re: Alabama radio host claims LSU tampered for an Alabama player

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I’m sure coaches have plenty of insulation/deniability and know how to protect themselves in these situations, but it’s absolutely false to say that the only prohibited contact is between a coach and a player.

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I stand corrected. I usually do a better job verifying this kind of information, but I clearly misinterpreted the information I found when researching this topic. I have seen claims of this nature from enough unrelated sources without rebuttal that I took it for granted that I had sufficient validation that it was factual.

It is clear from the letter of the bylaws that the intent is to try to close as many loopholes as possible for back door communications between players and other schools. What’s also clear is that little or nothing is being done to actually enforce those rules. It may be that with all the recent defeats in court the NCAA has suffered they are reluctant to touch anything related to NIL and player movement. It may also be a recognition that it’s difficult to close all loopholes and/or prove that communication came from prohibited sources. One loophole I have frequently seen mentioned that I do not believe is covered by the bylaws you have posted is other players. It has been suggested that a player at Alabama could reach out to an LSU player to indirectly get a message to Kelly and vice versa. I think in that case or even in the case of the individuals specifically addressed in the by laws if enough hypotheticals are used, it becomes very difficult to prove that a violation has occurred.

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I didn’t see where it cover’s a player’s representation. Lance Heard, for example, had his agent toss his name out to get feelers on value and potential landing spots prior to entering the portal.

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An agent falls under the category of “individuals associated with a prospective student-athlete.”

The NCAA hasn’t done shite to enforce it but it’s definitely against the rules.

Boo Hoo. Tough Titty said the kitty when the milk ran dry.

Ya know, I expect this sort of thing from fans on a message board. It's annoying, but typical. But these Alabama media types act exactly like fans on a message board. No self awareness, completely immature, prone to overreactions after both wins and losses.

I don't even look up these people. All year long their videos kept popping up in my suggestions on YouTube, because they were bringing attention on themselves for having meltdowns. But it's not just the media there. Their AD, in that long letter he wrote the other day, begging for money, made it sound like everyone else was doing something wrong by having the audacity to outbid them in NIL. And this guy who is the subject of this thread, is doing the same thing. How does he think Alabama was able to stack 5 stars at the 3 deep before NIL? But now that it's legal, and boosters aren't shy at other places to get involved, it's considered poaching if someone buys a player away from Alabama? Yet, it was all fair game before, even though it wasn't legal, to buy players... right? I seem to remember a guy by the name of Eli Ricks who left LSU and went to Alabama. I'm sure it was for free, though. And that's without getting into all of the high school recruits who flipped late from LSU to Alabama. Ohhh, but we "tampered" supposedly. 'Bama draws the line on tampering

Again, this sort of thing is easy to ignore from message boards. But these media types should not only have more self awareness, but also more self respect than to embarrass themselves with this kind of blatant hypocrisy, all for the sake of "talkin' some trash". I don't think I've seen a media base that is as biased and intellectually dishonest as Alabama's, at least in college sports.