Alabama Athletic Director, Greg Byrne met with the media today on a Zoom call to offer an update on the Alabama football season and where the program stands as the fall semester is about to get underway.
Racial injustice is in the forefront of the news cycle amid the recent death's of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery. Amid the protests of racial injustice, many minorities have been sharing personal accounts of racism they have experienced. One former Crimson Tide Gymnast, Tia Kiaku, tells a story of her experience as a member of the Alabama gymnastics team.
It is completely up in the air whether fans will be at games this season. Tens of thousands of people packed into ruckus stadiums across the country every Saturday on the heels of this pandemic is difficult to visualize. Could it work anyway?
According to Mike Rodak of AL.com, Alabama Athletic Director Greg Byrne told a group of season ticket-holders this evening that plans for the upcoming football season would need to be in place by the final week in June or the first week in July. That give the athletic director seven weeks to determine how the COVID-19 pandemic has developed and decide how football season will be handled.
The COVID-19 coronavirus has shut down many industries throughout the nation; one industry that has been allowed to continue is construction. Alabama Athletic Director Greg Bryne revealed to Eli Gold on the Alabama Athletic Spring Update Show that the governor allowed construction to continue at Bryant Denny Stadium. Today he turned to Twitter to give the Alabama fan base a tour of the progress at the stadium.
The Alabama Athletic Director, Greg Byrne, joined Wimp and Barry Sanderson on Inside The Locker Room this morning. It has been a wild week in college athletics that has seen a lot of changes and cancellations occur throughout college sports. Byrne broke down a lot of the decision-making moments over the past week for our audience.
Alabama Athletic Director Greg Byrne has issued a statement to the public confirming what SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey announced on SEC Network tonight. In addition to fans being banned from Bridgestone Arena for the SEC Basketball Tournament fans will be banned from athletic competitions on the campus at the University of Alabama until March 30.