Yes they do, and they should have told their recruits they are about to EARN a well-deserved SMU Death Penalty.  Frankly I don’t think that Bama recruits don’t care about probation as long as the paychecks keep “rolling” in and keeps their baby mommas’ happy.  Diapers and formula cost a lot of money.  The video and assorted comments at the bottom of the Al.com sharticle are douche-a-riffic.

Rammer Jammer, Bitches

Some good news for Alabama: Silence is not an NCAA violation. Take the communication between member institutions and prospective student-athletes. The rules tell schools when they can talk to recruits, not what they’re obligated to say to them. So Alabama officials crossed a different kind of line on the long road to their latest sit-down with the NCAA’s Supreme Court. They kept their recruits in the dark. They let young men make the most important decision of their young lives without sharing a rather important piece of information with them. Scarbinsky: Did Alabama owe recruits full disclosure on NCAA’s textbook investigation? – Scarblog – al.com