Paul Finebaum shares thoughts Alabama fans' viral T-shirts

After two Alabama fans wore tasteless t-shirts at the SEC Tournament last week, it caused outrage from SEC fans. However, ESPN analyst Paul Finebaum wants it to be clear that a couple of bad apples aren’t representative of the entire Crimson Tide fan base.

The t-shirts in question seemed to reference the involvement of former Alabama player Darius Miles and current star freshman Brandon Miller in the killing of 23-year-old Jamea Harris. Finebaum joined McElroy and Cubelic in the Morning on Monday to denounce the actions of the fan who wore the t-shirt while also sticking up for the Crimson Tide fans who were equally detested by the incident.

“What really bothers me and concerns me — and I think it should concern all sports fans — are when the media and fans portray that one or two people as a complete representation of a fan base,” he said. “I saw some tweet from an SEC fan club with a picture of the guy with the shirt and it said, ‘typical Alabama fan.’ I deeply resent that because I’ve spent almost my entire adult life dealing with Alabama in football, basketball and other sports. I think they have one of the best fan bases in all of sports. To portray an entire fan base because one moron goes to a basketball game or two wearing a shirt, is absolutely irresponsible and I think we’ve seen that too often in the media.”

Miles was indicted last week on charges of capital murder for the killing of Harris. Miller reportedly transported the gun used in the shooting to Miles, but has not been charged with a crime and remains with the team. Miles later gave the gun to Michael Davis, who according to police is the one who shot Harris.

The Alabama fans planned to wear the t-shirts to the SEC Tournament title game again on Sunday, but were later told they would not be allowed in the arena if they did. The Crimson Tide went on to defeat Texas A&M to claim the tournament championship, earning the No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament.

With Alabama set to play its first game of March Madness on Thursday, it will hope to put this situation behind them and simply focus on the court.