Gallion's Big Bluff

[Po Monkey Lounger]

"After all the promises and threats, Gallion laid out this argument -- SEC and NCAA officials failed to prevent Alabama coaches and boosters from cheating. "

http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/NEWSV5/storyV528joshcolwj.htm

[Po Monkey Lounger]

More from the Montgomery Alabama columnist:

"For months now, the Alabama sports world has been overwhelmed by talk of this unbelievable conspiracy that brought down the Alabama football program.
We've heard all about the involvement of Tennessee head coach Phillip Fulmer. We've heard ad nauseam about the crooked NCAA and SEC and the underhanded techniques of NCAA investigator Rich Johanningmeier.

We've listened to Montgomery attorney Tommy Gallion promise to reveal things so shocking they would prove without a shadow of a doubt that the Crimson Tide football program was the innocent victim of a vicious conspiracy and that former coaches Ronnie Cottrell and Ivy Williams were unduly harmed in the process.

All that talk is over now.

Last Thursday, both sides in this $60 million lawsuit put their cards on the table.

"Team Cottrell" was holding very few aces.

In fact, it seems as though they had attempted one of the greatest bluffs in legal history. "

[Po Monkey Lounger]

More:

"With all the talk and all of the depositions, I was expecting to see evidence that would truly astound me. Instead, I saw evidence that Kramer, Fulmer and the NCAA didn't stop the Alabama coaches and their rogue booster from hanging themselves.

That's not a conspiracy. It's good work."

[Po Monkey Lounger]

Still more ---its just gets better and better:

"The fact that there's now this massive uproar among the Alabama faithful points to one thing -- Crimson Tide fans, because they so much want to believe their university was wronged, have bought into the Gallion argument on a grand scale.

Trouble is, it's rather clear now that they've all been suckered."

[rebelduckaholic]

Kramer never got on the phone with Crimson Tide athletic officials and said, "Hey, you know that crooked booster you've got in Memphis? Make sure that guy doesn't pay Lynn Lang for Albert Means."

Give me a break. Like Alabama did not know this was going on.

[webbmaster]

You'd probably save yourself time and energy if you just posted the entire article.


Oh, thats right, according to previous posts-- you arent that interested in this case.

[Po Monkey Lounger]

But, I am interested in my hypothesis about the case being correct.

They train us in law school to spot $#!+ from miles away. This one smelled like $#!+ from the beginning.

I did not post the entire article because some on this board apparently suffer from ADD and cannot read and digest more than a couple of paragraphs at a time, especially if they contain big ol words with more than one syllable.

[webbmaster]

Ah, I see. You are a lawyer. Tie that in with your Ole Miss inferiority complex and I now see where all the biterness comes from.

Heck, I dont have enough time in the day to post all the aritcles and documents favoring the other side of this case.

Honestly, I don't expect this case to be won by Gallion. In fact, there are no winners in this whole deal. I do think some things will be revealed that will change alot of the public opinion of certain individuals (specifically, Kramer). There is plenty more that will be coming out.

But the UofA will not get any scholarships back. And the once great rivalry between TN and AL will only get uglier. Its a shame.

[Po Monkey Lounger]

My opinion of Kramer was already pretty bad even before all of this ---- could not have gone any lower.