re: And here's Scarbo's take on Philon

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I don't understand the problem. He was told weeks ago about the grey shirt deal, and kids are making school visits up until the week-end before signing day, so he was free to do that. Some are trying to make it look like Saban told him about this the morning of signing day.

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The problem people have with it, is that the kid committed to Alabama in September and never took another visit to any other school. He may have been free to do it, but he was committed to Alabama and thought Alabama was committed to him. The fact is that Alabama got two shinier new toys on Signing Day in Kirven and Tomlinson, and chose to accept both of their committments instead of taking one and politely telling the other that they waited too long. Instead, a recruit who did things the right way and shut his recruiting down when he committed got left out in the cold.

Some people don't have a problem with it, and that is fine. They say football is a business and it is the coaches job to get the best players in, feelings be damned. But even Nick Saban is quoted as saying that when a player commits to a school, his recruitment should end there. That opinion has apparently changed since last year.