Gregory says Tech and basketball will come out stronger
Georgia Tech men’s basketball coach Brian Gregory said the NCAA’s decision to place minor limits on recruiting is simply another challenge that must be passed, joining no arena for the 2011-12 season and the loss of two key players.
“When you’re trying to build back the program, with a new culture and adding to that culture by bringing in the right type of player … it’s impaired a little bit,” he said. “We’re going to have work double-time. Fit 48 hours into a 24-hour day.”
The NCAA announced Thursday the following penalties on Thursday related to violations that occurred during predecessor Paul Hewitt’s time as coach:
- A reduction of two men’s basketball recruiting days during the 2011 summer evaluation period (self-imposed by the university).
- A limit of 10 official visits for men’s basketball for the 2011-12 and 2012-13 academic years.
- Four years of probation (for the entire department).
Gregory, who was hired away from Dayton earlier this year, was told about the investigation during the interview process. Reached in Milwaukee while watching a tournament, Gregory said he has no ill feelings toward Hewitt, and described the penalties as being characteristic of minor violations. He said he hasn’t spent a lot of time trying to figure out if the penalties fit the violations, saying doing so would be a waste of time. Though he was mostly a by-stander, he said he was impressed by how Tech handled itself and its plan moving forward. Tech hired two new compliance officers and added a third within the past two months. The department previously had two employees, neither of whom are still at Tech. Paul Parker, the former head of compliance, now works at Auburn. Katreshia Louis, an associate, left to join North Carolina A&T.
“We will come out of this stronger where no one can question Tech’s integrity,” he said.
Hewitt, who was fired by Tech and then hired at George Mason, said he’s disappointed in the NCAA’s decision to punish his former basketball team and that Gregory has to deal with the penalties.
“I feel bad that Brian has to do this,” Hewitt said. “I feel bad that they are doing this with the Georgia Tech basketball program. It’s very unfair.”
It could be argued that these penalties are actually more severe from a competition standpoint than those given to the football team. Other than the probation and the loss of face with the stripping of the ACC title, coach Paul Johnson noted his team can move forward with a clean slate.
Gregory already faced the prospect of trying to rebuild the basketball team that unexpectedly lost several starters (Iman Shumpert, Brian Oliver), but also won’t have a home court in 2011-12 while the new arena is built.
The NCAA’s inquiry into the basketball team started separately from its look at football. They were rolled into one large investigation.
There are two issues which the NCAA alerted Tech to in a letter on Dec. 21, 2010 (details were accumulated from a variety of reports):
- Donovan Williams, a former graduate assistant, was at a camp, the Wallace Prather Jr. Memorial Classic, at Tech’s recreation center in 2009 and ‘10. The tournament has been held at Tech annually since 2000. However, the NCAA changed a bylaw in 2009 that made it an automatic violation for staff members to run or be involved in non-scholastic camps such as the Prather. Williams was there in 2009 as a gym coordinator, which he didn’t know was a violation of NCAA rules. In 2010 his role changed. Because there were instances in the past of fights, a water main break, and games running late, Williams was sent to the camp by Hewitt to make sure things ran well. Someone else was the gym coordinator. Williams said he had since been informed that graduate assistants weren’t supposed to attend events like the Prather’s because they were considered to be on staff. However, Williams finished his classes the week before the event. He and Willie Reese, Tech’s director of basketball operations, thought he was no longer a g.a. and therefore no longer on staff. While there, members of the NCAA said they observed Williams taking notes about players and making 28 phone calls to Tech assistant coaches to discuss which teams were winning. Tech has since decided that the Prather tournament can’t be held on campus.
- An academic advisor, former Tech player Jon Babul, scouted some of the players for between four-five hours on a Saturday in 2010, took notes, and sent an unsolicited e-mail to the coaching staff with his thoughts about five players, none of whom were recruited by Tech. According to NCAA rules, Babul could attend the camp but he can’t send player analysis to coaches.
