Tech players using social media to slam the NCAA
Many of you may have read Sean Bedford’s letter to the NCAA.
Bedford, an all-conference center at Tech the past two seasons, isn’t the only player who is using social media to express his frustration with the NCAA’s decision to strip the Yellow Jackets of the 2009 ACC championship.
Wide receiver Tyler Melton changed his Facebook profile photo to one of Tech’s players standing on the podium after the ACC championship game.
Former inside linebacker Brad Jefferson posted this: Just heard they so called, “took our acc championship away,” dats funny..lol! Take something away from gladiator(ha), YEA RIGHT! All they can say is that they tried…
Former kicker Scott Blair posted this: We beat Clemson twice in 2009. We only needed to beat them once to prove we were the best in the ACC anyway.
Former linebacker Kyle Jackson has asked all Tech players to change their profile photo to a picture of their ACC championship ring.
On Twitter:
Offensive lineman Phil Smith: They can’t strip me of my memories.
Inside linebacker Sedric Griffin: Can’t win for losing as a Techie
Wide receiver Demaryius Thomas: Swear they look for anything
Cornerback Mario Butler: Regardless of what happened I still got my acc ring
Running back Anthony Allen: Well good thing my ring is in a safe place but this is some bull…
A few Clemson players took Tech to task:
Running back C.J. Spiller: @JKJIII: So does this mean we get acc chanpionship rings?” That’s what I’m talkin ab bra I need my ring
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NCAA stinks
July 15th, 2011
12:32 pm
First?
kevin hudson
July 15th, 2011
12:33 pm
it happened.i know cause i watched it.2009 acc champs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!gt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.you can’t go back and wipe the game away,they played it and tech won.
William Satterwhite
July 15th, 2011
12:34 pm
Derrick Morgan- “What about the Millions of dollars we earned the NCAA , they gonna “vacate” that too”
reebok
July 15th, 2011
12:34 pm
go sean go! the letter to the ncaa is awesome! …on the other hand, they ncaa is such a vindictive pack of bullies, they may decide to start stripping scholarships if anybody hurts their widdle feelings…
Brent
July 15th, 2011
12:36 pm
Give ‘em hell, boys. GO JACKETS
JackDennis
July 15th, 2011
12:42 pm
I say, You go guys. NCAA has lost its way.
juvenal
July 15th, 2011
12:51 pm
dickies has yellow jumpsuits, got mine ordered……
techfan
July 15th, 2011
12:53 pm
Sean Bedford is cementing his place as one of my favorite Jackets of all time.
Funny
July 15th, 2011
1:02 pm
I didn’t hear the NCAA say they wanted those rings back. Take your punishment like men and quit crying like babies on social media!!
KC
July 15th, 2011
1:03 pm
The NCAA should definitely give back the money earned from the Jackets! If not, then it’s not a real vacate and they profitted too! Double standard!
Banks
July 15th, 2011
1:04 pm
I am a UGA fan, but this is BS. Complete BS. For $312? I guess they couldn’t find anything better to do in the off-season…
Brandy Keach
July 15th, 2011
1:05 pm
Chase “Stud” Hudson – a consummate “glue” guy on the ‘09 team – tweeted that he will wear nothing but ACC Championship gear for the rest of the week. He said he might even get an ACC Championship tattoo as a show of solidarity and resistance. Hudson is a staunch libertarian, and tries to “buck the system” when given any sort of motivation. He has also changed both his Facebook and Twitter pictures to the championship ring.
“I think I am going to get a 2009 ACC Champions tattoo.” @thudson6
Emmett Merchant
July 15th, 2011
1:13 pm
If this had happened to UGA then all of you GT fans would be saying that the right thing to do would be to give up the rings, the trophy, and the coach’s bonus……welcome to reality, folks…..your athletes are not ‘great men of character’ as you like to think….they are college kids living in a much different world….they drink, smoke weed, and accept gifts and money…..players at all schools do it….just do not deny it now.
