Alabama Crimson Tide head coach Nick Saban told reporters that he 'didn't think it was necessary' to suspend receiver Jermaine Burton after allegedly hitting a Tennessee fan last week.
head coach Nick Saban addressed the matter of wide receiver Jermaine Burton starting for his team on Saturday night just one week after a video caught him allegedly striking a female Tennessee fan while they ran onto the field in Knoxville. with Burton, mentioning that it would be handled internally. After discussing the situation with Burton, Saban felt it wasn’t necessary to suspend him from his program.
He added,"I talked to the guy, we have him in a counseling program, it’s not an anger management program, as some people announced today. Nobody ever said that, that’s not the problem, that’s not the issue." "It’s about having the proper respect for other people. I didn’t think it was necessary to suspend the guy, so if you knew the whole story, maybe you wouldn’t either. But I am not gonna divulge that," he said.upset the Crimson Tide last Saturday with a game-winning field goal, the entire stadium flooded the field. A video of the incident allegedly shows Burton walking when a female fan gets in his way. As she tries to avoid him, he appears to strike her before walking away.