“We feel like we were operating within the NCAA rules,” Hewitt said. “This is a difference of opinion.”
There were also minor issues of coaches leaving too many tickets for players including the Hawks Josh Smith and former Tech greats Matt Harpring and James Forrest, and a player, Shumpert, being given too many tickets to a sporting event at Tech. Tech gave each player four on two separate occasions. Because Harpring and Forrest also coach, the NCAA says they can only receive two complimentary tickets per game. In its March 17 response, Tech argues it didn’t know that Harpring and Forrest were involved in youth camps that overrode the fact that they are alumni. Shumpert was required to donate $40 to a charity of his choice, which was the value of the tickets. None of those players have been disassociated from the program as a result of receiving the tickets, according to Radakovich.
Interesting, Tech offered to take the following punitive actions, some of which the NCAA rejected:
- Will suspend Coach Hewitt for the first contest of the 2011-12 men’s basketball season.
- Will reduce the number of “recruiting-person” days by two during the summer evaluation period in 2011.
- Will issue a letter of reprimand to Head Men’s Basketball Coach Paul Hewitt, Academic Advisor John Babul, and director of basketball operations Willie Reese for their involvement.
- Will suspend Babul for one day without pay for his actions.
Will issue letters of reprimand to Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach Darryl LaBarrie, Reese, and Coach Hewitt for their involvement in the second allegation. - Will require Coach Hewitt, Coach LaBarrie, and Willie Reese to attend the 2011 NCAA Regional Rules Seminar or similar educational session. Confirmation of attendance and participation in sessions will be required.
- Will prohibit the provision of complimentary tickets to all high school coaches and individuals associated with prospective study.
Athletic director Dan Radakovich said on Thursday that these violations will not affect the $7 million owed to Hewitt as part of his contractual buyout. Radakovich fired Hewitt earlier this year. What’s interesting is that in the Public Infractions Report, the NCAA says it believed the infractions to be major, while Tech thought they were minor. That’s an important distinction because a major violation would have triggered a clause in Hewitt’s contract that may have vacated the buyout.
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95 comments Add your comment
carolinajacket
July 15th, 2011
9:09 am
Just hope this doesn’t hurt our recruiting.
T-Bone
July 15th, 2011
9:15 am
picking at nits
SiddyBoy
July 15th, 2011
9:20 am
I guess Radakovich isn’t as smart as all of Yech’s student athletes.Do the crime do the time !! unless your brilliant athletes can cover it up;AD didn’t !!
lucky21
July 15th, 2011
9:25 am
this is a letter from sean bedford i found at from the rumble seat interesting read
“Dear NCAA,
Thank you for handing down penalties that only adversely affect the players who did things the right way. This reeks of an organization desperate to prove that it has some sort of control over its member institutions despite lacking the ability and firepower to police the serious offenders and protect the student-athletes whose interests you purport to have at heart. While I realize that all violations merit some kind of punishment, I have a hard time grasping the notion that one of the proudest moments in my life (and the lives of every other individual that was a part of the team and program in 2009) is apparently worth $312 in your eyes. If that truly is the case, I’d be happy to provide you with that same amount of money (cash or check, your choice) in exchange for the reinstatement of the title my teammates and I earned through our blood, sweat, and tears. It took months of hard work, dedication, and personal sacrifice by a team of over 100 players, 10 coaches, and countless staff members to achieve that championship, but, evidently, it only takes the handful of pencil pushers, lawyers, and professors on your infractions committee to strip us of it. I was a part of the 2009 ACC Championship team and, while you can pretend retroactively that it didn’t happen, I have vivid memories of an incredible season that was, and continues to be, one of the most fun, meaningful, important, and very real times in my 23 years on this planet. I’ll be wearing my championship ring with pride and if you want that too, you’ll have to pry it from my cold, dead finger.
Sincerely,
Sean Bedford”
GT BBall
July 15th, 2011
9:35 am
Sean Bedford for AD!
