re: Alabama Basketball Recruiting and Offseason Talk

Alabama isn’t being accused of paying him. It’s an agent that isn’t connected to the school as far as I know.

The Sexton family has always been regarded as a family-first, down to earth, “do it the right way” family......if these documents are true, and the whole family was paid, that would be so disappointing

Sorry my comment wasn’t about the new information, but about the suspension. We fired the staff member for accepting the bribe to arrange the meeting and suspended Sexton for a game since the dollar amount of the benefit equaled a one game suspension. That’s my understanding. I cannot remember the coach’s or agent’s name. Our investigation of that incident found no evidence of money exchange between the agent and the Sextons.

I have no clue what this new information is about. First I’ve heard of it. Is it that same agent that met with the Sextons?

I just hope this means Pett and Ya will take even more precautions when funneling money to the recruits.

Eh....so what we forfeit a 20-16 season and NCAA tourney...doesnt matter to me, I still saw it happen.


Our coaches gotta be smarter abot how we pay these guys though.

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I just hope this means Pett and Ya will take even more precautions when funneling money to the recruits.

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My God if Ya is funneling money to recurits he really is one of the worst recruiters in the country.

It's much more than 5000,right? 21000 for traveling expenses,35000 job and whatever else.
My problem with all this is; This Had to happen,just when we are finally trying to get our sorry program out of the pits of misery? What are the odds?

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Alabama isn’t being accused of paying him. It’s an agent that isn’t connected to the school as far as I know.

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Dawkins was essentially the broker for schools to buy recruits via sneaker companies. It likely that any money funneled to implicated players was pay for play

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Why on earth would you accept money if you knew you were going to be a millionaire in a few months? 

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He wasn't a millionaire 1.5 years ago. $5k makes a real difference for most people


But more importantly, why not?

- No one was getting caught
- Every major recruit takes money
- One& Done means you are gone before any investigation starts (See Derrick Rose)
- Generate significant revenue for school, why shouldn't he get some return?

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bet ya that Bama doesn't get into any trouble

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Define trouble


I'd say more likely than not, Bama self imposes some slap on the wrist penalities like forfeit games and reduced recruiting visits type stuff



I've said since the beginning, I don't see the NCAA coming down hard on anyone. It's in their best issue to put this in the past as soon as possible

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He wasn't a millionaire 1.5 years ago. $5k makes a real difference for most people

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For how much hype there was around this whole scandal, $5k is a pretty meh sum. I mean I would've gone out and bought us a championship team if I had known players of Sexton's level were going for $5k.

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For how much hype there was around this whole scandal, $5k is a pretty meh sum. I mean I would've gone out and bought us a championship team if I had known players of Sexton's level were going for $5k.

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Considering clearly lower quality recruits were getting $50k+, there is a real chance that was one payment towards a larger sum


Either way, I don't think most teams should get more than a slap on the wrist


This is just classic economics, if a good is undervalued due to price restrictions, a black market will develop


This is the NCAA fault for designing a broken system