UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA

An off-hand comment from Alabama athletics director Bill Battle created backlash Wednesday at a conference in New York. Speaking on a panel about cost of attendance at the IMG Intercollegiate Athletics Forum, Battle added a comment about the unwise ways athletes are spending their checks. After NC State athletics director Debbie Yow went first.  “You try to teach student athletes about financial literacy but know you failed when you see them on their new hover board,” she said. Panel leader Michael Smith began the next thought when Battle added “tattoos and rims.”  The comment created a stir online after drawing a chuckle from the audience of mostly collegiate sports administrators and vendors. – Michael Casagrande, al.com– Read More