RED DAWG
July 15th, 2011
9:55 am
You all cheat too much. You are about as believable as Casey Anthony.
HSV Jacket
July 15th, 2011
10:12 am
If the NCAA considers the BB violations major, we need to recoup Hewitt’s buyout.
juvenal
July 15th, 2011
10:12 am
red dauug, at least we won’t put up any statues to them……nzaa about as competent as casey’s da…drad definitely not looking too bright, would not give hewitt a penny(no symbol for this on modern key board), make him sue, get better solons this time…what law school did this corbin guy go to, anyway?
GT65
July 15th, 2011
10:16 am
Lucky21, Thanks for the letter. Bedford is right on.
RED DAWG..the jury believed Casey so whats your point. No-one is perfect..
dawgmatic
July 15th, 2011
10:18 am
Can’t spell CHEAT without TECH, right, nerds?
Jimmy Crack
July 15th, 2011
10:19 am
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzz. I won $400 betting GT would win the ACC title. They can’t take that away from me either.
It’s always the coverup, even with nerds.
GT Alum
July 15th, 2011
10:23 am
Enter your comments here
juvenal
July 15th, 2011
10:27 am
cheat=intent, different from stUpid(can’t spell stUpid without.U….)
ChattJacket
July 15th, 2011
10:29 am
Doug, do you know how or why the NCAA punished the program for the 2009 tournament? Reading their report, it appears that the change in the bylaw was not effective until October 2009. Since the tournament occurred in May 2009, how were they in the wrong?
GT Alum
July 15th, 2011
10:34 am
If the NCAA considers the basketball infractions major, then Tech shiuld definitely try to recoup Hewitt’s buyout. It’s the only positive thing that is likely to come out of this.
Also, I know there’s a lot of NCAA rules, but isn’t it part of the athletics department’s responsibilities to make sure they know and understand those regulations? Either this misunderstanding the rules defense is a cop out, or some people in the AA are doing a woeful job of understanding the NCAA rules.
GT Girl
July 15th, 2011
10:36 am
Love Sean Bedford’s letter!
Blewitt Hewitt should NOT be paid any longer by GT for his ‘crime’ in all this.
if drad continues to pay
July 15th, 2011
10:43 am
phewitt his buy out than he should be canned.
afterall the money we are using to pay phewitt is not drads’ but belongs to the fans. i would bet a bottom dollar that if the fans were polled on this issue, a vast majority would not want phew to get a single dime more.
he took almost 25 million for doing basically nothing over 10 years. i think that is enough payment.
wrong position
July 15th, 2011
10:47 am
Ken,
Your colleage Jeff Schultz is a complete moron and has OBVIOUS bias! You however, have done a great job reporting! To say we deserve to lose our title because the NCAA didn’t find anything and is POed that their witch hunt proved nothing is absurd. We got punished for something that they can’t prove happened, because it likely didn’t happen. A slap on the wrist for “telling the coach” about it would be appropriate, this however, insinuates we did something awful and intentional. What is going to happen to UNC and OSU? The ACC commissioner should come out slamming this because his precious Tar Heels are about to receive the gaunlet!
lucky21
July 15th, 2011
10:47 am
I like how the bedford letter i posted became a story on the site. I think the folks at the ajc need to be mre on top of things if they cant find news like that letter beforen your average fan
TDone
July 15th, 2011
11:17 am
Hey Muttland Fans, your time is coming soon.
juvenal
July 15th, 2011
11:18 am
alum, maybe nzaa rules too erratic to deal with logically-look how long, & secretively, this all dragged out, & what happened in the meantime…….
GoJackets
July 15th, 2011
11:27 am
dawgmatic – I’m surprised U[sic]GA fans can spell at all, so I guess I have to give you a little bit of credit.
growing older, but not up
July 15th, 2011
11:30 am
The report says Tech “appeared” to manipulate. . . . and it’s a “cautionary tale” for the other member institutions? The NCAA can say what they want, but they are using Tech as an example in hopes that Ohio State, UNC, Auburn, etc. get the message
nola dawg
July 15th, 2011
11:38 am
Tech fans… as UGA alum (and i know most of you think all UGA fans DIDN’T go to the school), I have to say this NCAA deal is a JOKE. For $300?! Sorry yall are dealing with it.
