TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- Alabama has disassociated from a local store owner for three years but says he didn't break any NCAA rules.
Alabama officials had ordered T-Town Menswear owner Stan Albetar in December to stop selling, distributing or promoting items signed by or depicting current athletes. Compliance director Mike Ward said in a statement Tuesday that Albetar appeared to be in compliance with the rules and that an internal investigation didn't turn up any indication that an athlete received extra benefits.
"Our review of this matter was a part of our normal compliance program," Ward said. "We routinely look at all situations of potential concern. Based on our review of this matter, we concluded that Mr. Albetar was in compliance with NCAA regulations. It is not a violation for student-athletes to sign autographs and it is not a violation for a business to display photos, jerseys or other items depicting current student-athletes. We found no evidence that any student-athlete received any extra benefits.
"Due to the concerns expressed in our letter to Mr. Albetar dated March 31, 2011, we disassociated him from our program. As we always do in matters of this nature, we discussed this matter with the SEC Office. Because we found no evidence of any NCAA violation, we did not self-report a violation," he said.
I like this part the best:
Because we found no evidence of any NCAA violation, we did not self-report a violation
Translation: Because we have buried the evidence so deep in shutyomouth's ass no one will find it, we did not self-report a violation.
a better recruiter/booster/cheater puts the kid between the two gals.
crime is one thing, but dumb crime i cannot abide.
""On a lonely planet spinning its way toward damnation amid the fear and despair of a broken human race, who is left to fight for all that is good and pure and gets you smashed for under a fiver? Yes, it's the surprising adventures of me, Sir Digby Chicken-Caesar!"
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