Ncaa Sanctions Alabama

The NCAA stripped Alabama of another scholarship, this time for failing to notify it of loans to players guaranteed by a Birmingham tire dealer.

The action brings to 14 the number of 1996-97 football scholarships taken from Alabama for violations of NCAA rules.

Tire and wheel dealer Boyd Sutherland, an Alabama fan, revealed in January that he routinely guaranteed finance company payments for players so they would be approved for loans and may have allowed some players to make purchases on credit without ever paying for them.