To Dawg fans, don’t take to much joy, b/c what comes around goes around (or at least did last year with AJ… what a kid can’t sell his own jersey to pay for spring break).;
Bottom line in both cases – NCAA rules committee = JOKE
Cut from the same cloth
July 15th, 2011
11:38 am
The Joker ( Obama ) and GT sports and the disgusting City of Atlanta public schools. All cut from the same cloth. Liars and cheaters. Over rated and soon to be replaced.
juvenal
July 15th, 2011
11:41 am
then why not expedite & publicize it quickly, as all that happened AFTER this incident?as for folks who can’t distinguish between arrogant incompetence and cheating on purpose, i doubt they would care less if their teams did either, as long as they didn’t get caught(any of you ever get a ticket for doing 75 in a 55, when you were just dodging people going faster?)
GT BBall
July 15th, 2011
11:43 am
City of ATL public schools was run by UGA alumni – and they did cheat!
bigdawg88
July 15th, 2011
11:49 am
You guys applauding Sean Bedford ought to really be wondering why Tech would even try to cover up a $312 violation. Why not just report it, hold the kid out for a few games, and go on about your business? Sounds like there is a lot more than $312 in there somewhere. Why would you intentionally tell someone about an investigation they told you not to tell? Now you have to pay $100K for it. Radovich (sp?) ought to be fired just for being stupid.
dawgmatic
July 15th, 2011
11:50 am
Don’t act so butt-hurt, nerds. You should be used to getting spanked, and if the NCAA keeps digging, 9-1 could turn into 10-0. You nerds are always good for a laugh, and your joke of a program just keeps getting funnier every year!
bigdawg88
July 15th, 2011
11:51 am
AJC,
He said he knew that graduate assistants were supposed to attend events like the Prather’s.
Shouldn’t that be, “graduate assistants were not supposed to attend”?
Fire the fact checker! heh
Bobito the Payaso
July 15th, 2011
11:51 am
I was a professor at Tech 5 years ago, and had half the athletic department in one of my classes, including b-ball players. I was offered tickets to change a fail to a pass (for a female player), and generally found the fellow assigned to control the b-ball players to go way out of bounds in lots of ways. I complained. Nothing happened.
snoop
July 15th, 2011
11:51 am
nola dawg, you are right! the ncaa is a joke if this is all they have to do or say!!
Bobito the Payaso
July 15th, 2011
11:52 am
Folks, Tech covers up the stupid stuff, and the NCAA comes down hard on the stupid stuff, because both know more serious stuff is going on, but the NCAA can’t prove it.
puppydawg
July 15th, 2011
11:53 am
lucky21
July 15th, 2011
10:47 am
“I like how the bedford letter i posted became a story on the site. I think the folks at the ajc need to be mre on top of things if they cant find news like that letter beforen your average fan”
Where’s the “news” here? Bedford’s letter is simply more of the typical whining, crying and denying that we have been hearing from the nerd herd. All of you need to grow a set and take your punishment like a man (sic).
bigdawg88
July 15th, 2011
11:54 am
GT BBALL, Use google next time… thought you nerds knew something about computers.
http://www.atlantapublicschools.us/18611010892250280/lib/18611010892250280/Superintendent_Hall_bio_052110.pdf
SHE’S NOT A DAWG!!!
@Tbone
July 15th, 2011
11:54 am
GaTech wasn’t anywhere close to the NIT this year…
DawgInaTruck
July 15th, 2011
11:56 am
The thing that still confuses me is Tech being punished for allowing the players to play during the investigation. The NCAA supposedly deals in facts and facts alone; the fact of the matter is that the NCAA never declared the players ineligible nor offered any suggestions or advice for them to sit.
