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SEC commissioner Greg Sankey releases statement on Alabama basketball .
Posted on 2/5/26 at 4:21 pm
Posted on 2/5/26 at 4:21 pm
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DEVELOPING NEWS: SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey has formally asked the court to uphold the NCAA's ruling regarding Alabama basketball player Charles Bediako's eligibility.
In his statement filed with the court he says the "NCAA eligibility rules challenged in this case are essential to the integrity of college sports."
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Posted on 2/5/26 at 4:23 pm to Scoper
Good thing Bama has the SEC HQ in its back pocket...am I right? lol
Posted on 2/5/26 at 4:23 pm to Scoper
Posted on 2/5/26 at 4:27 pm to lsufball19
Did he actually sign it? 
Posted on 2/5/26 at 4:28 pm to Lucado
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Did he actually sign it?
Yes. his signed affidavit was filed today.
Posted on 2/5/26 at 4:30 pm to lsufball19
I agree with many of the arguments Sankey's making here. But, bylaw 12.6 is going to be a hard sell now that the courts have defined these programs as "for profit".
Posted on 2/5/26 at 4:31 pm to Scoper
I'm not sure why Bama is fighting this battle. They have one of the deepest rosters in the country.
Posted on 2/5/26 at 4:32 pm to BevoBucks
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bylaw 12.6 is going to be a hard sell now that the courts have defined these programs as "for profit".
Yeah
Horse is out of the barn
Posted on 2/5/26 at 4:32 pm to lsufball19
Damn Sankey dropping the bomb right before the iron bowl of basketball
Posted on 2/5/26 at 4:42 pm to Scoper
You want to get removed from Byrne's Christmas card list? This is how you get removed from Byrne's Christmas card list
Posted on 2/5/26 at 4:43 pm to Wildcat1996
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I'm not sure why Bama is fighting this battle
I'm not really sure why we are either (and I don't like it for college sports), but to be clear, we didn't invent this whole concept.
We're just trying to take advantage of it like other teams already have.
If anything, maybe all the outrage this time will be what finally forces some sort of change in the opposite direction.
But I doubt it will ultimately stop anything. AAU and college basketball are already the dirtiest "amateur" sports on the planet.
Posted on 2/5/26 at 4:44 pm to Wildcat1996
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I'm not sure why Bama is fighting this battle. They have one of the deepest rosters in the country.
Because their coach has no integrity, not even a one game suspension for the guy that took the gun...
Posted on 2/5/26 at 4:46 pm to paperwasp
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but to be clear, we didn't invent this whole concept.
Are you the first team to allow a college player back who voluntarily went pro and signed a pro contract?
Posted on 2/5/26 at 4:46 pm to Chad4Bama
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Good thing Bama has the SEC HQ in its back pocket...am I right? lol
You think that we don't that this is just a bullishit statement to make it look like they might enforce something against Bama?
Posted on 2/5/26 at 4:52 pm to Chad4Bama
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Good thing Bama has the SEC HQ in its back pocket...am I right? lol
Posted on 2/5/26 at 4:53 pm to allin2010
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Because their coach has no integrity
You hired Bruce Pearl on purpose
Posted on 2/5/26 at 5:00 pm to HailToTheChiz
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Are you the first team to allow a college player back who voluntarily went pro and signed a pro contract?
Let's not do the semantics thing ad infinitum again in this thread.
Aside from Baylor, etc. and all the Euro Pros, there is a guy who played 10 actual games in the NBA trying to get back to UCLA right now.
You know exactly what I'm talking about.
Posted on 2/5/26 at 5:04 pm to lsufball19
It’s telling that Sankey keys on the NCAA being inconsistent in granting exceptions to any athlete that has been “focusing on training as a professional”.
Not sure how well the NCAA can uphold many of their bylaws at all going forward since college sports are now for profit and played by paid professionals but that’s the slippery slope the NCAA has created.
Sankey’s wording suggests ruling all former professional players ineligible, regardless of qualifiers as to what type of professional contract is allowed, when a player has signed it etc.
It would seem the NCAA will need to eventually combat this by either by something like:
ALL athletes who enter in a professional contract after 18 years old are ineligible. Period.
OR
ALL are eligible if they’re still in their five year window. Period.
Not sure how well the NCAA can uphold many of their bylaws at all going forward since college sports are now for profit and played by paid professionals but that’s the slippery slope the NCAA has created.
Sankey’s wording suggests ruling all former professional players ineligible, regardless of qualifiers as to what type of professional contract is allowed, when a player has signed it etc.
It would seem the NCAA will need to eventually combat this by either by something like:
ALL athletes who enter in a professional contract after 18 years old are ineligible. Period.
OR
ALL are eligible if they’re still in their five year window. Period.
This post was edited on 2/5/26 at 6:26 pm
Posted on 2/5/26 at 5:08 pm to wm72
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ALL athletes who enter in a professional contract after 18 years old are ineligible. Period.
Fine by me.
Honestly, I'm quite shocked there isn't some ironclad verbiage to this effect already in place.
I was under the impression a long time ago that once you "declared," there was no coming back.
Was that just a gentleman's agreement of some sort?
Posted on 2/5/26 at 5:10 pm to wm72
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ALL athletes who enter in a professional contract after 18 years old are ineligible. Period.
Should have happened already. Where the NCAA continues to trip on their dick is having a hardship waiver process for eligibility and making exceptions. Just stop granting hardships. If you get hurt and miss an extra year, that’s the hand god dealt you. You have 5 years to play 4, period. If you have signed a contract to play professionally, you’re ineligible permanently. Period. No exceptions
This post was edited on 2/5/26 at 5:10 pm
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