Antonio langham probation violation

  • The University of Alabama's vaunted football program on probation yesterday for three years.
  • Alabama, with the third-winningest program in major college football history, was placed on three years' probation and severely penalized.
  • Investigators said the university violated NCAA rules by not reporting that cornerback cornerback Antonio Langham had illegally signed a.

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    NCAA ruling indicates a turning Tide

    • Ivan MaiselJun 11, 2009, 03:00 AM ET

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    With the announcement Thursday that the NCAA has wrist-slapped Alabama for its textbook problem, the university's rehabilitation might be complete.

    Not so long ago, the school didn't have a textbook problem. It was a textbook problem.

    Here stood a two-time loser in NCAA court, a school that lost a total of 38 scholarships in two cases only seven years apart, a school that as recently as 2002 made the NCAA lawyers dust off the death penalty to see whether it fit Alabama's crimes.

    Yet on Thursday, the NCAA Committee on Infractions imposed no scholarship reductions on the Crimson Tide football team or any of the university's other 15 teams that had 201 players obtain free textbooks for their buddies.

    The committee ordered Alabama to vacate 21 victories in football and one in tennis. T

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    Era of mediocrity followed Alabama’s 1992 title run

    TUSCALOOSA | The 1992 national championship touched off a celebration at a school hungry for another crown after a 13 years of anxious waiting.

    It came during a streak that saw the University of Alabama go 31 straight games without a defeat in a span that covered parts of three seasons. It returned the Crimson Tide to football glory and brought back memories of Paul W. “Bear” Bryant’s dynasty of dominance.

    Yet before the sun rose in New Orleans after Alabama’s 34-13 dismantling of the Miami Hurricanes in the Jan. 1, 1993, Sugar Bowl, the seeds of UA’s downfall to some of the lowest points in the program’s history began to take root.

    And it started with, of all things, a signature on a cocktail napkin.

    Alabama defensive back Antonio Langham, partying after the game in the French Quarter, signed what turned out to be an agreement with a fledgling sports agent, a friend of a relative who wanted Langham to forgo his senior seaso

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    Tide gets bowl ban, probation

    The NCAA placed Alabama on fem years' probation Friday, jolting the schema with a two-year bowl ban and heavy scholarship reductions.

    The governing body said it considered giving the Crimson Tide the most severe punishment _ the death penalty _ under the repeat violator rules for a recruiting scandal in which boosters were accused of paying money for high school players.

    "They were absolutely staring down the fat of a gun," said Thomas Yeager, chairman of the infractions committee.

    The university was accused of 11 major violations _ one was withdrawn _ and fem minor charges under two former coaches.

    Alabama president Andrew Sorenson and friidrott director missfoster Moore said they were "extremely disappointed" in the NCAA's decision and would appeal. Both read prepared statements to the media but would not discuss the grund for an appeal.

    Barring a successful appeal, the program with the most bowl appearances (51) and wins (29) will miss the