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re: Charles Bediako Suing NCAA for immediate Eligibility.
Posted on 2/5/26 at 6:19 pm to UhOhOreo
Posted on 2/5/26 at 6:19 pm to UhOhOreo
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I’m just here to point out if y’all get your way, Alabama isn’t going to be the running leader for professionals. Ain’t nobody going to want to live in Tuscaloosa for a pro team compared to Atlanta or New York
And yet somehow most of their sports teams habitually underachieve or outright suck arse.
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Posted on 2/5/26 at 6:20 pm to UhOhOreo
We’re already there. It’s professional and we had a damn good recruiting class.
You think the best players were choosing Alabama for academic reasons?
You think the best players were choosing Alabama for academic reasons?
Posted on 2/5/26 at 6:29 pm to UhOhOreo
Also, Green Bay does pretty good in the NFL. OKC just won an NBA championship and will likely win a bunch more.
The best player in the NHL willingly resigned in Edmonton Alberta Canada. Not every athlete wants to live in a giant arse city. They want to win.
The best player in the NHL willingly resigned in Edmonton Alberta Canada. Not every athlete wants to live in a giant arse city. They want to win.
Posted on 2/5/26 at 7:04 pm to UhOhOreo
I’m actually in agreement that Bediako playing is idiotic but Sankey picking this time to virtue signal is weak. Because that’s all he’s doing. He doesn’t give a shite about the “integrity of college sports.” Actually makes me hope Bediako wins the case just to stick it in his face.
Posted on 2/5/26 at 7:13 pm to Diego Ricardo
CB’s lawyer:
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Darren Heitner@heitner·3h
Greg Sankey's emphasis on the need for consistent application of eligibility rules to avoid disruption in college sports is contradicted by the NCAA's own recent practices.
As evidenced by multiple eligibility grants, the NCAA has waived similar rules for former professional athletes, including Thierry Darlan, Abdullah Ahmed, James Nnaji, and Fedor Zugic.
These waivers demonstrate selective enforcement, undermining Sankey's assertion that inconsistent application fuels disruption.
Courts in similar cases have highlighted such inconsistencies as evidence of arbitrary decision-making.
Also, Sankey's reliance on outdated principles of amateurism and academic integration is not aligned with the current realities of college athletes and the proliferation of #NIL deals.
Furthermore, Sankey is a lay witness who can offer opinions based on personal knowledge, but this affidavit is littered with conclusory statements that are not tied to specific facts or data.
Finally, Sankey is not only biased but has a conflict of interest while serving in the role of SEC Commissioner.
Posted on 2/5/26 at 7:16 pm to Alabama_Fan
In summary Spineless Sankey only ever behaves as a vertebrae when he can thumb his nose at the program that drove this conference for most of its existence.
Posted on 2/5/26 at 7:26 pm to Diego Ricardo
He’s not being brave. He’s virtue signaling. He knows which way the wind is blowing and what stand will get him praise.
Posted on 2/5/26 at 7:50 pm to Bham Bammer
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I’m actually in agreement that Bediako playing is idiotic but Sankey picking this time to virtue signal is weak. Because that’s all he’s doing. He doesn’t give a shite about the “integrity of college sports.” Actually makes me hope Bediako wins the case just to stick it in his face.
I'm with you. I don't think any of these guys should be eligible to play for a college team, but Sankey of all people trying to get on his high horse about the integrity of college sports is fricking laughable. If there is a poster child for the destruction of the integrity of college sports it is Greg Sankey. The only individual person(s) who arguably share more responsibility for the current mess of college sports is whoever has been in charge of the B1G for the last 10 years.
Posted on 2/5/26 at 8:09 pm to Robot Santa
I do think it’s a good thing it’s over one way or the other tomorrow.
Posted on 2/5/26 at 10:54 pm to Robot Santa
I can’t begin to express the disdain I have for Greg Sankey. He’s a spineless stooge that has bent the knee at every turn. Don’t care how much money the school are making. The SEC is in a weaker position now than it was at the start of his tenure.
Don’t forget he started a lot of this craziness by waiving Mo Smith. So he can screw right off his high horse.
