Once a Cheater, Always a Cheater

RWS · « **Reply #20 on:** January 29, 2013, 08:15:22 PM »

Quote from: War Eagle!!! on January 29, 2013, 07:54:54 PM

Nice...the ole "well everyone's doing it so if you are going to take away our championship look at what you did" defense...

Point being, I don't think that anybody broke any rules.

The Prowler · « **Reply #21 on:** January 29, 2013, 08:31:30 PM »

Quote from: RWS on January 29, 2013, 07:44:55 PM

If using the stuff makes Alabama players ineligible, then it makes Auburn's players who used it during the 2010 season ineligible as well. Just ask Zac Etheridge.

http://www.thepostgame.com/features/201104/tpg-exclusive-auburn-tied-controversial-supplement-company

First thing, the Auburn players weren't on video getting the ILLEGAL items. Secondly, the Auburn players supposedly used the sticker chips. bama players were not only caught on camera getting the ILLEGAL items, one of those items was the more potent Human Growth Hormone IGF-1 (banned by most organizations, including the NCAA in all sports). Take a seat bammer.

Buzz Killington · « **Reply #22 on:** January 29, 2013, 08:44:42 PM »

I watched that fucker put a chip on Steve Spurrier's knee at a pro-am a few years back. He was complaining at the tee box, and the guy ran through the crowd and offered it up. Spurrier agreed and let him apply it.

He limped through the rest of the tournament.

WiregrassTiger · « **Reply #23 on:** January 29, 2013, 08:53:50 PM »

I feel confident that none of our guys were on any kind of growth hormone or steroid last season. I would bet on it. Bama, on the other hand, I've suspected for quite some time. The 600 pound bech pressers and a RB they won't let add any weight for fear it may break the bar were my clues. I don't think that moving to Tuscaloosa makes guys that much stronger. That and the hairy-legged girl volleyball players.

Pell City Tiger · « **Reply #24 on:** January 29, 2013, 09:32:36 PM »

Quote from: WiregrassTiger on January 29, 2013, 08:53:50 PM

That and the hairy-legged girl volleyball players.

and the Mark McGwire looking softball ~~players~~ dykes.

El Guapo · « **Reply #25 on:** January 29, 2013, 09:33:58 PM »

Without a positive test, there is nothing the NCAA can do about this.

djsimp · « **Reply #26 on:** January 29, 2013, 10:01:58 PM »

Quote from: El Guapo on January 29, 2013, 09:33:58 PM

Without a positive test, there is nothing the NCAA can do about this.

Thats a whole lot of wisdom packed into one single brain cell. Congrats on the metaphor.

Buzz Killington · « **Reply #27 on:** January 30, 2013, 12:25:38 AM »

Quote from: El Guapo on January 29, 2013, 09:33:58 PM

Without a positive test, there is nothing the NCAA can do about this.

I wasn't aware of a positive test for improper benefits. Oh wait...maybe a video would work.

jmar · « **Reply #28 on:** January 30, 2013, 03:39:55 AM »

The NCAA should clear the Bams of any petty misgivings during its extensive "ongoing" investigation of Auburn. The media will keep us abreast of the situation with some timely off-hand remarks to inform any and all interested parties that the investigation is in fact still "ongoing."

The Prowler · « **Reply #29 on:** January 30, 2013, 06:59:40 AM »

Quote from: El Guapo on January 29, 2013, 09:33:58 PM

Without a positive test, there is nothing the NCAA can do about this.

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S.W.A.T.S. had an audience with players on the No. 2 team in college football, a gathering that Key taped with a pen camera and showed to SI. (UH OH, BUSTED!!!!!) He handed out some of the company's products gratis -- "It should never come up, but I'll go to the grave saying you bought this," Key told them (AGHAHAHAHA, THEY FELL FOR IT, AGHAHAHAHA!!!!) -- and one, linebacker Alex Watkins (WHO???), six months later gave a video testimonial on YouTube citing the boost he got from the chips, water and deer-antler pills (What, they ran out of Bull Testicles?) during Bama's 21-0 BCS title victory.

