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NCAA: Alabama Must Vacate 10 Football Wins From '05-07

Team can keep scholarships, bowl win

By Ambreen Ali,  Newser User

Posted Jun 11, 2009 12:35 PM CDT
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(Newser) – The NCAA will require the University of Alabama to vacate at least 10 football victories from 2005-07 over rules violations that saw players arrange free textbooks for friends, the Birmingham News reports. The school will also be placed on 3 years’ probation, but the football program won’t lose any scholarships. Other UA programs received penalties that included vacating individual records.

Alabama quarterback John Parker Wilson watches from the sidelines late in this year's Sugar Bowl loss to Utah.
Alabama quarterback John Parker Wilson watches from the sidelines late in this year's Sugar Bowl loss to Utah.   (AP Photo)
Alabama coach Nick Saban applauds his team against Utah in the first half of the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans earlier this year.
Alabama coach Nick Saban applauds his team against Utah in the first half of the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans earlier this year.   (AP Photo)
Alabama cheerleaders take to the field getting ready for the start of the Sugar Bowl this year.
Alabama cheerleaders take to the field getting ready for the start of the Sugar Bowl this year.   (AP Photo)
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We lost games after the suspensions. It was pretty painful, so we feel like our part of it, we've suffered through a long time ago. - Alabama Coach Nick Saban

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Yourself
Jun 11, 2009 10:22 AM CDT
thats fine, it's against the rules, but what the hell difference does it make to go back in time and remove the wins of the athletes for PLAYING THE GAME! it's not like the books were a deciding factor in the game. the game was won by playing it, not by reading about physics or history or politics or math. If you want to penalize the team then have them pay a fine, or create a 10 year scholarship for under priviledged students (which will set a standard and then probably be extended past the 10 years) (and yes, they probably already have one, but this time make them take it out of the sports budget, or maybe even out of the coaches salary for not enforcing the rules of his athletes)
AllisonMW
Jun 11, 2009 9:03 AM CDT
Boooo! LOL All in fun, paul123 : )
paul123
Jun 11, 2009 7:14 AM CDT
Reguardless of the nobility of the act of giving books away, it's against the rules.

5 players suspended in '07
USA Today

Players got friends free books
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