bama grants Smith release to play in SEC

With the amount of media this has garnered I feel they (Bama) had too. Does it force everyone else? Doubt it.

Personally I think it is a horseshite rule that a coach can prevent a kid from transferring to a school within the conference but yet that same coach could switch jobs to any school he wishes to at any given time.

Plus he sucked.

Shouldn't matter what Nick or Alabama does. This is a SEC conference rule and not Alabama's. Hopefully by the time the SEC rules on it the guy will realize he should have transferred out of the conference or sat out a year at Georgia.

I don't like Alabama or Nick Saban but this is about a college football player/young man who is a titty baby. His mother is probably down at the SEC offices right now trying to get them to hurry their decision.

I think the SEC should tell him he can transfer to UGA but he has to sit out a year. There are no extenuating circumstances that justify this player being allowed to circumvent the conference's rules. No sick parent he has to take care of, no sister(s), brother(s) left parent-less after the loss of a parent to take care of.

Screw him.

Mettengberger had to go to junior college for a year before coming to LSU from Georgia. If they rule in favor of this one player it will set a horrible precedent.

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Personally I think it is a horseshite rule that a coach can prevent a kid from transferring to a school within the conference

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So a three star player can go to Vandy and blow up his sophomore year and be an all-SEC safety and then transfer to Bama for the next season because Bama's starting safety graduates or is injured. The recruiting process would never end until all eligibility had ended for some players.

The rule is he can go where he wants after he graduates if the coach and school allow it. Saban was being his usual dick self and saying the thinks it was in the kid best interest to stay at Alabama. Like he knows more than the kid what that interest is. So you are wrong on the rule part.

Yeah sorry, didn't realize he graduated. If that's the case it should be cleared quickly by the SEC offices.

I get why schools don't want to allow transfers within the conference. But this should not apply for grad transfers. They have graduated and fulfilled an obligation. The school shouldn't be salty if the player wants to leave after that.

Good move.

The guy has one year left after graduating there and was a role player up to this point in his Bama career. Let him go anywhere and wish him well.