Alabama AD Greg Byrne, Brandon Miller and ESPN

[arxpert]

If anyone remembers good ole Greg Byrne and has a pulse to what is going on with College Basketball, there is a major situation surrounding Elite Freshman Player of the Year Candidate Brandon Miller.

My only commentary here is simply to acknowledge some similarities and differences between how ESPN is treating this situation and how they treated Arizona and the FBI situation.

This is in no way apples to apples as to what happened. Don't get anything twisted.

But ESPN is being very aggressive and judgmental acting erratic like they did with Arizona/Ayton/Miller in the sense of pointing out what has happened as many times as possible throughout broadcasts, especially in-game.

However the commentators are practically rooting on Brandon Miller and championing him and Alabama as well as pointing out that Nate Oats (coach) has no say in whether Brandon Miller can play or not play based on the situation. I believe that to be completely false. I don't know why this is the case. They should not be showing favoritism toward Alabama. If Nate Oats wanted to bench a player for any reason he can. Obviously he won't bench his best player. Why would he? But for ESPN to frame it as if Coach Oats has no power to do so is ridiculous.

ESPN is not jumping the gun here like they did with Ayton and Miller (NO PUN INTENDED). This was something that is just coming out now, but it is not brand new and baseless that way our situation was. Our situation was an ongoing matter that was rushed to judgement. I think ESPN is missing the mark here. Our situation was undefined. Brandon Miller literally provided the murder weapon. Whether he is charged or not simply doesn't matter. This is highly unethical.

Many of you may say this is par for the course for ESPN, but it is of my opinion that the SEC should be held liable for Greg Byrne demonstrating no compassion for human life and allowing Miller to play when this is apparent that Miller's role in this murder literally was a key component in the way that someone was killed even if Miller is sitting on a giant grey area of the law here.

Similar to the Ayton situation, there are not too many games left. I believe that the NCAA is dirty enough to think pushing Miller through for the next few weeks to make it through the end of the season is unacceptable.

This whole post doesn't mean I don't think Brandon Miller is a phenomenal player. He is. But realistically ESPN should have learned their lesson from the FBI case disaster and they didn't. I think there should be more accountability.

I linked a small update below:

https://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/alabama-football/brandon-miller-status-greg-byrne-offers-update-ahead-of-alabama-at-south-carolina-game/

[KansasCityCats]

Yup.  It's sad to say that it's "par for the course" because ESPN is constantly in bed with Alabama.  If it weren't for their sick relationship, I would actually watch College Football Live (or any other related program that wasn't solely based on the Nick Saban fan-club).

The bias is real and HOPEFULLY ESPN learned a lesson by acting irresponsibly during the previous investigation.  Regardless, they shouldn't be praising a player that allegedly had involvement in a recent murder.  If Miller is convicted in the future, Bama will obviously return its wins/hardware, ala USC and Reggie Bush.

I truly believe that the Tide is the favorite to win the National Title...but there's no way that it can be accomplished without Miller.  It'll be interesting to see how this plays out.

[bdroker]

I wouldn't be so sure about bama returning their hardware/wins... this is a legal issue, not really an eligibility issue