Ryan
July 15th, 2011
1:14 pm
Former LB Kyle Jackson to Former C Sean Bedford: “We are suing the NCAA together after law school. I’m dead serious. If they can deprive us of a Championship over $312 we can deprive them of their right to legally prostitute student athletes to make millions while supporting us with nothing in exchange. If you are going to use our likeliness, our work, and our emotions to turn a profit, then you are going to support us in a manner that allows us to still live a personal life outside of the modern enslavement that has become of college athletics. You steal from us, we take back what is rightfully ours.”
Rduck
July 15th, 2011
1:15 pm
Sean Bedford for president 2012!!! Anthony Allen as VP…
GT BBall
July 15th, 2011
1:16 pm
NCAA monopoly has never made sense. A bunch of farm boys made millionaires by 18-22 year old kids. They got their feeling hurt because we didn’t take them serious enough. Really – How serious do you take somebody saying – Wear did Thomas get that fine shirt at???
Funny how the inquiry came during the off week before the thUGA game. It smells, just like the farm boys from NCAA.
Jake
July 15th, 2011
1:17 pm
These players and comments just don’t get it. The amount of money, 312 dollars – has nothing to do with the penalty. If Demaryius, or whoever received gift – had owned up to it and Georgia Tech had cooperated, he probably would have had to pay the money back and that’s probably it (look at Marcel Dareus at Alabama). He got suspended two games, paid the money back and everything was cleared. The problem is that Paul Johnson and Georgia Tech COVERED IT UP and EXPLAINED HOW TO LIE TO THE NCAA. Really? That’s the direction we are headed? 1. You don’t lie to the NCAA and 2. You don’t teach incorrect morals. Ya kids, its ok, if you cheat – we’ll bail you out. No, there had to be a stiff penalty. Georgia Tech still won that ACC Championship, the video tape still exists, fans still attended that game and you all keep your championship rings, BUT SOMETHING HAD TO BE DONE!
Rogeriter
July 15th, 2011
1:19 pm
Dogs fan here–but I think the NCAA is going a bit far. I believe in obeying rules and violators should be punished.but NCAA is beginning to act like the Gestapo…or the IRS. Punish the violators, not those who are innocent. And most of these kids were innocent. Their worst mistake was chosing Tech over Georgia.( Only teasing here)
GT BBall
July 15th, 2011
1:22 pm
And last year I did say the NCAA screwed AJ Green and Georgia. He did in fact sell his Jersey, but again the punishment didn’t fit the crime. So many real problems in college sports and the focus is on small infractions.
NCAA will never see another dime of my money. My days of supporting any NCAA sponsored events is over. Sorry GT athletics, my money will go towards the academic side from now on.
Rduck
July 15th, 2011
1:23 pm
No Emmett I wouldn’t be siding with the NCAA if this happened to UGA or any other program. The NCAA is just using GT as the guinea pig to set an example to the rest of the schools out there because they don’t want to have to do it to one of their cash-cow programs like OSU. This is not a rivalry discussion, it is about principles. Now if they proved that Bebe did in fact take said items and was declared ineligible, that would be one thing. But to say we should have set one of our top playmakers for the biggest games of the year while they fiddle around trying to find some thing is another. Yes, we mishandled some of the ways we should have cooperated with the NCAA on this. But it seems that there was alot of gray area in the investigation from what has come out regarding the football program. The punishment just doesn’t fit the so-called crime…
John
July 15th, 2011
1:29 pm
This is a case of the NCAA being so mad at Auburn, Ohio State, North Carolina, and Oregon……that they slapped another four years probation on Georgia Tech.
foodfight
July 15th, 2011
1:32 pm
I want to hire Sean Bedford as mt attorney when he graduates from law school. This is coming from an Auburn Tiger fan.
JOE
July 15th, 2011
1:40 pm
Foodfight, you may be able to hire him as your Space Shuttle maker….if you need one.
