Tom Al-Betar Continues to Sell Autographed Bama Gear...Now Exclusively

Saniflush · « **Reply #20 on:** January 17, 2014, 11:23:05 AM »

Quote from: Snaggletiger on January 17, 2014, 11:15:40 AM

Could it be they know there are no consequences? Hmmmmm....

Pffft. There are consequences.

Gettin' paid.

Snaggletiger · « **Reply #21 on:** January 17, 2014, 11:27:07 AM »

Quote from: Saniflush on January 17, 2014, 11:23:05 AM

Pffft. There are consequences.

Gettin' paid.

Look at me now. I'm gettin' paper.

Buzz Killington · « **Reply #22 on:** January 17, 2014, 11:27:46 AM »

#struggleoverwit

Snaggletiger · « **Reply #23 on:** January 17, 2014, 11:31:02 AM »

I think we're all getting carried away with this. Is this guy really disassociated when the letter was addressed "To Whom It May Concern" and hand delivered to a random kiosk in the mall?

Godfather · « **Reply #24 on:** January 17, 2014, 12:10:17 PM »

No worries bama's compliance is all over this. Statement issued, phone call to NCAA Enforcement Director (former bama grad Derrick Crawford).

Case Closed. They all good!

Godfather · « **Reply #25 on:** January 17, 2014, 12:14:51 PM »

Scarbo forgot that Albetar even has photos with da FÃ¼hrer himself.

Buzz Killington · « **Reply #26 on:** January 17, 2014, 01:05:04 PM »

Quote from: Godfather on January 17, 2014, 12:14:51 PM

Scarbo forgot that Albetar even has photos with da FÃ¼hrer himself.

Obviously a photoshop. Tha Unahvessitee does not photoshop any of their photos...wait, wrong controversy.

Snaggletiger · « **Reply #27 on:** January 17, 2014, 01:08:20 PM »

Quote from: Buzz Killington on January 17, 2014, 01:05:04 PM

Obviously a photoshop. Tha Unahvessitee does not photoshop any of their photos...wait, wrong controversy.

He has black hands

Saniflush · « **Reply #28 on:** January 17, 2014, 01:12:55 PM »

Quote from: Snaggletiger on January 17, 2014, 01:08:20 PM

He has black hands

GH2001 · « **Reply #29 on:** January 17, 2014, 01:15:35 PM »

Quote from: Saniflush on January 17, 2014, 01:12:55 PM

It's like she's in a room and everyone else is out on the golf course. Amazing

AUChizad · « **Reply #30 on:** January 17, 2014, 01:45:40 PM »

Update:

http://outkickthecoverage.com/all-that-and-a-bag-of-mail-bamas-latest-scandal.php

Townhallsavoy · « **Reply #31 on:** January 17, 2014, 01:56:15 PM »

I never realized Al-Betar's accent was so thick.

It couldn't be more obvious that he's providing extra benefits to Alabama players. He seems to have some kind of strange obsession with them, and the way he places his hands on them so often tells me he either has a sexual fantasy about them or more likely, he sees them as his sons that he cares for. The fact that an Alabama player - who just, you know sees the guy in the mall from time to time - would make Al-Betar the godfather to his son proves that Al-Betar is a figure in at least one player's life that is so trustworthy and provisional that he was named an honorary family member.

Snaggletiger · « **Reply #32 on:** January 17, 2014, 02:41:10 PM »

Honest opinion. Does anyone believe that anything will come out of this? While it's getting some play from certain media members, has it even been mentioned on ESPN? I don't know, haven't watched anything today. But is this going to be just another blip on the radar? Move along and all that?

I've said for years that I hate this kind of crap. Love discussing and focusing on what's going on on the field. But with the way Auburn has been fricking hammered by the media and the colonoscopy it received from the NCAA, all based on he said/she said, has been beyond ridiculous. I heard Cam's daddy asked a MSU booster for money. Well shit, bring in the FBI and the NCAA sets up camp on the Plains. Disgruntled ex-players say there were $100.00 handshakes at Auburn. Quick, get the HBO documentary together. Scorned bitch writes an Auburn cheats blog. Somebody change that scroll to "Auburn paid players and changed grades." Sharpish!!!

But when Yahoo hand delivers proof...not hearsay...proof that a Bama player got paid large, all we hear is how he lived in a van down by the river and maybe it's time we started paying these poor, pitiful players. Since then....

Now this? My feeling is this will be a non-story within 48 hours.

War Eagle!!! · « **Reply #33 on:** January 17, 2014, 02:42:30 PM »

This shit is nuts...

How are Ohio State fans not pissed beyond all belief? Tattoos seem like child's play to this shit...