When you consider the NCAA was directly involved in allowing the Ohio State players to play in this year’s Sugar Bowl WHILE THAT INVESTIGATION proceeded, their hypocrisy is appalling.
bigdawg88
July 15th, 2011
11:59 am
@Bobito the Payaso,
They only offered you tickets?!? I guess that does come with four cokes and four dogs, but still….
They could have at least offered the girl to you! That’s just cheap! Y’all need to stop cheatin’, you’re not very good at it.
bigdawg88
July 15th, 2011
12:03 pm
@Dawginatruck,
The NCAA allowed it in OSU’s case, but they warned Tech that there were possible violations. Just like with the other schools this year, it’s up to the school to decide if they want to take the chance on playing a kid and voiding the games or not. Tech gambled the wrong way – AND LOST! Should have held the kid out.
And you see what happened to OSU’s Sugar bowl “win”. VOID! Still o-fer against the SEC!
DIT
July 15th, 2011
12:06 pm
I’m sorry. Even I’m an Alumnus of UGA I still think that tech is getting the shaft here. Yes, there were some violations that accured, I think we can all agree on that, but the punishment does not meet the crime. I think that the NCAA is just on a witch hunt being that they were made to look so bad with Ohio St. & So. Cal.
I feel for tech, this stinks!
puppydawg
July 15th, 2011
12:08 pm
Do GT football players get to have rings made to commemorate probation and the vacation of championships?
RJ Voorhees
July 15th, 2011
12:08 pm
This can only help UGA with recruiting! GO DAWGS! Tech is laughable
Shinhoster
July 15th, 2011
12:14 pm
Let’s just all regress a little….
Atlien
July 15th, 2011
12:15 pm
I’m guessing this has more to do with the legal representation being mean to the investigators than any violation. Telling a coach that players are under investigation is not against the rules.
It’s hard to take the NCAA seriously when they state that GT is not being made an example, but in the first paragraph of the report it says “This should serve as a cautionary tale for schools under investigation.”
GT Alum
July 15th, 2011
12:18 pm
Bobito the Payaso -
If what you say is true, you should alert Tech alumni, who would certainly be interested in this.
However, what you say smacks of being full of crap. I doubt they would offer you tickets, as this is hardly an incentive for most professors, many of whom intentionally schedule tests the day after a Thursday night football game.
Also, according to the Georgia Tech athletics site, the only events that faculty/staff don’t get free admission to are football and men’s basketball games, and they’re given discounts on season tickets to these games. Considering full price season tickets start at $350, unless they were offering premium seats, this would hardly seem like a worthwhile bribe.
puppydawg
July 15th, 2011
12:23 pm
@ GT Alum – While I do not agree with you that Bobito the Payaso’s comments should be dismissed, I do acknowledge that you make a valid point. It’s not like tickets to GT football games are hard to come by.
your daddy
July 15th, 2011
12:28 pm
The smartest people on the planet couldn’t interpret the rules and couldn’t run a cover up. Whodda thunk it? My how the self righteous have fallen!
urmissingthepoint
July 15th, 2011
12:30 pm
Tech is not being punished for $312 worth of stuff. They are being punished for, in the view of the NCAA, not cooperating with the investigation and letting a player who had been marked as potentially ineligible play after that statement had been communicated. Tech didn’t bench the player and told him what was going on, both of which is defiance in the eyes of the NCAA. Cheating is one thing, but cheating and then giving the NCAA the finger… that will get you clobbered most of the time.
Judge Dawg
July 15th, 2011
12:34 pm
There are bigger fish out there than this and one stinks. Where was the AJC with rumors of a scandal and something coming down which will scare off recruits stories which we have come to expect out of Athens?
GT Alum
July 15th, 2011
12:42 pm
puppydawg -
Quite frankly, since anyone can post on here as anyone and say pretty much anything they want, I don’t put too much faith into anything any of the commenters on here says without proof to back it up. Especially since there’s plenty of your fellow dawg fans who would post something exactly like that.
