Roll Tide ... straight to NCAA probation

[Uncle.Ruckus]

Report: Alabama football players received PEDs.

Cheaters.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/chi-alabama-players-received-peds-20130129,0,4611681.story

 

[Cosmo]

This really sucks for Jacksonville State.

 

[LongTimeListener]

Geez, the NCAA has to deal with peds again?

 

[Johnny Dangerously]

Saban just released a statement barring deer from having any access.

 

[LongTimeListener]

Big upset that deer-related scandal emanates from somewhere other than Wisconsin, that's for sure.

 

[Dick Whitman]

If I were marketing a PED, I would name it something ridiculous, too. Something close to deer-antler spray. Becuase I honestly think that the silly name of the product is getting in the way of this story having much traction (along with PED fatigue generally). People think it's just something akin to snake oil. "Those athletes, they'll try anything!"

 

[Armchair_QB]

A school doesn't get probation for players flunking a drug test or using a banned substance.

A school can get probation for providing banned substances to players however.

 

[Uncle.Ruckus]

A school doesn't get probation for players flunking a drug test or using a banned substance.

A school can get probation for providing banned substances to players however.

He got access to the players somehow.

 

[Armchair_QB]

A school doesn't get probation for players flunking a drug test or using a banned substance.

A school can get probation for providing banned substances to players however.

He got access to the players somehow.

He doesn't have to go through the school to get that access.

 

[Uncle.Ruckus]

A school doesn't get probation for players flunking a drug test or using a banned substance.

A school can get probation for providing banned substances to players however.

He got access to the players somehow.

He doesn't have to go through the school to get that access.

He was captured on film by SI. That makes me curious.

 

[hondo]

A school doesn't get probation for players flunking a drug test or using a banned substance.

A school can get probation for providing banned substances to players however.

He got access to the players somehow.

You need an act of Congress to get an interview with a college kid these days, but half the team was in the guy's room getting Deer Antler spray -- the night before the championship game.

 

[LongTimeListener]

The USC penalties were largely related not to what the school did but to what it didn't prevent the players and agents from doing.

But the NCAA isn't picking at this scab. By the time the USC penalties came down, the dynasty was over. No chance they're going to shut down Alabama in the middle of this run.

 

[hondo]

On a video testimonial for products made by this company (Sports With Alternatives to Steroids, or SWATS, based in Alabama), you can find one Stephen Orr Spurrier endorsing one of their products ... to be fair, not the Antler Spray.

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It's quick, at the 39-second mark.

 

[dog eat dog world]

Ruckus fails to understand the long arm of the SEC and how it shields its brothers from such tyranny from the NCAA. It's a northeastern jealousy I suppose, but sir, you really need to get with the program.

 

[dog eat dog world]

Besides, folks in Alabama have been drinking deer **** for years.

 

[Mark2010]

Besides, folks in Alabama have been drinking deer **** for years.

At least the one who own newspapers, right?

 

[Versatile]

This won't have any affect on Alabama football except in the public eye. I'm not condoning at all. But there's nothing to punish here, particularly with Alabama having on-the-record cease-and-desist requests made to this company and the company's snitch not linking anyone on Alabama's staff to the distribution.

Also, How unsurprising was it Quinton Dial was one of the players?

 

[Boom_70]

No doubt this photo of Joe Peschi and two 'Bama football youts had to send a chill up the spine of Nick Saban

 

[da man]

This won't have any affect on Alabama football except in the public eye. I'm not condoning at all. But there's nothing to punish here, particularly with Alabama having on-the-record cease-and-desist requests made to this company and the company's snitch not linking anyone on Alabama's staff to the distribution.

Also, How unsurprising was it Quinton Dial was one of the players?

Would it be theoretically possible to have to vacate victories because of ineligible players?

 

[Versatile]

This won't have any affect on Alabama football except in the public eye. I'm not condoning at all. But there's nothing to punish here, particularly with Alabama having on-the-record cease-and-desist requests made to this company and the company's snitch not linking anyone on Alabama's staff to the distribution.

Also, How unsurprising was it Quinton Dial was one of the players?

Would it be theoretically possible to have to vacate victories because of ineligible players?

Is performance-enhancing drug use an NCAA violation? Those punishments usually are dolled out by conferences and schools.