Don’t forget he started a lot of this craziness by waiving Mo Smith. So he can screw right off his high horse.
This post was edited on 2/6/26 at 8:49 am
Posted on 2/6/26 at 8:36 am to FairhopeTider
The juice isn't worth the squeeze for Bediako. That's my whole issue with it really.
Are we better? yea. Are we better enough for it to really matter? no.
Are we better? yea. Are we better enough for it to really matter? no.
Posted on 2/6/26 at 8:56 am to McGregor
I feel like Bediako has a legitimate case because the NCAA's flow chart for eligibility is inequitable. Their argument on allow euro pros entry but not domestic pros essentially comes down to "Europe doesn't have the NCAA in their states but since the NCAA exists in the US amateurism is magically imbued with legitimacy."
However, at this juncture I am more griped with Greg Sankey slithering out of his hole to make a statement against one of our student-athlete's battle for eligibility when half the conference seemingly is having the same highly dubious battles in the courts by proxy with one of their players.
The people with more monetary weight upon Byrne than me need to insist that Byrne rebuke Sankey publicly today.
However, at this juncture I am more griped with Greg Sankey slithering out of his hole to make a statement against one of our student-athlete's battle for eligibility when half the conference seemingly is having the same highly dubious battles in the courts by proxy with one of their players.
The people with more monetary weight upon Byrne than me need to insist that Byrne rebuke Sankey publicly today.
Posted on 2/6/26 at 8:59 am to Diego Ricardo
I’m interested to see if they’ve given Oats a PR answer for all the Sankey questions he’ll get in his PC today or if they’ll let him do his own thing 
Posted on 2/6/26 at 9:04 am to Diego Ricardo
Agree completely. I think the NCAA is full of hypocrisy, but what else is new.
For a sitting conference commissioner to speak directly against one of its founding members(and its most important member historically) student athletes is insane.
It’d be one thing if he made a blanket statement of “I encourage the courts and ncaa to come to an agreement soon that preserves amateurism” or whatever hypocritical bullshite he would spew.
What he said and singling out Bediako and Alabama is unacceptable.
For a sitting conference commissioner to speak directly against one of its founding members(and its most important member historically) student athletes is insane.
It’d be one thing if he made a blanket statement of “I encourage the courts and ncaa to come to an agreement soon that preserves amateurism” or whatever hypocritical bullshite he would spew.
What he said and singling out Bediako and Alabama is unacceptable.
Posted on 2/6/26 at 9:06 am to Bryant91092
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I’m interested to see if they’ve given Oats a PR answer for all the Sankey questions he’ll get in his PC today or if they’ll let him do his own thing
I need technical foul Oats today. Put that damn Proverbs verse in your pocket and call Sankey some things that would make George Carlin blush.
Posted on 2/6/26 at 9:18 am to Sandkhan
Oats has the benefit of the officiating of college basketball being controlled by the NCAA not the conferences, so he can torch the guy without fear of directed retribution via officiating.
Posted on 2/6/26 at 10:13 am to Diego Ricardo
The last good thing Sankey did was basically call out the other conferences and force football to be played in that 2020 season of Covid. His use of “student-athlete, amateurism, and integrity” in that affidavit is a damn joke!!! Spineless turd!!
Posted on 2/6/26 at 11:31 am to UAgrad93
I don’t think Bediako is gonna win. That Pruett guy hates Bama
Posted on 2/6/26 at 11:44 am to Sandkhan
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need technical foul Oats today. Put that damn Proverbs verse in your pocket and call Sankey some things that would make George Carlin blush.
I expect him to respond but not go scorched earth. If it’s even addressed, I think he’ll mention that some of the things in the affidavit are already being exploited across college sports and this ruling has no bearing on “allowing professional athletes” to compete at the college level. That’s already happening so not sure why Sankey is all of the sudden taking that position. IT’S TOO LATE!
Posted on 2/6/26 at 11:48 am to mistaken4193
quote:I can't decide whether it's more likely for Bama basketball that Bediako loses the case or wins and tears his Achilles walking out of the courtroom.
I don’t think Bediako is gonna win. That Pruett guy hates Bama
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