re: Didn't know bama's troubled past...

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My understanding of the 2007 Book Troubles was that the school supply/book store had a very ill-suited system for handling the athletic scholarship book vouchers.

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The vast majority of the issue was that athletic scholarships were just supposed to apply to required books, but several classes also have "suggested" books. They system allowed athletes to get books from the suggested list. These were often not much more than pamphlets. Most of our sports got hit with it and most of the athletes didn't know they were doing anything wrong.