Will Julio Jones and Mark Ingram be sat?”
TUSCALOOSA – As long as Julio Jones and Mark Ingram pay, they can play. That was the ruling that the NCAA announced Wednesday evening. The organization said the sophomore starters on Alabama’s football team will remain eligible on the condition of repayment for “impermissible benefits” they received. The NCAA is requiring Jones and Ingram to repay the value of the benefits to charity. Jones, a star wide receiver, and Ingram, the starting running back, took a fishing trip in the spring that was paid for by an Athens businessman. Alabama investigated the case and concluded that the businessman, 56-year-old Curtis Anderson, is not an Alabama booster. The university self-reported the violation to the Southeastern Conference.