While I was at Tech, I was in classes with athletes, as were several of my friends. These were generally elective classes, and they did seem to be easier than classes that didn’t have several athletes in them, but no one I know was aware of any blatant cheating. However, I know that doesn’t mean the kind of incidents Bobito described didn’t happen.
I honestly didn’t think I said they should be dismissed. I thought I encouraged him to communicate this information to the alumni association, who could push for an investigation. I would also encourage him to encourage any of his former colleagues who have similar experiences to come forward. While it may be easy to dismiss one claim from a former professor (who I assume has no proof of these charges), if multiple claims came from former and current faculty, it would have to be investigated.
Dawgschiro
July 15th, 2011
12:54 pm
I’m confused as to the basketball program’s role in all of this. Were they just caught up in the football program’s coverup because their violations seem minor. That said I wish the GT supporters would put a sock in it. My goodness, they vacated the wins, but you won all the same. As much as it pains me to say that.
For a school that berates us UGA alums as dumb hicks, you guys aren’t getting the point of the smackdown. It’s the coverup, not the actual violation that warranted the punishment. It wasn’t the $312. It was the fact that your AD revealed the investigation & that O’Leary played an athlete that was under investigation. Please stop whining about the unfairness of the NCAA because this wasn’t their fault. It was your administration.
RealityCheck
July 15th, 2011
12:55 pm
Only Tech could go 1-2 while they are cheating…..
I’m just saying. Still think the NCAA sucks, but that’s a different story.
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GT Alum
July 15th, 2011
1:12 pm
Dawgschiro -
Apparently you’re a bit confused, too. This happened in 2009. O’Leary was coaching at UCF in ‘09. O’Leary hasn’t been Tech’s coach since 2001. O’Leary used ineligible players the last time Tech was penalized. While that previous infraction likely played a role in the penalties the NCAA handed down, it’s not the reason the championship is being vacated.
Also, the football coach wasn’t the one who made the final decision to play the players. The president made that decision.
As far as the Tech players are concerned, those guys worked hard for that championship, and there’s nothing in the NCAA’s findings that says they weren’t the best team in the ACC that year, so it’s understandably hard for them to take.
As for Tech fans, many don’t seem to believe that the NCAA proved anything, so it’s a matter of who you trust more. Many college athletics fans seem not to trust the NCAA, and I’m sure a more Tech supporters will join that crowd in the wake of these penalties.
Experienced One
July 15th, 2011
1:22 pm
It would be interesting to have an in-depth review of the statements in the NCAA report. There appear to be numerou.s contradictions that go directly to the claims. It seems to me that the bigger story is the inconsistent penalties and actions of the NCAA against a school not in one of the power conferences as a placebo to those asking for definite action against the AU’s, OSU’s, USC’s, and others with questionable actions.
Jacket Man
July 15th, 2011
1:37 pm
I’m hoping there’s a clause in CPH’s contract that will allow his buy-out to be terminated based on the NCAA violations. This may be the only good thing that comes out of this fiasco.
Aerojacket
July 15th, 2011
1:39 pm
The penalties could have been worse. They could have made us take Hewitt back…
What a crock of NCAA manure.
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NCAA Speaking so listen up
July 15th, 2011
2:25 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEjUQ15lyzk&feature=related
GT BBall
July 15th, 2011
2:37 pm
I think all 2009 ACC championship football players should get a free tattoo of the ACC trophy, supplied for free from the Columbus, Ohio tattoo parlor involved in the OSU case. Just sayin….
