Did T-Town Menswear Cause an NCAA Violation For Alabama? (UA says no)

[Seabass]

Re: Clay Travis Says We Are In Potential Trouble

I think the whole “Julio’s Suits” aspect of this story makes Clay come off looking bad. Why does he assume that Julio’s family can’t afford clothing for their child? What gives him the insight necessary to make come to this conclusion? My child is 3 and I’ve had a college fund going for 2 years. By the time he is able to go to college we will have nearly 120k set aside for his education (not even sure if this will be enough to cover tuition in 15 years). If he gets a football scholarship you better believe we will be able to spend that money to purchase him a new car for school, and new suits if necessary. Why does Clay ASSUME that Julio’s family didn’t do the same? What about Julio does Clay see and make the determination that his family couldn’t have possibly been able to afford clothes?

 

[RedStar]

If worse comes to worse, at least we come out looking better than Ohio State.

They got busted for getting tat's from a low life drug dealer.

They're trying to get us busted for looking our best.

 

[TideEngineer08]

What kind of arrangement does The University have with this store and how do we know this? Some teams show up at games in sweat suits supplied by the team's university so I guess that is what is going on with these suits. It has been claimed by a barn fan to me that the star players are the ones wearing the high end suits and not the regular players. Has anyone else looked at the walk of champion pictures to see if this is in fact the case?

Any time I have been to the Walk of Champions or even seen it on tv, they all have suits on. There's not much difference.

 

[bamanut_aj]

I think the important lesson here, is that it is inappropriate for a black kid to have too many suits. I mean, he must have stolen them or got them for free, right??

Clay, I cannot wait to ask you to explain the racial undertone from yesteday's radio show. Spin, baby.....

 

[jwp3d]

I just looked at some videos of the walk of champions and I don't see how anyone can conclude that the difference in dress is in taste rather than star privilege. It seems true that Ingram and Cody are dressed pretty sharp but some little known players are dressed pretty well in the videos as well.

One more question. What is all the talk that Marquis Maze produced a commercial for this suit shop? Has anyone seen this commercial?

 

[DiamondDust]

I just looked at some videos of the walk of champions and I don't see how anyone can conclude that the difference in dress is in taste rather than star privilege. It seems true that Ingram and Cody are dressed pretty sharp but some little known players are dressed pretty well in the videos as well.

One more question. What is all the talk that Marquis Maze produced a commercial for this suit shop? Has anyone seen this commercial?

The only commercials that ever ran in the Tuscaloosa market (they were local ads not airing past the city) involved recently graduated players. McElroy and Prothro both did commercials for the store.

 

[RTR91]

The only commercials that ever ran in the Tuscaloosa market (they were local ads not airing past the city) involved recently graduated players. McElroy and Prothro both did commercials for the store.

When I was a student at Bama (2009-2010 year), I remember there being one going along the lines of Cody blocking the field goal. Am I just thinking that or was there one?

 

[DiamondDust]

When I was a student at Bama (2009-2010 year), I remember there being one going along the lines of Cody blocking the field goal. Am I just thinking that or was there one?

That sounds right.

And get ready for another round... Travis just ran a story about the photo with Trent Richardson and the owner of the store at dinner at a Japanese steakhouse shortly after the National Championship game.

 

[NationalTitles18]

I find it "strange" that Scab writes an article asking lots of questions about this yet defends $Cam and *U at every turn.

 

[BFANLC]

This same thing happened last year at Michigan.. The sent letters also..

Athletic Dept. to apparel stores: T-shirts about Denard Robinson break NCAA rules | The Michigan Daily

This kinda doesn't pertain to what is going on with us.They were selling stuff. The owner of Ttown isnt selling the memorabilia and has a sign that says the memorabilia are not for sale.

 

[Skeeterpop]

This kinda doesn't pertain to what is going on with us.They were selling stuff. The owner of Ttown isnt selling the memorabilia and has a sign that says the memorabilia are not for sale.

Of course it pertains to what is happening with us. Maybe T-Town was not selling the items but he was still breaking NCAA rules by displaying them for promotional purposes. In both instances the players were not aware this was going on and the school stepped to get them removed. I think it is a perfect example of what schools do every year for something like this.

 

[RTR91]

This kinda doesn't pertain to what is going on with us.They were selling stuff. The owner of Ttown isnt selling the memorabilia and has a sign that says the memorabilia are not for sale.

Don't tell that to the Montgomery media...
Alabama tells store to stop selling signed items | The Montgomery Advertiser | montgomeryadvertiser.com

The University of Alabama told a local store to stop selling items signed by current athletes, which is a potential violation of NCAA rules.

And last night on WSFA, the sports anchor said the same thing. Are we all missing something because I haven't seen anybody report the selling of merchandise.

