(Edited) Former 'Bama booster dies at 65

[MrMustang1965]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- A University of Alabama football supporter convicted of bribing a high school coach to get a top recruit was found dead in his home, police said Tuesday.

Police would not say how Logan Young, 65, died, but they were investigating it as a homicide and had no suspects or motive, said Sgt. Vince Higgins. The killing appeared to have happened overnight Monday.

"The nature of the attack was brutal," Higgins said. "The entire house is a crime scene."

Young was free while he appealed his 2005 federal conviction on money laundering and racketeering conspiracy involving the recruitment of defensive lineman Albert Means.

Means' recruitment led to an NCAA investigation and sanctions against Alabama in 2002, costing the school scholarships and bowl appearances.

Former high school coach Lynn Lang, who avoided jail time after pleading guilty to the racketeering conspiracy, testified that Young paid $150,000 to get Means to sign with Alabama in 2000.

The NCAA has said it believed Means was unaware his football talents were being brokered. Means transferred to the University of Memphis, where he finished his college career.

Young was sentenced in June to six months in prison, plus six months' home confinement and two years' supervised release.

His attorneys had argued against jail time because Young needed a kidney transplant and could not get proper medical care in prison. Final briefs in his appeal were to be filed July 14, according to court records.

Young, who was not an Alabama alumnus, claimed to be a friend of legendary Alabama coach Paul "Bear" Bryant and was the original owner of the Memphis Showboats of the USFL in the early '80s.

A Memphis attorney helping in a lawsuit stemming from the NCAA sanctions was attacked in his office and left unconscious in May 2004. Key documents were stolen, said Phillip Shanks, the attorney. No one was ever charged.

[Higher Authority]

Don't you think the title you put on that is a little dark? You're talking about a guy who's dead, and your title almost sounds like a threat.
You might want to edit that thing.

[EastStang]

I think you might want to change the title of this thread. I understand its a joke, but....

[Hoop Fan]

i agree, way too harsh there MM65. But Williams is a jerk.

[Blunt Pony]

I think you might want to change the title of this thread. I understand its a joke, but....

What was the title before?

[SMU Football Blog]

"Max Williams Better Watch Out!" or something similar that seemed to suggest someone was going to beat him to a bloody pulp.

[Pony Up]

Also said "someone might be gunning for you" or something.
It was a joke, but in poor taste.

[HixsontoLeVias]

..we've almost come to expect such posts from the "great" MM1285, wasn't he once going to "get all up in Turner's face" on the 'Vard?? I thought the post was in poor taste as well..pretty freakin' weak!

[SoCal_Pony]

MM65, I am not a fan of Max Williams, but that was in extremely poor taste.

You also excluded an important part of the story.

The High School coach who was bribed $150,000 testified in court that Georgia, Kentucky, Arkansas, Memphis, Mississippi, Michigan State and Tennessee all offered him money or jobs to get Means.

That is why Alabama offered a staggering $150,000 - the market dictated such.

SMU on the other hand terminates its Head Coach for hamburger violations. No wonder we can't compete.

[MustangIcon]

Okay guys, he got the point. You feel the title was in poor taste and he edited it. No need for every person on the board to continue to post how they weren't fond of it. Cut MM65 some slack.

[HixsontoLeVias]

..THIS, from the King of Slack Cutters? OK, junior...

[MrMustang1965]

My apologies if I offended anyone.

[Terry Webster]

His death was ruled accidental. Details at espn.com

[MrMustang1965]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- A University of Alabama football booster died when he hit his head in an accidental fall at home, rather than being slain as first thought, police said Thursday.

"We treated it as a homicide, the most serious, and put the puzzle together," Police Director Larry Godwin said.

Homicide Lt. Joe Scott said police believe Young tripped while carrying a salad and soft drink up a set of stairs and hit his head on an iron railing. The fall onto the railing opened a large gash across the top of Young's head and he dropped to the floor bleeding profusely, Scott said at a news conference.

After lying on the floor for some time, Young got up and walked bleeding through several rooms of his spacious, two-story house before ending up in his second-floor bedroom, Scott added. His housekeeper found the body beside his bed Tuesday morning.

"There was a lot of blood," Scott said.

Young, who was divorced and lived alone, apparently tried to slow the bleeding with towels from the kitchen downstairs and a bathroom upstairs, and two towels soaked with blood were found on the bed. He walked past several telephones but didn't place an emergency call, Scott said.

Young, a multimillionaire and longtime Crimson Tide booster, was convicted last year of bribing a high school football coach to steer a top recruit to Alabama. An appeal of the federal conviction on money laundering and conspiracy charges was pending when he died.

A recruiting scandal focused on Young played a part in an NCAA investigation that led to sanctions against Alabama in 2002.

Scott said a preliminary report from the medical examiner backed up the crime scene work of his investigators, though police could not say if Young died from blood loss, brain damage or some other cause. The medical examiner was expected to release a report late Thursday.

Police first described Young's death as a homicide because of the large amount of blood found throughout the house, Godwin said.

Authorities are still waiting for forensic test results and the investigation is classified as ongoing, though investigators are confident of their conclusions, Godwin said.

Scott said investigators began to alter their homicide theory when they could find no blood splatters consistent with an attacker swinging a club, knife or other weapon.

They found no signs of a break-in and money and other valuables in plain view were not disturbed, he said.

Crime scene crews spent most of two days in Young's residence, a stone Tudor house in one of Memphis' most exclusive neighborhoods. Young's son, Logan Young III, 39, lived with his father occasionally but was not at the residence at the time of the accident, Scott said.

Police believe Young died late Monday night or early Tuesday.

Young had a history of heavy drinking, but Scott said investigators did not know if alcohol played a part in the accident. Lawyers who represented Young at the bribery trial said he recently had a kidney transplant and had quit drinking.

[EastStang]

I guess that's what they call bad karma.