Hewitt's lawyer
July 15th, 2011
3:31 pm
Hewitt’s contract under firing with cause
Willfully violating an NCAA or ACC regulation or rule which
results, after hearing, in probation or loss of scholarships or knowingly allowing a
member of the Men’s Basketball coaching staff to engage in conduct which results in
similar sanctions; provided, however, that “Cause” shall be deemed to exist only after
Hewitt has been given written notice of the basis upon which “Cause” is deemed to have
occurred and thirty (30) days have expired since Hewitt’s receipt of such written notice
without Hewitt having cured such circumstance that has been alleged to constitute
“Cause” and further provided that the President of the Association or the President’s
designee approves that such “Cause” exists. Should Hewitt disagree with the
Association’s assertion that “Cause” exists, Hewitt may, within ten (10) days of receipt of
such written notice, give written notice of his objection to the Association and seek
arbitration pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
It seems that GT missed the time period in which to fire Hewitt w/ cause and not have to pay buyout.
don't you just hate it
July 15th, 2011
3:37 pm
One small misstep for a player, one giant misleap by the AD.
Baldheaded beauty
July 15th, 2011
3:44 pm
Yeah, like hewitt really cares about the decision, he is getting millions for doing absolutely nothing for the GT program the last 8-10 years, now he is coaching elsewhere and left his negative trash for the new coach to clean up and is stuck with.
Sven Ottke
July 15th, 2011
3:51 pm
Dogshiro, by the NCAA’s own admission, neither player was ineligible. Can you not read?
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Do What?
July 15th, 2011
8:20 pm
Ken – you should be embarassed that you had no idea GT was under NCAA investigation. If you had been doing your job, i.e., filing Open Records requests as the AJC does routinely with the Georgia Athletic Dept, you could have informed your readers. Unfortunately you and Roberson were too busy cheerleading. Hopefully in the future you will trade your cheerleading skirt and pom poms for journalist big boy clothes. Now that GT is the state’s most penalized NCAA athletic program perhaps you will keep an eye on the serial offenders on North Ave.
yellowfever
July 15th, 2011
8:31 pm
dawgmatic, I bet all you do is sleep, eat and drink uga. what a pitiful life. I feel sorry for you
GTfan
July 15th, 2011
9:57 pm
All you dawg fans get your funny in now because your turns coming…….
GT GRAD
July 15th, 2011
11:25 pm
If the Hewitt contract says he forfits the $7M for these infractions, then we should enforce the contract wording and refrain from paying him the $7M…….as long as this approach is completely legal of course.
Ima JACKET
July 16th, 2011
10:39 am
NCAA = No Class At All.
Paul in RDU
July 16th, 2011
11:09 am
GT can’t claim that the basketball violations were minor and then declare that they don’t have to pay Hewitt’s contract – it only became void if there were MAJOR violations.
dawgmatic
July 16th, 2011
12:06 pm
And I feel sorry for all the lonely fans in tech’s tiny stadium. All 40 of the fans, half of which serve the free hotdogs and Cokes.
Bozo
July 16th, 2011
12:41 pm
Change you can believe in! Yes we can! People will believe anything but the truth!
The Anti-Buzz Draft
July 16th, 2011
1:13 pm
Doug, something smells fishy in Tech’s proposed penalties. Where are the names of O’Connor and Zaharis? You might want to place an Open Records request for who gave tickets to who. Zaharis and O’Connor’s names will pop up. Why did Tech only propose reprimands for Hewitt, LaBarrie, and Reese?
The NCAA
July 16th, 2011
1:32 pm
I hope all of you techie fans, alumni, students, and former players just keep on dissing the ncaa.
The ncaa has a long memory will no doubt back hand you a good one the next time you step out of line and pile it on for all of the trash talk.
You can’t spell CHEAT without T E C H.
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!
Hewitt Fan
July 16th, 2011
2:19 pm
Im glad Hewitt got out of this dump when he did!!!
CC
July 16th, 2011
2:23 pm
@ Do What? Don’t go spouting off B.S. to make yourself feel better:
UGA has six MAJOR violations (none since 2004, but still bad enough for 12TH MOST in the NATION all-time.)
GT has had two major violations.
Unless you have some other FACTS to show otherwise, it’s not even close.
And we all know that UGA is the current Fulmer Cup Champion.