Top Row Dawg
July 15th, 2011
1:43 pm
Well it was rough sitting AJ green last year for 4 whole games because of $1,000, that he gave back. It’s not about the small amount of money involved. You have to ask yourself, could you have won that ACC Championship game over Clemson without Thomas. You should have sat him down instead.
In looking back at recap, there was a 3rd quarter 70-yard throw from Nesbitt to Thomas for a touchdown. I’m guessing this means Georgia Tech has to now go back to 1990 for the only conference championship won since 1952. That’s 59 years with only 1 conference championship?
Oh, and now Georgia Tech has never been to a BCS Bowl, that’s officially off the record books? AJC we need coverage and photos when Tech gives back the ACC trophy. There is a certain irony in all this with Tech getting to not vacate the three wins over Georgia when Hamilton was inelligible along with 17 others. (Before the era of instant replay)
Shame there was not more coverage of this so the players wouldn’t be so shocked and angry. Keep the rings, give back the trophy and take down the Orange Bowl signs.
trey
July 15th, 2011
1:43 pm
If you guys think this is “only over a 312.00 gift”, you’re either dumb, unable to read reports, naive, in denial, or maybe all. Read the report!
Lying to NCAA investigators, failing to cooperate with NCAA investigators, and having another major infraction before the expiration date stated in the LAST serious infraction report all contributed to the seriousness of the penalty. Again, read the report!
Birdawg
July 15th, 2011
1:44 pm
This whole thing just doesn’t add up. The NCAA is really pissing me off. They have no basis for any of their punishments. When they go to investigate someone, You have no clue what kind of punishment is going to be handed down. It is just out of control.
You know, the always puts together a panel on some of the dumbest ish, why dont they put together one to investigate the NCAA’s absurd punishment practices.
Harris
July 15th, 2011
1:46 pm
Right on rduck. The ncaa is making an example out of us. If this was a big program, they would never do what they did to us.
Ramblin Man
July 15th, 2011
1:50 pm
Jake,
You either need to read the report or learn some reading comprehension skills. CPJ has never been accused of covering anything up. If you read the interview it is horrible and nothing would have come from it. If the NCAA was concerned about player 2 finding out about the investigation then he should have been interviewed right after player 1 instead of playing a hush hush game and calling the AD after the interview and telling him not to tell anybody. Keep in mind this is during the season while preparing for games.GT is not innocent and a case can be made that Drad and Bud did not handle things well and should have retained different counsel, but the NCAA screwed this from the get and his flexing for something minor.
GTPhenom
July 15th, 2011
1:54 pm
Really? Some of you ignorant iditos are still willing to crucify people who had NOTHING to do with the situation? These players deserve to get in trouble?
Egbert
July 15th, 2011
1:56 pm
I am a Dawg fan/alum/season ticket holder, and I can’t stand Tech, but the NCAA is arrogant, corrupt and despotic. (The NCAA is also wrongly focused. They need to drive two hours down Interstate 85 and look for some real money.) I applaud Sean Bedford for a great letter. He is absolutely right. He and 99.9% of his teammates did things the right way and are being punished for a relatively insignificant act by 1-2 players.
GTPhenom
July 15th, 2011
1:57 pm
Birdawg, fans like you and the many other of the UGA fans who have been posting on this are true football fans. God it is nice to see fans who can genuinely seperate football from reality, and not let a rivalry get to their heads; and I mean this for both sides . . .
marie
July 15th, 2011
1:57 pm
Sean Bedford-i love your letter! It’s nice that someone has the guts to stand up to the joke that is the ncaa!