Tiger Wench · « **Reply #34 on:** January 17, 2014, 02:51:24 PM »

I loved this part:

Quote

Bama can't sue him.

I mean, you could, you can always sue anyone for just about anything, but you can't sue him with a reasonable expectation of winning anything.

Plus, you definitely don't want to sue him and put him under oath in a deposition talking about his relationships with Alabama players. What if he's actually honest because he fears perjury charges? The entire Alabama program would collapse because Alabama sued him.

So there's a zero percent chance that Bama sues him.

And i suspect Al-betar knows this.

As many lawyers as we have around here, caring and otherwise, can NO ONE come up with a reason to get this guy in a room for a deposition under oath????

AUChizad · « **Reply #35 on:** January 17, 2014, 02:59:05 PM »

Quote from: Snaggletiger on January 17, 2014, 02:41:10 PM

Honest opinion. Does anyone believe that anything will come out of this? While it's getting some play from certain media members, has it even been mentioned on ESPN? I don't know, haven't watched anything today. But is this going to be just another blip on the radar? Move along and all that?

I've said for years that I hate this kind of crap. Love discussing and focusing on what's going on on the field. But with the way Auburn has been fricking hammered by the media and the colonoscopy it received from the NCAA, all based on he said/she said, has been beyond ridiculous. I heard Cam's daddy asked a MSU booster for money. Well shit, bring in the FBI and the NCAA sets up camp on the Plains. Disgruntled ex-players say there were $100.00 handshakes at Auburn. Quick, get the HBO documentary together. Scorned bitch writes an Auburn cheats blog. Somebody change that scroll to "Auburn paid players and changed grades." Sharpish!!!

But when Yahoo hand delivers proof...not hearsay...proof that a Bama player got paid large, all we hear is how he lived in a van down by the river and maybe it's time we started paying these poor, pitiful players. Since then....

Now this? My feeling is this will be a non-story within 48 hours.

Don't forget Bama self-reported that a coach was paying players.

Still

And even if this Al-Betar stuff wasn't obviously about players getting paid. Let's live in a world of naivete where they truly just like hanging out with the guy and this is all one big misunderstanding...

This is as clear-cut lack of institutional control as you can get. They SENT a cease & desist saying specifically to stay away from the players and to STOP selling anything player related. What does he do? Quit the suit business and open up a store ENTIRELY of selling signed game-worn athletic equipment. And we don't hear a peep about it until every 3 or 4 times a year Clay Travis writes a blog pointing it out. Bama doesn't know? Bama can't tell their players to stay the fuck out of there? Who's in charge here? Combine that with the receipts & check stubs with the Fluker situation and you have to be functionally retarded not to at least suspect that there might be some violations going on here and that it's worthy of at least discussion by the media.

Still

I know three months ago is ancient history, but surely you remember ESPN's reaction to the Manziel scandal, which we know factually to have been brought to light by the Bama booster that factually paid Fluker. Yet that was an outrage, and this?

Still

Saniflush · « **Reply #36 on:** January 17, 2014, 03:01:18 PM »

Quote from: AUChizad on January 17, 2014, 02:59:05 PM

Don't forget Bama self-reported that a coach was paying players.

They keep it down home cuz.

Townhallsavoy · « **Reply #37 on:** January 17, 2014, 03:14:41 PM »

Quote from: Tiger Wench on January 17, 2014, 02:51:24 PM

Plus, you definitely don't want to sue him and put him under oath in a deposition talking about his relationships with Alabama players. What if he's actually honest because he fears perjury charges? The entire Alabama program would collapse because Alabama sued him.

Disagree.

He sounds like a guy that arrived to America on a lifeboat that meandered over the Atlantic from the Middle East. His entire existence as evidence by his Facebook page, business, relationships, and hobbies is predicated on Alabama football. I'm willing to bet that he sees Tuscaloosa and the Alabama football team as his achievement of the American dream.

This guy strikes me as an Updyke. The worst kind of Updyke. Beyond Updyke. A Logan Young. Except Al-Betar would throw himself down the stairs before giving up any information that would damage Alabama.

Come Honor Face · « **Reply #38 on:** January 17, 2014, 07:07:48 PM »

I still think the dude at 0:31-0:37 is Al-Betar in this video. If it is, isn't that a little blatant "fuck you " to the disassociation part?

Townhallsavoy · « **Reply #39 on:** January 17, 2014, 08:34:28 PM »

Quote from: Come Honor Face on January 17, 2014, 07:07:48 PM

I still think the dude at 0:31-0:37 is Al-Betar in this video. If it is, isn't that a little blatant "fuck you " to the disassociation part?

It's not him. Seriously. They have a guy on staff that could be his identical twin. That's still a pretty good "fuck you, NCAA" if you ask me.