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So, in a very bad economy, the NCAA wants to prevent schools that can afford it from creating jobs. What is wrong with the world? I will stop before I bring politics into this. Also, a tie to Alex City in the article.

Jon Solomon -- The Birmingham News

This article appeared Wednesday, June 23 in The Birmingham News

Increasingly, unique job titles are popping up within major col­lege programs, including at Ala­bama and Auburn. The NCAA no­ticed.

The Division I Recruiting and Athletics Personnel Issues Cab­inet proposed Tuesday capping support personnel at four for I-A football teams, two for I-AA foot­ball teams and one each for men's and women's basketball teams. Alabama appears to have seven football support staff mem­bers who would be counted to­ward the rule if it passed, and Au­burn appears to have four in football.

The issue mainly boils down to competitive equity as the finan­cial gap between the haves and have-nots grows. Some universi­ties can sustain extra staff more than others. Those that can't must assign extra responsibilities to assistant coaches to keep up.

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Don Kausler Jr. -- The Birmingham News

Jadeveon Clowney (Rivals.com)
The No. 1 college football prospect in the nation visited Alabama last week. How impressed was Jadeveon Clowney, a 6-foot-6, 247-pound defensive end from Rock Hill, S.C.? That remains to be seen.

But Clowney's high school coach accompanied the player on the visit, and Bobby Carroll seems to be sold on the Crimson Tide.

"It was the most incredible thing I've seen in 28 years of coaching," Carroll, the head coach at South Pointe Hight School, told TiderInsider.com in reference to Alabama's football program.

"The whole genre of Alabama football -- the facilities, the loyalty and the commitment of their coaching staff -- is a special thing. We even saw the coaches wives hanging around the football offices encouraging people. I tell you man, they have something special down there.

"Alabama, that's a tradition there. When I walked down that hall and saw those 13 national championship showcase cabinets and then you spin around and there sits the Heisman Trophy, that's pretty breath-taking right there.

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