Jake
July 15th, 2011
1:57 pm
Ok Rambling Man, I get it – what you’re saying is that they were too busy preparing for games to handle a case of illegal benefits. I know you guys don’t want to believe this, I really do – but college athletics is not ALL about winning, it’s about teaching the student-athletes life lessons. If a player has committed a violation, you need to teach the player what he did wrong and have him accept a punishment. Not cover it up in order to give you the best chance to win. As much as I can’t stand North Carolina and Butch Davis, he suspended all off his players until they were officially cleared from the NCAA in 2010. If Ga Tech had sat down Demaryius and said “wow, he made a mistake, we will handle it” and he paid the money back and received clearance – none of this would ever have happened. But you’re right – there were games to be won, to hell with morals and ethics.
Ramblin Man
July 15th, 2011
1:58 pm
Top Row Dawg,
I agree they should have sat him if they believed there was wrong doing, but remember at the time two players were being looked at and the NCAA lead GT to believe they were ok to play. Burnett was completely cleared and since no proof is shown in the report that Thomas did anything different why is he eneligible? It’s a double edge sword since it takes the NCAA years to investigate something that should take days or a couple of weeks at best to investigate. This has nothing to do with the players or CPJ. DRAD, Peterson, and that idiot who was lead counsel should be punished not the players and CPJ.
Mtn Dawg
July 15th, 2011
1:58 pm
@trey – You can spin any way you like. Read the report doesn’t relieve the NCAA of the injustice they’re serving to those innocent players. Sean Bedford is right on the money with his retort. The NCAA report is as much BS as the penalty. You working for the NCAA?
right
July 15th, 2011
2:01 pm
Perhaps they should vent their anger at DRad and the tech Administration or D. Thomas for taking gifts that he he suspected to be wrong begin with. Arrogance+pompacity+stupidity= probation
wow
July 15th, 2011
2:02 pm
Just saw a homeless man take a dump in front of the construction area for the new basketball arena. I kid you not!
Jake
July 15th, 2011
2:03 pm
Trust me guys, I am totally against the NCAA and yes they can be controlling. but Ga Tech knew that this was an issue. If they were smart, they would have held Demaryius out of games and they probably still would have won the ACC Championship (since we know we don’t use WRs). But they chose to blow off the NCAA and play him anyway and now they have to pay the penalty. The punishment SHOULD HAVE BEEN that demaryius would be suspended for a game or two – and he would have deserved that bc every student-athlete knows you can’t accept illegal gifts. But because they chose to ensure they’d win that game – now everyone has to face the penalty. It is severly unfortunate – but this all could have been avoided period.
Asdf124
July 15th, 2011
2:03 pm
“Former LB Kyle Jackson to Former C Sean Bedford: “We are suing the NCAA together after law school. I’m dead serious.”"
I understand this young man is upset, but he needs to stay in law school about twice as long as anyone else if he thinks he has a case. No standing, no cause of action, no unique injury, and the punishment was given to a member institution to a voluntary organization. Again, I’m sure he’s emotional, but that is an ignorant thing to say from a legal standpoint.
workinDawg
July 15th, 2011
2:06 pm
Sean, were you eligible in 2009 or did the coaches just play you anyway?? You know how those Tech coaches do…..always playing ineligible players.
Ramblinwreck83
July 15th, 2011
2:08 pm
trey
July 15th, 2011
1:43 pm
If you guys think this is “only over a 312.00 gift”, you’re either dumb, unable to read reports, naive, in denial, or maybe all. Read the report!
Lying to NCAA investigators, failing to cooperate with NCAA investigators, and having another major infraction before the expiration date stated in the LAST serious infraction report all contributed to the seriousness of the penalty. Again, read the report!
The report sounds kinda bogus. Everyone knows the NCAA picks and chooses who they want to go after. The whole NCAA reports sounds real iffy and looks like they just wanted to flex their muscles.
1985 GT HFC Bill Curry
July 15th, 2011
2:09 pm
We will bring the cheaters to their knees. Whoops its us – again!
Beverly Hall
July 15th, 2011
2:13 pm
So these players must endorse DRad and Johnson’s obvious neglect for following rules.No wonder this country is this shape.
