'The more this team wins,' columnist JoeGoodmanJr writes, 'the brighter the spotlight grows.'
The nets that will hang from Alabama’s SEC championship trophy will symbolize wildly different things for the people concerned with a team that remains at the center of a growing national controversy surrounding a murder. For a family in Birmingham, Alabama’s season has come to represent the death of their daughter, 23-year-old Jamea Harris. For Alabama, which is ranked No. 2 nationally and now has a record of 26-4, the SEC title represents the most talented team in the history of the school.
There is no way to separate this season with that night, and any attempt to ignore it for sake of games or championships contributes to the toxic culture of major collegiate athletics that contributed to Harris’ killing. And we have seen this ugly business of ignore all before: Penn State, Baylor, on and on it goes.Auburn coach Bruce Pearl throwing a headset
Fans will always cheer for their team. It’s why we elevate these games to levels where money is what matters most. Money aside, though, this runaway scandal for the University of Alabama is damaging to the integrity of its enterprise. The more this team wins, the brighter the spotlight grows. It’s an awful saga.
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