🏈 It's Official: Jones and Ingram cleared!

[Nothing_But_A_Winner00]

http://blog.al.com/tide-source/2009/09/headline.html

The NCAA student-athlete reinstatement staff has reinstated the eligibility of University of Alabama football student-athletes Julio Jones and Mark Ingram based on a condition of repayment.

 

[BamaUte]

Praise Jesus!

 

[tedford]

Great News.

 

[doemasters]

great news indeed :elephant:

 

[bamafan]

:hyper::hyper::hyper::hyper::hyper:

Terry, i told you that this would work out. :lol:

 

[doemasters]

does this mean i can post all of the fishing pictures now from the trip?

just kidding anic:

 

[BamaJay73]

Woot! :hyper:
And Va. Tech is doomed!

 

[Bama28]

Thank Goodness........Let's take up a donation to pay for the trip.:hyper:

 

[4th-and-1]

so when will these full time student-athletes earn the money to pay it back??

just seems like a logical question

 

[Tideboy]

so when will these full time student-athletes earn the money to pay it back??

just seems like a logical question

It is a very logical question. The NCAA is outside their minds with stuff like this....

 

[StuckNMS]

I'ma so happy. I'ma gonna go play Super Mario 64! It'sa me, a Mario!

 

[porkchop]

Thank Goodness........Let's take up a donation to pay for the trip.:hyper:

How about NO.

 

[BAMA JAMMA]

I just ran out and tackled my mailbox! :a:

How about NO.

No kidding. That would be a direct NCAA violation since we'd be considered boosters or something right?

I don't think we'd even be allowed to pick one of the players up off the side of the road if they were out of gas and we were deemed a fan lol. Crazy.

 

[Nothing_But_A_Winner00]

I'ma so happy. I'ma gonna go play Super Mario 64! It'sa me, a Mario!

Okey Dokey

 

[bigdog23]

Next off season

They could get jobs at Colonial Bancgroup Inc. (CNB)

 

[RollinInPcola]

The NCAA reinstated receiver Julio Jones and tailback Mark Ingram on Wednesday on the condition that they repay the cost of a Gulf Coast fishing trip paid for by businessman Curtis Anderson during the spring. An Alabama spokesman said the money had been paid to charity.

According to this paragraph, its been paid for. By whom? No idea...

 

[bamadezz]

Great news! I'm glad this mess is done. Now fartbomb can shut up!

 

[BamaCore]

Roll Tide!!! I'm betting they donated to Nick's Kids too. :td:

 

[TerryP]

According to this paragraph, its been paid for. By whom? No idea...

We are not talking about a great deal of money here. The way the rules are stated the point of it being serious is at $100.

As example, one of the things that has to be repaid is transportation cost. Julio lives down there so we are talking a few bucks of gas.

This was handled by the UA compliance department a long time ago. After finding no rule violations, UA officials turned it in to the SEC office. The SEC office agreed with Alabama, but forwarded their findings to the NCAA.

With UA finding no violations, and the SEC offices agreeing with them, I saw absolutely no reason to think the NCAA would disagree with the SEC officials. The NCAA rarely over-steps rulings by a conference. It's happened once this year that I know of and that was a stupid ruling by ACC officials on some pants Clemson players were wearing at practice.

This story is so freakin' old it amazes me that it's received the play over the last two weeks. To me, there has never been a question of whether they'll play or not. That wasn't a decision I reached just speculating, it came from someone on our staff who told me there wasn't anything to see in this story and just let it play out.

 

[Nate]

We are not talking about a great deal of money here. The way the rules are stated the point of it being serious is at $100.

As example, one of the things that has to be repaid is transportation cost. Julio lives down there so we are talking a few bucks of gas.

This was handled by the UA compliance department a long time ago. After finding no rule violations, UA officials turned it in to the SEC office. The SEC office agreed with Alabama, but forwarded their findings to the NCAA.

With UA finding no violations, and the SEC offices agreeing with them, I saw absolutely no reason to think the NCAA would disagree with the SEC officials. The NCAA rarely over-steps rulings by a conference. It's happened once this year that I know of and that was a stupid ruling by ACC officials on some pants Clemson players were wearing at practice.

This story is so freakin' old it amazes me that it's received the play over the last two weeks. To me, there has never been a question of whether they'll play or not. That wasn't a decision I reached just speculating, it came from someone on our staff who told me there wasn't anything to see in this story and just let it play out.

nobody on the staff told me...:frown: but thats pretty much what I figured. However you never know what the NCAA will do when it has to do with Alabama.