Dareus Ruled Ineligible Officially...

AuburnChopper 3.0 · « **Reply #20 on:** July 21, 2010, 08:37:29 PM »

http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2010/07/sources_dareus_only_alabama_pl.html

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Marcell Dareus has told Alabama officials that he was the only Crimson Tide football player who attended a Miami Beach party that's under NCAA investigation and that he was unaware the party allegedly was thrown by a sports agent, according to sources familiar with the school's internal investigation.

Pell City Tiger · « **Reply #21 on:** July 21, 2010, 08:43:23 PM »

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When asked what his reaction to the story was Jones simply smiled and said "I mean the guy has to get in the ~~weight room~~ vet clinic pharmacy I guess."

Fixt

No Huddle · « **Reply #22 on:** July 21, 2010, 10:24:26 PM »

That story has now been removed from tidesports. He is ok right now. I think this is going to be between fishgate and Jerrell Harris.

The Prowler · « **Reply #23 on:** July 21, 2010, 10:34:15 PM »

Quote from: No Huddle on July 21, 2010, 10:24:26 PM

That story has now been removed from tidesports. He is ok right now. I think this is going to be between fishgate and Jerrell Harris.

You mean...Cruise Gate, Grade Scandal Gate, Charger Gate, Air Plane Gate (Brandon Gibson) and Agent Gate (The second time - Andre Smith)?

BZ770 · « **Reply #24 on:** July 21, 2010, 11:59:00 PM »

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As his mother lay dying in her Birmingham home, Marcell Dareus couldn't cope. He had to get away.

It was the middle of May. Spring classes at the University of Alabama were over. Summer classes and football conditioning didn't start until early June.
Along came an invitation from a friend to fly to Miami. The chance to hang out in South Beach sounded good, so off Dareus went to chill in the sun, sand and warm water.
Little did the star Alabama defensive end know what kind of hot water he was about to get into, according to sources close to the Dareus family.
Alabama officials are investigating the trip in the wake of reports that the visit included a stop at an agent-related party. Contact with an agent can jeopardize a player's eligibility. Dareus has not been questioned by the NCAA, a source close to his family said.
Dareus attended the party but claims he was lured to Miami under a false pretense, a source close to the family said. When Dareus discovered there were agents at the party, he asked to leave. Then he received grim news that his mother, Michelle Luckey, had died, and he abruptly returned to Birmingham.
The friend who arranged the trip was Marvin Austin, a star defensive lineman at North Carolina, a source close to the Dareus family said. Austin appears to be a central figure in a growing NCAA investigation into possible improper dealings between agents and college football players.
When Dareus made a recruiting visit to North Carolina during his senior year at Huffman High School, his host was Austin, then a freshman. The two players bonded.
As Alabama rolled last fall toward an undefeated season, Austin said if the Crimson Tide won the national championship, he would pay for a trip for Dareus anywhere, a source close to the Dareus family said.
The plane fare to Miami was paid for by Austin, but when Dareus arrived in Miami, he paid Austin for the ticket and received a receipt, the source said. Austin also arranged for a hotel room, but the source said Dareus did not use the room.
Last week, when reports surfaced about Austin's possible involvement with agents, Dareus was urged to call Alabama coach Nick Saban, a source close to the family said. The player and coach met late Sunday morning.
On Monday, Dareus met with Mike Ward, Alabama's associate athletic director in charge of NCAA compliance, the source said.
Dareus has told Alabama officials that he was the only Crimson Tide player who made the trip to Miami, the source said.
Sources close to the Dareus family paint a picture of the player as a young man who is a ferocious, competitive athlete on the field, but off the field his idea of kicking back often means watching cartoons. He is described as trusting, naive and gullible. As his mother's health declined in the spring following a lengthy illness, he was particularly vulnerable, a source said.
Saban addressed "this whole Marcell Dareus thing" on Wednesday at SEC Media Days even before he was questioned about the matter.
"We're not really going to make any comments, nor do we have any information that he did anything wrong or he didn't do anything wrong," Saban said. "But we're going to find out with the due diligence that we look for."
Saban stressed what Alabama does to educate its players: "We have an outstanding agent education program," he said. "Joe Mendes, who has been in the NFL for years, interviews our players, makes booklets, actually has home visits with their families to try to educate them on the things that they can and can't do relative to agents."

This is some slick coverup writing by a Bammerham columnist. Dying Mother, Has a receipt for plane, no hotel room, Left party when he new it was an agent, Boy is dumb and plays xbox alot. Please.

RWS · « **Reply #25 on:** July 22, 2010, 07:38:16 AM »

Quote from: The Prowler on July 21, 2010, 07:26:00 PM

*Marvin Austin nor Saunders have been ruled ineligible yet*

Sounds to me like someone doesn't want the NCAA snooping around in their graveyard.