GT DB Reuben Houston
July 15th, 2011
2:13 pm
Anybody know where I can score 100 pounds of weed?
Gotcha
July 15th, 2011
2:15 pm
Hey WOW that wasn’t just a dump.
He was giving his opinion of Tech sports.
Jim Tressel
July 15th, 2011
2:16 pm
I NEED to talk to you,Sean
Peach
July 15th, 2011
2:17 pm
My understanding is that these players were never declared ineligible.
Road Scholar
July 15th, 2011
2:17 pm
If we deserve such a penalty, then Ohio State and USC shouldn’t be allowed to play NCAA football ever again!
Ramblin Man
July 15th, 2011
2:18 pm
Jake,
I get your point and I am no way saying GT does not deserve some type of punishment. DRAD, Peterson, and general counsel screwed the pooch. My point is TWO players were being investigated for the same thing and both played. Both occused of the same thing and 1 1/2 years later one was is exonerated and one keeps the team from earning a title. I in no way condone the actions by some of the GT staff, but I feel CPJ and the team were not at fault and they are the ones being punished. I fully believe that if the NCAA had handled the investigation better and let CPJ in on the investigation from the get he would have sat those players. Love CPJ or hate him but cheating and lieng are not in his character.
GTFan
July 15th, 2011
2:25 pm
Crap really sucks, but we gotta move on and continue to support our Jackets!!!
proud alum
July 15th, 2011
2:25 pm
Very proud of these guys for standing up for what they accomplished. 300 dollars of clothes cant wipe away what they did.
AtWork
July 15th, 2011
2:28 pm
The real issue with me is how every case is handled on priority of the NCAA. With AJ Green, it shouldn’t have taken that long to get a verdict or figure out what was going on. With Bay Bay, shouldn’t have taken all that looking only to find $312 worth of wrong. The real problem is USC, Ohio St, and Cam Newton. In Newton’s case the rules clearly state that if a student athlete or anyone representing the athlete ask for money for play that player is ineligible. It took what 24 hours for them to make a decision but 4+ weeks for AJ Green. Look at the money difference…Bay Bay = $312, AJ Green = ~$1000, and Cam Newton ~$150,000…yet one was cleared almost immediately the other sat out undeserved games and one played only to ruled ineligible for the least amount.
Makes sense to me.
Judge Smails
July 15th, 2011
2:31 pm
I am looking forward to the announcement this fall that Ohio State will be receiving the NCAA Death Penalty. Since the NCAA has decided to show it’s muscle for this petty infraction – when they get around to dealing with the true cheaters in Columbus I am guessing there will be no football program left at OSU.
GT BBall
July 15th, 2011
2:36 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….
Asdf124
July 15th, 2011
2:38 pm
Look at the bright side Tech fans – the national sports media is hardly paying attention to this; go look at espn.com, si.com, et al. So the embarrassment is relatively minimal, no bowl ban, no scholarship reductions, and no currently ineligable players. Just have to mind your Ps and Qs through the probation period.
workinpuppy must be mental
July 15th, 2011
2:41 pm
You do realize you’re asking (or trolling, pick your verb) if arguably the smartest college football player, Sean Bedford, who double majored Aerospace Engineering and Management, and started all 4 years, was eligible in 2009?
Seriously, troll elsewhere you mutt, and notice that you’re one of the only U(sic)ga fans being “that guy”. To the other Ga fans out there being classy, its good to see us not letting the rivalry get in the way of the NCAA’s issue of “the punishment does not fit the crime”
Also, to Jake, there has never been enough information to change the eligibility status of student athlete 2, especially given the fact that the source of the gifts can only be linked to the cousin, ie the NCAA was looking for something to be wrong and couldn’t find it. Had he had dealings with an agent, then yes, he should have been sat down until the $312 issue was fixed [which the clothing was returned anyways just incase there were any eligibility issues], yet there were none. Watch this http://presentations.dlpe.gatech.edu/proed/gtaa/gtaa_ncaa_response/main.htm and see what you think about whether or not GT officials interfered with the investigations.
