Alabama had three secondary violations! Oh noes!
The season can start any day now. Then there will be some real news to talk about, but instead there is the news that Alabama has self-reported three secondary violations of NCAA policies involving football recruits and/or their family members.
Zzzzzzzzzzz …
One of the improper contacts occurred during a game in December, when a booster talked to a recruit while both of them were in a skybox. NCAA bylaws restrict the booster’s contact to a greeting only, and apparently the conversation went beyond that. So, in other words, it’s OK to say, “Hey, how are you?” but you can’t say anything past that. That doesn’t sound very welcoming to me, but those are the rules.
In January, a graduate assistant took a recruit’s mother and a family friend to and from campus during a recruit’s official visit. Can’t do that either. Free ride for your son, but no free ride for you. Mmm, buh-bye.
Then in February, a booster gave a recruit a book on the history of Alabama football. Man, those boosters are off the chain! How dare they be proud of the program they support and want to share that with someone who might play football at Alabama.
I know, I know, the rules are supposed to protect the recruits from being manipulated and the school from liability and accusations of wrongdoing. It just seems to me that some of the rules suffocate the very normal human interactions people have with each other, without even thinking about it.
Guess they have to start thinking about it.
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