — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:15:21 +0000

@I4Bama I commend you for actually having integrity. I assure you vast majority of Bama fans are perfectly fine with that type of practice. Always blows my mind how people are willing to look past a transgression that they would not put up with if it were a friend that did the same thing. I love my school but when activities happen that happen that portray the school in a way that shows that we treating kids like commodities or placing the football program in a pedestal at the expense of jeopardizing the integrity of the school then the train is off the tracks. I love college football but a friend of mine says it’s the devil’s game. Bending the rules is one thing but when it comes to some of these transgressions it more of a violation of human decency that could impact the life of a kid that hasn’t fully grown up and they’re making life changing decisions.

By: I4Bama

I4Bama — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:34:09 +0000

Here is my deal. I am a Bama fan and alumnus. I, however, would turn the school in myself and seek the death penalty if I knew that sexual favors were being used to attract recruits. I have no direct knowledge of this happening, but when schools constantly use hostesses (in boy wonder’s case sending them off campus) as recuriting assistants, you know that it happens. Maybe not here, maybe not there, but somewhere, certainly. It may not be overt or acknowledged, but you know that successful hostesses (ones who attract recruits) are rewarded and promoted. Why, why, why does the NCAA allow above-board use of coeds? How simple would it be to outlaw them? At least then if something were proven there would be enforceable penalties. I am not naive and I know that proof is difficult and that there are more ways to cheat than this, but at least the overt use of women could be illegal.

By: John at MrSEC

John at MrSEC — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:09:11 +0000

KevinMcCallister…

See, I told you the typos would continue.

Thanks,

John

By: KevinMcCallister

KevinMcCallister — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:45:24 +0000

In the paragraph immediately preceding your bullet-point about the fact that the blog will continue to have typos, there is a typo. Peace should be piece.

By: markd1922

markd1922 — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:35:24 +0000

Bias?? Bias?? There is no Bias in MRSEC!!!! I enjoy all of your articles guys (coverage across the board for all 12 – soon to be 14 teams). Now, why haven’t you accepted my LinkedIN request?? haha