A few weeks ago, when the Dee Liner cash photos cropped up, Kevin Scarbinsky threw out a quick piece basically explaining that he didn't care about the Liner photo. His reasoning? Rival fans being rival fans. Fair? Unfair? It's an interesting reason to not look into it I guess, but forgive me for a second while I ask a simple question in response.
What IS a rival fan?
In this case, clearly Scarbs is saying Auburn fans are to blame for this latest social fumble in the Alabama football team's now increasingly ridiculous collection of social fumbles.
Yes, it's was Auburn fans that made Dee Liner, for weeks, tout his new found fortunes. It was those silly Aubs that forced Dee into that Burger King (THAT is just rumor...full disclosure here, y'all.) bathroom to flash his fan of cold hard cash. Right? Auburn fans, those meddling kids...and their dog too, forced T-Town Tom to take hundreds of pictures of himself with Bama players with shirts on/off, signing autographs, eating out together, handing expensive autograph pictures to customers, selling jerseys... Oh you know... All those things Auburn fans FORCE these guys to do...
Scarbinsky was quick to point out that a quick search of google, he found several Auburn players that had taken similar pics with cash. So true. However, none had gone out of their way, as Liner had, to ensure people knew his status as a Bama football player was behind his new fortunes, and of course, that the #StruggleOverWit.
Actually in a time over the last three years, when seemingly a message board post claiming an allegation against Auburn could instantly swing the national media into a frenzy, countless photos of boosters, piles of autographed jerseys at a booster's business, etc.. etc... etc..... went ignored. In a time were Auburn could bring a questionable transcript to a school's attention, suspend the player, dismiss him, and STILL be looked upon as an obvious culprit, nothing could EVER be going on unnoticed at Alabama. No, the most flimsy of stories have been asked about Auburn, yet NOTHING gets asked in relation to the ridiculousness seen in pictures emanating from T-Town Menswear, and other questionable locationZ.
So, again, it's the rival fans fault. Alabama and the amazing Two Hour Investigative Team of Tuscaloosa says that all is well at Alabama. So, Alabama said so. Alabama to the state media? It's the internet. If it came from Alabama saying "it's all cool, we checked it out, bro"? State media swoons, and writes the next great Saban love poem.
In the end, there is no direct accusation here. I do NOT know if there have been any wrong doings at T-Town Menswear. I don't know how, or under WHAT spectacular financing exists that allow full time student athletes to buy current model year GMC Yukons, tricked out in the finest of rims and accessories.... BUT... I also know the reason I DO NOT know, is because a full, REAL asking of all these questions, complete with FULL, REAL answers does not exist.
Why is it EVERY SINGLE TIME, these social fumbles happen on Twitter, Facebook and other places, ALL the pictures and questionable material is scrubbed from view. If so completely innocent, why does it always seem a call to "The Wolf" has been made, and "Monster Joe's Truck & Tow" has picked up another junker to smash?
If you think about it, the answer to "what is a rival fan", is simple. It's just about anyone that gives a damn about sports, a team, or the integrity of the game OUTSIDE your own program.
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