I’ll admit GT screwed up here and needs to deal with the facts of how the NCAA works, not how they think they should work. But UGA fans have no room to throw stones. It could happen to the ‘dogs again at any time. It certainly has plenty of times before.
sports
July 16th, 2011
10:04 pm
The arrogance of that yellow bunch is revolting…Georgia Tech.
ToccoaDawg
July 17th, 2011
12:01 am
I understand the football penalties, its all about the coverup. But the basketball penalties are BS. when a student assistant cant make sure the schools property isn,t torn up its a sad day for colleges everywhere.Tech got rid of the problem Bball coach and should be commended for it. Whats next? Will the ncaa start putting people on probation for letting their student athletes help in the community?
robynbarry
July 17th, 2011
1:49 am
Glad O’Connor is fine with it. Hope that helps him with the new job that he should have to be looking for in the near future. http://bit.ly/rfJns6
fountain
July 17th, 2011
6:10 am
Football SINGLE GAME Tickets
Single game football tickets will be available via an online pre-sale beginning at 5pm on Friday, July 15. Tickets for home games (excluding Georgia) will be available online throughout the weekend. Beginning Monday, July 18 at 8:30am, tickets for the first six home games will also be available for purchase via telephone at 888-TECH-TIX, 888-832-4849 or 404-894-5447.
A seven-game football season ticket is still available for purchase and DOES include the Georgia game. Season ticket holders may also request to purchase extra Georgia tickets. Please speak with a ticket office representative for details.
Season ticket holders, alumni, A-T donors, faculty/staff and students may purchase away game tickets via telephone only. The general public is encouraged to contact the host institution for ticket availability. Away game tickets are assigned at a later date and are assigned based on A-T point priority.
hell i guess you had to do something to sell season tickets
Billyboy
July 17th, 2011
6:57 am
Everybody missed the real problem here. The AD and GT lawyers believed that this “grey area” would be only minor and at worst a slap on the hand. They (AD and GT lawyers) were wrong in guessing how the NCAA would rule. The NCAA may be wrong, but, the AD and GT lawyers took a gamble and loss. Now, who should suffer the consequences? Also, why do lawyers never pay for their mistakes? As a note, if you check out politicians most are lawyers.
GT
July 17th, 2011
9:07 am
Seems to me Hewitt should be made to pay some of that money back. If the NCAA really wanted to turn college basketball back to the colleges it would have a list of coaches that could not be hired by any NCAA school. None of these facts of fights and things get out until there is an outside investigation. What is the purpose of higher education entertaining thugs.
Dom
July 17th, 2011
10:32 am
Awww, Gregory. That is SO cute! You are adorable to think Ga Tech matters.
bk
July 17th, 2011
11:34 am
Why did you and the ajc miss this story until it broke? My guess is that it would be reported and speculated on weekly if it was from the school up the road.
Joe
July 17th, 2011
2:50 pm
Can I receive money back for vacated games, since they wasn’t played?
Luke
July 18th, 2011
8:53 am
Yech shows again how they are one of the most corrupt, dirtiest programs in the nation. What an embarrassment, but a hilarious one at that.
Matt from Mn
July 18th, 2011
10:31 am
GT is dooooooooooomed.
Kev the Geek
July 18th, 2011
10:37 am
I find it hard to believe this investigation was happening for 20 months and not a sniff from ANYONE at AJC. Continued birdcage liner iyam.
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July 19th, 2011
8:58 am
You can always count on the thugs from North Ave. to provide the sporting world with hilarious entertainment!!! LOL!!!
You scholars do realize “vacating” isn’t the same as vacation, right nerds? LOL!!!!
ormewood
July 19th, 2011
10:13 am
Expectations can’t get much lower at this point in Coach Gregory’s inaugural season. Should be a battle royale for the ACC basement between Tech, BC, and Wake.
juvenal
July 20th, 2011
4:44 pm
hewitt fan-U19 finished fifth……..
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