00:00As you know, the second leading scorer in Alabama, Aiden Holloway, as they get set to play Michigan, has not
00:07been playing for the Crimson Tide since the tournament began because he's the kid that got caught in his off
00:14-campus apartment with a couple, what was it, a hundred pounds?
00:19A lot, a lot. Two pounds.
00:21Two pounds. I want to make sure I get the story right.
00:24Two pounds.
00:25Two pounds of Mayor Joanna.
00:28Without a tax ID, which is very important there for some reason.
00:31Yeah, which is such a silly thing, right?
00:33And there's like paraphernalia and baggies and scales and they think that a lot of cash and he's being accused,
00:40obviously he gets his day in court, but he's being accused of possession with the intent to sell.
00:45So as you would think, any proper Division I or any Division School of Higher Education would make the obvious
00:54decision, you can't represent our school on the national stage because you might be a drug dealer.
01:01Now, might's the key word there.
01:03We know he had the weed.
01:05Yep.
01:05We know that somebody, at least whether it's him or someone on his behalf, was clearly selling
01:10that weed because of the other stuff they found in the apartment, but the man still gets his
01:15day in court.
01:16That's right.
01:16So, Alabama said, sorry, not sorry.
01:20We have some level of morality at the school.
01:23You could argue what level, of course, it is, but we're not going to let you play.
01:28And Holloway does not play in the first two rounds of this tournament for the University of Alabama as they
01:34get ready to play Michigan
01:35tonight in the back end of the Sweet 16 after last night's games, right?
01:40Mm-hmm.
01:41Aiden Holloway, on his own, decided to go to court, hired a lawyer, went to court, and a judge,
01:48I think this happened last night, the judge granted him the ability to travel to the Sweet 16,
01:57and if Alabama decides to play him, he now has the court's permission to travel and to play in the
02:06Sweet 16,
02:08the Elite Eight, and depending on how far Alabama goes.
02:11Uh-huh.
02:12So, the question now becomes, if you're Alabama, and a court has said, we're okay with him going,
02:20and I want to be clear, the prosecutors fought it.
02:23They did not want him to be allowed to travel.
02:25Well, I'm not sure what kind of flight risk this kid could be anyway, but they fought it.
02:30They lost, and a judge decided if Alabama wants him to travel, he's allowed to travel and play.
02:36Now, there was some question, and I know this seems silly,
02:40were they going to make him play if Alabama's coach decides he's going to play tonight with an ankle bracelet
02:46on?
02:47Because part of the travel agreement is that he's got to wear a GPS ankle bracelet just in case he
02:53decides to fly the coop.
02:55They know exactly where he is.
02:56So, put that to the side for a second.
02:58You're the head coach of Alabama basketball.
03:01Are you going to let Aiden Holloway, your second best player, at least offensively, 17 points a game,
03:09playing tonight's Sweet 16?
03:11If it's me.
03:12Yeah.
03:13Now, I do have...
03:14It's a moral decision.
03:15Right.
03:15I have certain rules.
03:16If it's any kind of domestic violence of any kind, even an allegation, the answer is no.
03:24For me, if you did even violence towards someone else, violence.
03:30Okay, no violence at all here.
03:31No violence at all here.
03:32No.
03:32If it was cocaine, heroin, prescription pills...
03:36I don't believe there's any of that either.
03:38I would not let him play.
03:40Okay.
03:41It's only marijuana.
03:43That's what they're saying.
03:44And if that's the case, and I'd make sure I looked at the case again just to be safe.
03:48Okay.
03:48But if it's just weed, for me, I'm playing him.
03:53You're going to play him.
03:53If it's just weed.
03:54Yeah.
03:55So, Nate Oates is the coach.
03:57And Nate Oates has, depending on who you talk to, he's the greatest guy in the world on one hand.
04:02He's a bad guy on the other hand.
04:04I have no connection to Nate Oates.
04:05I don't know the man.
04:06And I've read both about him.
04:08And, look, that's not unique to college basketball.
04:11At all.
04:12You know, whether it's recruiting violations or looking the other way when stuff's going on.
04:17But Nate Oates is obviously a very good basketball coach, okay?
04:19Love the style they play.
04:20Yeah.
04:20Love the way he coaches.
04:22Look, he resurrected, for my opinion, the Alabama basketball program.
04:28They're now a perennial tournament team.
04:31And they've got a chance.
04:32You know, they beat Michigan.
04:34You know, Alabama's good enough to maybe make a run.
04:36But you've got a tough decision to make.
04:38You do.
04:39Should Aiden Holloway be allowed to play basketball tonight in the Sweet 16?
04:44And my answer is, yeah, he should.
04:48And I agree with all the things you've said.
04:50There are certain crimes, even if you're accused of, but not yet proven guilty of.
04:55Can't go near.
04:56That I can't allow you to represent my university.
04:58I don't think marijuana's one of them.
05:00And while, yes, it's wrong, and he's going to have to be punished if he's found guilty of possession with
05:07intent to sell, and I'm good with that, I also don't think that this should ruin the kid's life.
05:14I agree.
05:14There needs to be a punishment.
05:15Don't get me wrong.
05:16Whatever it is.
05:17I'm not when he's like liberal pantyways going, oh, I'll give the kid a break.
05:20I'm not saying that.
05:21If he's found guilty, there needs to be a punishment associated with the crime that a 19, 20-year-old
05:28kid doesn't have the rest of his life ruined for.
05:31Because I view marijuana the way you view it.
05:33Yeah.
05:33Where, I understand why you can't sell it, but it ain't cocaine, it ain't fentanyl, and, you know, it's not
05:40violent.
05:41Right.
05:41Now, for me, if he was found guilty, I'd be more than okay with them kicking him out of the
05:47program.
05:48Yeah.
05:48Now, if the NCAA wants to do something, if he's found guilty.
05:51If he's found guilty, then.
05:52Then it's different.
05:53He's not playing, and I'm expelling him from schools.
05:56Right.
05:56I feel very.
05:56Can't have a drug dealer enrolled in my college.
05:58Very comfortable doing that.
05:59Yeah.
05:59But he's not yet found guilty, and it's marijuana.
06:03Yeah.
06:03That's, to me, the line, and I just want to be clear about that.
06:06To me, it does make a difference, and I think we all have enough common sense to know that all
06:11drugs are not the same, and all crimes are not the same.
06:14I agree.
06:15If he stole those drugs at gunpoint from somebody, then absolutely not.
06:19There is no indication that he got this marijuana other than he bought it, and then he was going to
06:24sell it.
06:25Dude, look, if I tell you everything at face value, he was going to sell the weed.
06:29Sell the weed.
06:30Right.
06:30That's it.
06:31And, by the way, and, again, let me be clear.
06:33I also can't be a hypocrite.
06:34I can't say that it's 100%, but based on the facts that we've been presented, it's clear that either he
06:41or someone in that apartment complex was acquiring weed to sell it.
06:47Yep.
06:47I got it.
06:48That's it.
06:49I got it.
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