According to BOL, a UA official said Dareus has not been declared ineligible at this time. It will probably happen at some point, however, it hasn't yet. And how is declaring a player ineligible then applying for reinstatement an attempt to keep the NCAA from "snooping around"? If anything, that's inviting them to snoop. Afterall, I'm sure the NCAA would want to thoroughly investigate a claim before they give a green light for a player to play. As I said before, declaring him ineligible then applying for reinstatement is a "is this going to fuck us down the road" test. If the NCAA grants his reinstatement, then they aren't going to be able to come back on him for something tied to this down the road.

RWS · « **Reply #26 on:** July 22, 2010, 07:48:08 AM »

Quote from: AuburnChopper on July 21, 2010, 08:06:24 PM

First... a few things...

1. It appears that UGA is the other school being visited by the NCAA over all this. Sorry, Birmingham, but your bitch ass is still not going to see the rugs lifted at AU.

Who said that the NCAA is requesting to be present on the UA campus? So far, UGA is the only school they have requested to visit. I'm guessing that is because AJ Green is denying he was there, and the NCAA might have information that he was. So far, it looks like everybody has been cooperating; except UGA. I would imagine that the NCAA has asked Austin for a list of people he invited, or saw there. And I'm sure they're asking everybody on that list the same thing.

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2. I'm trying to find where, but it appears that Dareus is taking the always good approach of playing dumb. He's stating that he had no idea it was an agent's party. I'm sure, being a top 10 draft prospect, and it being all the way down at South Beach, he had no clue. I mean, I ALWAYS travel blind in my weekly travels, just to see where I MIGHT be able to do my job. My employer loves them some me.

If it is true that Austin was the one doing the inviting and coordinating, I doubt he was broadcasting it to the entire world that this was a party put on by his agent. Maybe he was, who knows. I think AU fans are trying to blow this up without knowing all the facts, and Alabama fans are trying to make it into nothing without knowing the facts. I think it will wind up somewhere in the middle. Of course, AU fans won't be happy with that because it won't result in Alabama being handed the death penalty, but oh well.

RWS · « **Reply #27 on:** July 22, 2010, 07:51:55 AM »

Quote from: The Prowler on July 21, 2010, 08:15:43 PM

Oh, OH I KNOW WHY!!!!!!!

It's because Lopez Jones goes to Miami to party too....pretty sure he doesn't go alone either. The roof could be blown off this mutha fucka.

http://www.cbs42.com/mostpopular/story/Julio-Jones-Responds-to-Ochocincos-Tweet/930b7YPHQUat5s-nPY0t0Q.cspx

The tweet was tweeted in March. This whole party thing went down in the middle of May.

AUChizad · « **Reply #28 on:** July 22, 2010, 12:27:37 PM »

Quote from: BZ770 on July 21, 2010, 11:59:00 PM

This is some slick coverup writing by a Bammerham columnist. Dying Mother, Has a receipt for plane, no hotel room, Left party when he new it was an agent, Boy is dumb and plays xbox alot. Please.

Oh my God, this is classic. Link?

This is like the poor innocent guys that were fighting crime on the strip and were misunderstood by the police, or the guy that was defending himself against his rabidly insane girlfriend who "had it coming."

Snaggletiger · « **Reply #29 on:** July 22, 2010, 12:31:22 PM »

Quote from: AUChizad on July 22, 2010, 12:27:37 PM

Oh my God, this is classic. Link?

This is like the poor innocent guys that were fighting crime on the strip and were misunderstood by the police, or the guy that was defending himself against his rabidly insane girlfriend who "had it coming."

Her own father said so. Are you disputing this fine man's word?

Buzz Killington · « **Reply #30 on:** July 22, 2010, 01:32:27 PM »

Quote from: Snaggletiger on July 22, 2010, 12:31:22 PM

Her own father said so. Are you disputing this fine man's word?

Ro Ti!

Godfather · « **Reply #31 on:** July 22, 2010, 01:33:51 PM »

Quote from: RWS on July 22, 2010, 07:48:08 AM

AU fans won't be happy with that because it won't result in Alabama being handed the death penalty, but oh well.

Most of us know that will never happen. Hell, I don't even think they would hand out TV bans anymore, it is to much of a $$ business. The ONLY way the NCAA would do something that drastic was if they had the Head coach on video tape handing money to a player.

I really don't care if anything happens to y'all ...I just think it's funny!

Snaggletiger · « **Reply #32 on:** July 22, 2010, 02:16:00 PM »

Quote from: Godfather on July 22, 2010, 01:33:51 PM

Most of us know that will never happen. Hell, I don't even think they would hand out TV bans anymore, it is to much of a $$ business. The ONLY way the NCAA would do something that drastic was if they had the Head coach on video tape handing money to a player.

I really don't care if anything happens to y'all ...I just think it's funny!