 

[Skeeterpop]

Don't tell that to the Montgomery media...
Alabama tells store to stop selling signed items | The Montgomery Advertiser | montgomeryadvertiser.com


And last night on WSFA, the sports anchor said the same thing. Are we all missing something because I haven't seen anybody report the selling of merchandise.

The ceast and desist letter that was sent out used "selling of merchandise" That is where the "selling" part is coming from.

 

[C Earl]

Anyone can sit back and throw out allegations of racism when people start asking questions. In Clay's defense re: Julio he did use Julio's own quotes about his mother's employment history as a basis for his reasoning. As for the suits, is there not anyone else on this board that ever wondered or thought for even a second about how every player on the team was dressed so well every week? Did it ever cross anyones mind when you were at the Walk of Champions that some guys were dressed in different suits every week? I know I thought it was odd. I never fixated on it and I appreciate the fact that our guys wear suits instead of sweats to the stadium but these were not blue blazers and khakis from Penney's these guys were wearing. I hope nothing comes of this but it is beginning to look strange.

 

[DiamondDust]

Anyone can sit back and throw out allegations of racism when people start asking questions. In Clay's defense re: Julio he did use Julio's own quotes about his mother's employment history as a basis for his reasoning. As for the suits, is there not anyone else on this board that ever wondered or thought for even a second about how every player on the team was dressed so well every week? Did it ever cross anyones mind when you were at the Walk of Champions that some guys were dressed in different suits every week? I know I thought it was odd. I never fixated on it and I appreciate the fact that our guys wear suits instead of sweats to the stadium but these were not blue blazers and khakis from Penney's these guys were wearing. I hope nothing comes of this but it is beginning to look strange.

The prices at T-Town Menswear won't exactly break the bank, especially since most are Buy 1 Get 1 Free at multiple times throughout the year. As it's been mentioned, most players use Pell Grant money for living expenses.

 

[RedStar]

Anyone can sit back and throw out allegations of racism when people start asking questions. In Clay's defense re: Julio he did use Julio's own quotes about his mother's employment history as a basis for his reasoning. As for the suits, is there not anyone else on this board that ever wondered or thought for even a second about how every player on the team was dressed so well every week? Did it ever cross anyones mind when you were at the Walk of Champions that some guys were dressed in different suits every week? I know I thought it was odd. I never fixated on it and I appreciate the fact that our guys wear suits instead of sweats to the stadium but these were not blue blazers and khakis from Penney's these guys were wearing. I hope nothing comes of this but it is beginning to look strange.

I can tell you exactly what I'd have done if I had ever been in #8's shoes.

I'd have taken out student loans and applied for Pell Grants out the butt. I'd have spent money I didn't have because I was a college kid who knew I'd be a first round draft pick. I wouldn't have bought a Ferrari or anything, but clothes? Yeah, why not? And I'd have bought them by the boatload.

People have different taste. For me? I spent too much money on shoes. For Julio, maybe it was suits.

 

[crimsonaudio]

I can tell you exactly what I'd have done if I had ever been in #8's shoes.

I'd have taken out student loans and applied for Pell Grants out the butt. I'd have spent money I didn't have because I was a college kid who knew I'd be a first round draft pick. I wouldn't have bought a Ferrari or anything, but clothes? Yeah, why not? And I'd have bought them by the boatload.

People have different taste. For me? I spent too much money on shoes. For Julio, maybe it was suits.

This.

Not sure why folks seem to think every player is dirt poor or has no way to pay for stuff on their own.

There certainly are some posts on this thread that raise my eyebrows - I mean, if some of our fans run with assumptions like this, who needs enemies?

 

[tidefan23]

The first article or so was easily brushed aside. Now, there are a lot of questions with no answers. This thing has snowballed, and I have a bad feeling.

 

[WMack4Bama]

Anyone can sit back and throw out allegations of racism when people start asking questions. In Clay's defense re: Julio he did use Julio's own quotes about his mother's employment history as a basis for his reasoning. As for the suits, is there not anyone else on this board that ever wondered or thought for even a second about how every player on the team was dressed so well every week? Did it ever cross anyones mind when you were at the Walk of Champions that some guys were dressed in different suits every week? I know I thought it was odd. I never fixated on it and I appreciate the fact that our guys wear suits instead of sweats to the stadium but these were not blue blazers and khakis from Penney's these guys were wearing. I hope nothing comes of this but it is beginning to look strange.

 

[TideEngineer08]

The first article or so was easily brushed aside. Now, there are a lot of questions with no answers. This thing has snowballed, and I have a bad feeling.

Actually, all I see is the same old crap that came out the first day from Travis. Until it becomes more than that (and it hasn't) then I don't see the issue.