is that the folks at Bama want to act like him being a football player had nothing to do with it, like they admit "regular students" all the time that got kicked out of a previous school after two arrests & spent a few months at a junior college before "applying" to Alabama. Fact is, Alabama wouldn't have considered in a million years admitting Taylor if he weren't a football player that Lord Saban said he needed. The vast majority of scholarship football players at any major university- UGA included- couldn't get admitted in the same manner that non-athletes do, yet Bama wants to act like that was exactly the case here. Read the quotes:
When Alabama announced Taylor was joining its team on national signing day, university spokeswoman Deborah Lane said in a statement to ESPN.com that athletics is not involved in the admissions process.
"Jonathan Taylor was admitted to the University of Alabama following the same procedures that the UA Admissions office uses to evaluate any student who has dealt with legal issues," Lane said in a statement. "The admissions process includes representatives from academic, legal, student affairs, student conduct, UAPD and counseling."[/I]
They should get absolutely roasted over this. It's one thing to let a guy in whose academic performance isn't exactly "college material", but to compound it with the serious violent legal issues this guy was facing is just irresponsible BS.
When Alabama announced Taylor was joining its team on national signing day, university spokeswoman Deborah Lane said in a statement to ESPN.com that athletics is not involved in the admissions process.
"Jonathan Taylor was admitted to the University of Alabama following the same procedures that the UA Admissions office uses to evaluate any student who has dealt with legal issues," Lane said in a statement. "The admissions process includes representatives from academic, legal, student affairs, student conduct, UAPD and counseling."[/I]
They should get absolutely roasted over this. It's one thing to let a guy in whose academic performance isn't exactly "college material", but to compound it with the serious violent legal issues this guy was facing is just irresponsible BS.
