Alabama AD awaiting word from NCAA for rules violations
Alabama athletic director Bill Battle said the university is still awaiting word from the NCAA’s findings on Bo Davis’ violations, according to Aaron Suttles of TideSports.com, who spoke to Battle at the SEC’s spring meetings in Destin.
Davis resigned from Alabama after an alleged impermissible contact with a high school player, and the university hired Karl Dunbar for Davis’ vacant position.
Battle updated the status Wednesday:
“I don’t know what … we haven’t got the final report from the NCAA,” Battle told Rivals.com. “I know that Bo spoke to the NCAA after we did and he resigned. We have determined there were violations and felt like it was in our best interest to separate.
“I know that Bo spoke to the NCAA in hopes that he could reduce any penalty that might come to him. We haven’t heard what might come to us. We’re still waiting for those answers … It will be up to the NCAA to decide what they think about our response.”
Davis had been with Nick Saban for a while, even coaching alongside him in 2006 with the Miami Dolphins. Davis also spent three years with Saban at LSU as an assistant strength and conditioning coach.
If nothing more happened than what was said I believe firing him is all that will be required. That is if that is all that happened.
If bama fired him just for breaking the bump rule, then that tells everyone that there is a lot more to the situation. But of course the NCAA will never do anything.
You do know that Florida fired a coach for breaking the contact rule too right? What happened to them with the NCAA and was there more too it? No there wasn’t. I don’t see any reason this is any different. If there is more to it we will know soon enough. From what I have heard it’s not.
Also Bama has been punished heavily by the NCAA. It’s kinda hard to play that card.
Ole Miss fan’s typical response. It’s something that they a born and bred with. You know the type… the hammer always falls on us but never anyone else. That kind of whiny fan. Come hang around them here in Memphis during a game. After every play… you’ll hear how the refs are cheating and railing against OM. If they are playing Alabama, you can bet it will include “but of course the refs are going to favor Alabama because the SEC office is in BHM”. They are a very unique type. I love ’em. Great friends and neighbors to share a beverage with. Great campus to go to on football Saturdays or during the middle of the week. But you can darn near set your watch by the “woe is me” complex during a game (in ANY sport).
Not all OM fans but some are and every other school has them kind too. NCAA needs to quit dragging their DONKEYS about stuff and be done with it good or bad so these coaches can focus on the main job they have. FOOTBALL
First, as I understand it, he was asked to resign because he wasn’t forthcoming and honest with Coach Saban and the administration. Also, even if he had been, it’s likely he would’ve been let go to stave off NCAA sanctions; as others have mentioned, that has, in the past for other schools, done exactly that with similar violations. The violations themselves weren’t terribly serious(esp. since none of the kids ended up at Bama, so there won’t be any of them being declared ineligible or some such), and Bama has already handled it.
Who actually believes the NCAA would ever touch Bama as long as Emmert is in charge? Anybody? Bueller? Bueller?
Awww…another barner crying about the NCAA and Bama. That’s cute.
This doesn’t sound too serious, but nobody wants the NCAA snooping around. I think it’s impossible for any program to 100% effectively monitor their program. There will always be discovered violations if the NCAA looks hard enough.