THIS^^^

You can't blame your rival for

Shit goes and comes around. We took our share of it with the Sociology BS and other stuff blown out of proportion. Bama is the #1 nemises. We WILL point and laugh.

AuburnChopper 3.0 · « **Reply #33 on:** July 22, 2010, 02:44:05 PM »

Quote from: RWS on July 22, 2010, 07:48:08 AM

Who said that the NCAA is requesting to be present on the UA campus? So far, UGA is the only school they have requested to visit. I'm guessing that is because AJ Green is denying he was there, and the NCAA might have information that he was. So far, it looks like everybody has been cooperating; except UGA. I would imagine that the NCAA has asked Austin for a list of people he invited, or saw there. And I'm sure they're asking everybody on that list the same thing.

Fail. I didn't say they were requesting anything. It was a direct response to your little douchebag brother B'ham. Maybe you got the "AU" and "UA" mixed up in your head?

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If it is true that Austin was the one doing the inviting and coordinating, I doubt he was broadcasting it to the entire world that this was a party put on by his agent. Maybe he was, who knows.

Do you feel the embarrasement already as you type this shit, or do you really believe in it?

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I think AU fans are trying to blow this up without knowing all the facts, and Alabama fans are trying to make it into nothing without knowing the facts. I think it will wind up somewhere in the middle Of course, AU fans won't be happy with that because it won't result in Alabama being handed the death penalty, but oh well.

Death Penalty? Nah. Not yet. I think there's some validity to thinking AU (Carefull, that's Auburn) fans might be laughing at your favorite University's ability to endlessly cause embarrassment to itself through players and coaches fucking up in some fashion or another.

BZ770 · « **Reply #34 on:** July 22, 2010, 03:08:58 PM »

Quote from: AUChizad on July 22, 2010, 12:27:37 PM

Oh my God, this is classic. Link?

This is like the poor innocent guys that were fighting crime on the strip and were misunderstood by the police, or the guy that was defending himself against his rabidly insane girlfriend who "had it coming."

Don Kausler Jr Bham News

http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2010/07/source_friend_and_false_preten.html

Snaggletiger · « **Reply #35 on:** July 22, 2010, 03:19:28 PM »

It was a surprise party. They probably clicked on the lights and popped out yelling when Marcell walked in.

Then Marcell said, "Oh you guys. You shouldn't have. I'm flattered and I...wait...there aren't any agents here, are there?"

AUChizad · « **Reply #36 on:** July 22, 2010, 03:27:17 PM »

Quote from: BZ770 on July 22, 2010, 03:08:58 PM

Don Kausler Jr Bham News

http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2010/07/source_friend_and_false_preten.html

Oh, wow. I totally expected that to be from RollBamaRoll or BamaOnline or something.

Hilarious that that is an actual bammerham news article and not just a parody of one.

RWS · « **Reply #37 on:** July 22, 2010, 03:27:38 PM »

Quote from: AuburnChopper on July 22, 2010, 02:44:05 PM

Fail. I didn't say they were requesting anything. It was a direct response to your little douchebag brother B'ham. Maybe you got the "AU" and "UA" mixed up in your head?

You said:

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1. It appears that UGA is the other school being visited by the NCAA over all this.

So, who is the "other" school you are talking about? When somebody uses the term "other", especially in the phrase you used it in, that tends to mean we are talking about more than one thing. It wouldn't have made sense for you to say that unless you thought the NCAA was coming to UA as well. Otherwise, I'm waiting to hear what school "other" than UGA is being visited.

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Do you feel the embarrasement already as you type this shit, or do you really believe in it?

Why should I? Like I said in another post, it could be something, it could be nothing. I tend to think it is somewhere in between. If what has been reported about the kid from UNC inviting players, etc, do you find it logical that he would be shouting from the rooftops that this party is being thrown by his agent? I doubt it. But hey, it might have happened.

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Death Penalty? Nah. Not yet. I think there's some validity to thinking AU (Carefull, that's Auburn) fans might be laughing at your favorite University's ability to endlessly cause embarrassment to itself through players and coaches fucking up in some fashion or another.

I laugh at your inability to remember things, and your inability to spell embarrassment and careful.

Buzz Killington · « **Reply #38 on:** July 22, 2010, 03:32:13 PM »

Quote from: Snaggletiger on July 22, 2010, 03:19:28 PM

It was a surprise party. They probably clicked on the lights and popped out yelling when Marcell walked in.

Then Marcell said, "Oh you guys. You shouldn't have. I'm flattered and I...wait...there aren't any agents here, are there?"

Now all my co-workers wonder what in the hell is wrong with me.

Snaggletiger · « **Reply #39 on:** July 22, 2010, 03:35:04 PM »

Quote from: Buzz Killington on July 22, 2010, 03:32:13 PM

Now all my co-workers wonder what in the hell is wrong with me.

I have the same problem. They don't see the humor in lawyerin' but apparently I find it hilarious.