🏈 Marcell Dareus to miss 2 games, per ruling just now from the NCAA

[planomateo]

well...there it is.

 

[AllieBama]

Well, I suppose it could have been worse...
I mean, we pretty well expected SOME kind of punishment.

 

[ColoradoTide]

i would have liked to have him for PSU

 

[rick4bama]

I'm just glad it two games not the whole season.

 

[BigAl]

Supposedly the University is going to appeal and try to get it reduced to one game. According to my son but nothing official yet.

 

[doemasters]

so what did all of the other players get that attended? All i just saw on ESPN was about Dareus

 

[AllieBama]

so what did all of the other players get that attended? All i just saw on ESPN was about Dareus

Dareus is the only one that matters. :-P

 

[planomateo]

also he has to pay $1,787 dollars to a charity of his choice before regaining eligibility.

 

[doemasters]

well rolltidebama is a nice charity

 

[doemasters]

Dareus is the only one that matters. :-P

so true but i want to make sure that all of the rulings are the same

 

[NTT]

so who gets start Square or Billingsly??

 

[Oiler99]

Of course the pieces of human waste at the NCAA would come down on us. Oh, well, lets get this "punishment" over with.

 

[AlabamaAubKiller]

Yes could have been a lot worse. God willing we'll have mark back by the Arky game & Marcel. So we should be good.
If it had to happen it's better it happnes now.

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

so who gets start Square or Billingsly??

Plan B...

 

[JoshB]

I think the appeal will be all for not. They will prolly hold off the appeal process (they being NCAA) until after the 2nd week so it wont mean anything. It woulda been nice to get him back for the Penn game tho.

 

[LBS]

As I understood it, MD repaid the price of the ticket upon arrival, in a sense a loan from a friend who no sane individual could count as a Bama booster of Professional Agent. And, he never stayed in the room, so no benefits received. So if he owes no money for any outstanding benefits received, why a financal penelty.

Further, how can you penalize a member of the only group on campus who you rule can't go get a job. Does that not encourage exactly what you say you want to discourage (i.e. getting money outside the rules)

Honest question to the forum, where does the NCAA expect him to get over a thousand dollars?

Next precedent of concern, is this a case of paying money instead of getting game(s) of suspension. You know other schools with think that. If he said "No, I won't/can't pay it", you know that suspensions would be the result.

Third issue, real world angle on this, how is the money a deterent? For a guy who is about to sign a multiMillion dollar contract in mere months, dropping a grand on any of the 800 credit cards that college students are offered is easy.

 

[TerryP]

so who gets start Square or Billingsly??

I'm guessing it's a rotation of Undra and Darrington

 

[TerryP]

As I understood it, MD repaid the price of the ticket upon arrival, in a sense a loan from a friend who no sane individual could count as a Bama booster of Professional Agent. And, he never stayed in the room, so no benefits received. So if he owes no money for any outstanding benefits received, why a financal penelty.

Further, how can you penalize a member of the only group on campus who you rule can't go get a job. Does that not encourage exactly what you say you want to discourage (i.e. getting money outside the rules)

Honest question to the forum, where does the NCAA expect him to get over a thousand dollars?

Next precedent of concern, is this a case of paying money instead of getting game(s) of suspension. You know other schools with think that. If he said "No, I won't/can't pay it", you know that suspensions would be the result.

Third issue, real world angle on this, how is the money a deterent? For a guy who is about to sign a multiMillion dollar contract in mere months, dropping a grand on any of the 800 credit cards that college students are offered is easy.

He's already set aside the $$$...came from his scholly and Pell money.

 

[bama_girl12]

While I am bummed, I figure it could be much worse so I guess I will suck it up. Could be worse we could be NC right now. What a mess.

 

[joeman546]

I think the appeal will be all for not. They will prolly hold off the appeal process (they being NCAA) until after the 2nd week so it wont mean anything. It woulda been nice to get him back for the Penn game tho.

I think itd be a problem if we didnt have him back in time for sec play really. if i remember correctly, marcell was a rotation guy most of last season anyway. the depht we do have against psu should do just fine with it being only the second game. really want marrcell for that arky game though