If you don’t want to read it, I’ll tell you the main points.
-DRad went along with exactly the same process he went through with an earlier issue they had with the NCAA back in 2005-6, and during that time, Coach Gailey was in the circle of people informed. So following along with previous precedence outlined and approved by the NCAA, he informed Coach Johnson just as he has done and will continue to do when it comes to player eligibility issues.
-The institute has worked hand in hand with the NCAA for 20 months on this investigation, keeping channels of communication open whenever they could, the only mis-communication coming from the lack of specificity on the NCAA’s part as to whether or not previously outlined precedents on lines of information were being followed.
I fully expect an appeal from the institute. If Cam Newton wasn’t forcibly sat by the NCAA after THAT whole ordeal and Auburn wasn’t penalized, then what the he77 is going on here?
JacketFan4Life
July 15th, 2011
2:42 pm
Asdf12… I don’t think Kyle Jackson was referring to the punishment for his basis of bringing suit… He talked about likliness and gaining profits as well. Regardless, law school will teach him the tools necessary to be sufficient in court. On another hand… good point. I think all these kids are upset and maybe a bit emotional. Who wouldn’t be after having a championship taken from you in the record books?
NCAA
July 15th, 2011
2:45 pm
Sean, we’re coming by to pick up the ring. Please advise where your cold, dead finger will be when we arrive.
James
July 15th, 2011
2:45 pm
Considering its Georgia Tech, Im suprised anyone even noticed
ACC Champs 09
July 15th, 2011
2:49 pm
Kyle Jackson told Sean Bedford “We are suing the NCAA together after law school. I’m dead serious. If they can deprive us of a Championship over $312 we can deprive them of their right to legally prostitute student athletes to make millions while supporting us with nothin…g in exchange. If you are going to you our likeliness, our work, and our emotions to turn a profit, then you are going to support us in a manner that allows us to still live a personal life outside of the modern enslavement that has become of college athletics. You steal from us, we take back what is rightfully ours.”
workinDawg
July 15th, 2011
2:49 pm
workinpuppy must be mental, thanks for clearing that up for me. Sean sounds like an outstanding guy. With Tech playing so many ineligible players over the years, and my admitted ignorance regarding who double majored at Tech 3 years ago, it can be hard to keep it all straight.
wolfman
July 15th, 2011
2:55 pm
After ignoring the Cam Newton pay for play episode then hitting Tech its penalties based on $312, does the NCAA have any credibility left????
Asdf124
July 15th, 2011
2:57 pm
“Asdf12… I don’t think Kyle Jackson was referring to the punishment for his basis of bringing suit… He talked about likliness and gaining profits as well. Regardless, law school will teach him the tools necessary to be sufficient in court”
That may be; allthough he is on record saying this in response to punishment – a factor that could be weighed against him as a retaliatory suit. The problem with the likeness argument, which I theoretically support, is the structure of the NCAA as an Association, and individual institutions as members. The “money” that they make off players is also (mostly) distributed to member schools, therefore he would likely have to involve Ga Tech as a defendant. He has no specialized injury, so it would have to be a class action as well, which doesn’t foreclose, but adds different hurdles. Many suits have been brought in this vein; one of the more interesting being the suit regarding the NCAA Football video games. Regardless, no suit has thudded been successfull, and is unlikely, though not impossible, to happen ever.
fan of shorter passes
July 15th, 2011
2:57 pm
Less slamming, more football! Beat Western Car!
4thand21
July 15th, 2011
3:03 pm
Was this the impact we were bracing for?
Vandy
July 15th, 2011
3:04 pm
The $312.00 is only the tip of the iceberg, and besides, this is the only the ACC championship we’re talking about here—-not something of national consequence—although those ACC boys like to pretend that it is—Big Time—NOT !!!!!!
