MEMPHIS, Tenn. | In a decision that marks another bitter chapter on the University of Alabama's five-year involvement with the NCAA, former University of Alabama booster Logan Young was found guilty on all three counts Wednesday in the U.S. District Court for Western Tennessee.
A jury of seven women and five men convicted Young of conspiracy, crossing state lines to commit racketeering and arranging bank withdrawals to cover up a crime. Young was accused on paying former Trezevant High School coach Lynn Lang $150,000 to steer prized defensive lineman Albert Means to Alabama in 1999. That was the primary cog in the NCAA's investigation into UA, an investigation that ultimately crippled the Crimson Tide with five years probation, a two-year bowl ban and the loss of 21 scholarships. Young, 64, faces 15 years in prison and a $900,000 fine, though federal guidelines call for a lighter sentence. The jury began deliberating at 10:37 a.m. Wednesday - which was coincidentally both National Signing Day for college football athletes and the three-year anniversary of the NCAA's announcement of sanctions against UA. Both lead defense attorney Jim Neal and assistant U.S. attorney Fred Godwin took seven days to present witnesses and evidence in a case that drew national media interest as well as the attention of the NCAA. Complete coverage of the decision can be found later today at www.tuscaloosanews.com and at www.tidesports.com. _______________________________________________ RTF mailing list RTF@rolltidefan.net http://rolltidefan.net/mailman/listinfo/rtf_rolltidefan.net