SHHHHHHH!!!!!! LET'S KEEP THIS ON THE LOW LOW....SHHHGHHGHGHGHGHHH!!!!!!!!

Buzz Killington · « **Reply #30 on:** January 30, 2013, 09:21:50 AM »

AUChizad · « **Reply #31 on:** January 30, 2013, 10:19:04 AM »

http://espn.go.com/blog/sec/post/_/id/59915/alabama-responds-to-sports-illustrated-story

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Tide responds to Sports Illustrated story
January, 30, 2013

By Edward Aschoff | ESPN.com

Shortly after a Sports Illustrated report on controversial supplement company S.W.A.T.S. said that Alabama players received a pitch from members of the company two nights before the Crimson Tide's 21-0 win against LSU in the 2012 BCS National Championship, Alabama made its first official comments concerning the issue.

Alabama's Assistant to the President and Associate Vice President for University Relations, Deborah Lane, released this statement Tuesday:

â€œUA has been aware of this situation for some time, and we have monitored this company for several years. They have twice ignored cease and desist letters sent by our compliance office. We have maintained consistent education of our student-athletes regarding the substances in question and will continue to do so.â€

The SI report stated that former defensive end Quinton Dial, former linebacker Alex Watkins and junior outside linebacker Adrian Hubbard were reportedly present in a New Orleans Marriott hotel room when Christopher Key, one of the company's founders, discussed the benefits of the company's frequency-reducing hologram chips, "negatively charged" water and deer antler spray/pills.

Deer antler powder contains IGF-1, which is "a natural, anabolic hormone that stimulates muscle growth." It's banned by the NCAA and most professional sports leagues.

While there's no evidence that any of the Alabama players took the company's products, Watkins endorsed the chips and spray in a YouTube video video six months later, and Hubbard reportedly said during Key's pitch that he "already had some" of the deer antler spray.

You can view Alabama's cease-and-desist letter to Mitch Ross here and the one to Key here.

This isn't the first time a college team has been linked to S.W.A.T.S. In April of 2011, Yahoo! Sports reported that Ross and Key both met with "roughly 60 Auburn players" during Auburn's 2010 national championship season to discuss using the company's chips.

BUT THEY SENT A CEASE & DESIST!!! Absolved of all sins. Nevermind that either it was a bullshit CYA that meant nothing or they lack institutional control. Pick one.

AUChizad · « **Reply #32 on:** January 30, 2013, 10:31:58 AM »

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@openingdrive
Ross claims he gave 5 Alabama players in 2008 products in exchange for endorsements after their graduation.

Snaggletiger · « **Reply #33 on:** January 30, 2013, 10:35:48 AM »

Come on, man. They hand delivered the C & D addressed to, "To Whom It May Concern" by handing it to the night security guard at S.W.A.T.S.

They're serious about this shit.

AUChizad · « **Reply #34 on:** January 30, 2013, 10:42:02 AM »

CEASE AND DESIST!!!

SWAT employee Christopher Key with AJ McCarron in New Orleans completely ignoring two cease & desist orders

AUChizad · « **Reply #35 on:** January 30, 2013, 10:43:20 AM »

CEASE & DESIST DJ!!!

Buzz Killington · « **Reply #36 on:** January 30, 2013, 10:51:15 AM »

Great pictures of ~~McCarron~~ To Whom It May Concern and ~~DJ Fluker~~ To Whom It May Concern

War Eagle!!! · « **Reply #37 on:** January 30, 2013, 10:53:49 AM »

We have seen this type of shit before. And just like the last time, this one will go away silently too...

Buzz Killington · « **Reply #38 on:** January 30, 2013, 11:08:00 AM »

Quote from: War Eagle!!! on January 30, 2013, 10:53:49 AM

We have seen this type of shit before. And just like the last time, this one will go away silently too...

^^^Listen to him. He's Pre-Med.

Snaggletiger · « **Reply #39 on:** January 30, 2013, 11:16:06 AM »

Quote from: Buzz Killington on January 30, 2013, 11:08:00 AM

^^^Listen to him. He's Pre-Med.

I thought he was Pre-Law