Vandy
July 15th, 2011
3:05 pm
this is only the—–sorry ’bout that
George Stein
July 15th, 2011
3:06 pm
Good lord. The idiots are out in force today.
anotherdawg
July 15th, 2011
3:13 pm
Good for Sean! As mama says, the NCAA is the Devil!
3 Strikes and you should be out
July 15th, 2011
3:13 pm
Sean – If the NCAA decides to rip that ring from you they can do it and you will like it. Your school lied to the NCAA and they made an example of you – deal with it. Three infractions cases (1999, 2005 & 2009) in 10 years should be grounds for the NCAA death penalty. Go read the 26 page brief from the NCAA – you are no longer 2009 ACC Football Champions. You can lie to yourself but as Jim Rome says “The Scoreboard doesn’t Lie” and right now your 2009 team now has a vacated win for the ACC Championship.
Auburn Fans – your day is coming soon as your coach found out recently as Julie Roe Lach told your coach recently.
Asdf124
July 15th, 2011
3:17 pm
Let me clarify; based on current law, I don’t think it will happen. If the players are successful with that cause of action, it will be in the video game case – it is by far the strongest case so far. That case goes to trial in 2013. Regardless, I take exception to the “you steal from us and we’ll get even” nature of Mr. Jackson’s statements. Truth be told, the two issues are completely unrelated. That being said, I understand his frustration.
JacketFan4Life
July 15th, 2011
3:18 pm
Asdf124… Always wanted to be an attorneyn and always been a fan of him and Sean as student-athletes so I found his comment especially interesting. You sound like an attorney yourself. You should introduce yourself to him. But beyond that, what, if any legal approach do you think GT or these players could take in regards to the punishment, or a likeliness/licensing?
Bhorsoft
July 15th, 2011
3:19 pm
I don’t have a dog in this fight, but the NCAA really screwed the pooch on this one. Instead of punishing those responsible the coverup, resistance, or whatever you want to call it, they punish the kids they are supposed to be looking out for.
Let Tech keep the championship. Maybe make them forfeit the championship dollars. Suspend the coach for a bit. Ban the AD from attending games and events for the season. Go after the real culprits, not the kids.
UGA79
July 15th, 2011
3:20 pm
… and you can show that ring and explain how your title was vacated for NCAA violations. Like APS Superintendant Bevery Hall keeping her bonus for high CRCT scores.
UGA79
July 15th, 2011
3:24 pm
@ kevin Hudson
“you can’t go back and wipe the game away,they played it and tech won.”
Can’t take the CRCT away from APS kids, they know they took it and passed!
Eisendawg
July 15th, 2011
3:26 pm
Cudos to Sean for refusing to send in his ACC championship ring. What would be really cool is send them one with no meaning, like the one celebrating the lone win over UGA. lol
UGA79
July 15th, 2011
3:27 pm
This kind of defiance is what the NCAA referred to as “non cooperation”. No real remorse, just anger. Where is the anger toward the cheaters internally?
Asdf124
July 15th, 2011
3:30 pm
JacketFan
As far as the punishment, I’m sure they could appeal through the NCAA, but they cannot through the courts. In sum there is essentially nothing they can do about that. As far as likeness, Ga Tech itself can’t – and wouldn’t – do anything; it is decisively against their interests. The players have a remote chance – I’d refer you to my earlier posts and the pending litigation regarding the NCAA video game. As far as talking to Mr. Jackson – that would be a direct in person solicitation, and a violation of Ga legal ethics. I won’t be doing that
puppydawg
July 15th, 2011
3:37 pm
So where does this put GT in the Fulmer Cup standings? On the first page of the leaderboard, no doubt!
acc champs?
