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.
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