July 15th, 2011
3:41 pm
I thought UGA and USC were co-Acc champs in 2009. the game in tampa, witnessed by hundreds, was a consolation prize to two teams that lost to .500 sec teams the week before
Harold Potter
July 15th, 2011
3:42 pm
Awww, ain’t that cute. LOL
BehindEnemyLines
July 15th, 2011
3:47 pm
As a lifelong fan it’s disappointing & embarrassing to see players who I would have assumed are good guys whining like this when the blame lies squarely on the shoulders of a teammate, a former teammate and the administration. Want to be upset with somebody, there’s no shortage of targets within arms reach. Losing a lot of respect for GT watching this play out and after more than 40 years of fandom, that’s the biggest disappointment of all.
The biggest screwup in this (other than the player(s) involved) seems to be DRad, and given his recent propensity for screwing up stuff, it’s time for him to be gone. I don’t see much reason for hope until that happens.
St. Richt
July 15th, 2011
3:47 pm
Hey Bhorsoft, why don’t you tell us what our coach did to warrant being suspended?? Its our AD D Rad that dropped the ball on this fiasco. And it sounds like our attorney/compliance officer is the one who really ticked the NCAA off. Suspend him and our AD, but leave CPJ out of this. He should never have known in the first place.(mistake 1 by D Rad) And if and when you did tell him, its inexcusable to leave out the part about “not being able to talk to the athletes in question or let them know that they will be questioned.”
D Rad is the one who looks silly in all of this.
St. Richt
July 15th, 2011
3:49 pm
BehindEnemyLines, when you say you are losing a ton of respect for GT, lets hope you mean D Rad in particular and the compliance attorney clown that caused all of this. But its not like we’re a dirty program. Stupid yes, dirty no.
Rodney Dangerfield
July 15th, 2011
3:52 pm
“Hey Wang, I think this place is restricted so don’t tell them you’re Jewish OK, fine”
St. Richt
July 15th, 2011
3:55 pm
This is a serious question and not meant as a shot in any way: but has the NCAA completed its investigation at UGA? The “out of the blue” timing of our issues at GT leads me to believe there may be many ongoing investigations out there at other schools that we don’t know about. It looks like they are just now wrapping up investigations on things that took place in 2009. And given the AJ Green thing happened in 2010, could one assume that they’ve not yet wrapped up the entire investigation? I know they ultimately cleared AJ to play and that Georgia sat him down until they did so. But that doesn’t necessarily mean they have washed their hands of the investigation completelyl, does it? Just look at our case at GT- the NCAA investigated Derrick Morgan initially, found nothing that designated an infraction, and then continued looking until they found other issues.
coachx
July 15th, 2011
3:57 pm
I’m a Dawg fan and totally understand how lame the NCAA.
Rodney Dangerfield
July 15th, 2011
4:00 pm
@St. Richt -
“This is a serious question and not meant as a shot in any way” Your blog name indicates that it is. AJ Green and UGA has been cleared because they COOPERATED in the begining. Something tech did not and thus, the situation they are in today.
I think that it is too steep, but the NCAA is tired of schools making them look like fools and will be out for blood.
Terry
July 15th, 2011
4:13 pm
St. Richt, A J Green was not cleared, and that’s why Georgia did not let him play for the first two games of last season, when the NCAA finally got around to it, they penalized him for Four Games,and he gave the $1,000 that he got for the jersey to charity.
eric
July 15th, 2011
4:15 pm
it’s all because tech didn’t cooperate and is a ‘repeat offender’. still, the ncaa has lost control. there is no due process. no checks and balances. do the schools or individuals have the right to a trial. i really do wish the big conferences would say screw you and create their own division.
jabster
July 15th, 2011
4:45 pm
Tech SELF-REPORTED and fully cooperated with the investigation 10+ years ago, and they got burned then, too, with accusations of “lack of institutional control” and penalties that were considered too harsh back then. Now does everyone understand why Tech might have been less than fully forthcoming? Once bitten, twice shy.
St. Richt
July 15th, 2011
4:50 pm
I understand AJ was cleared and understand that the powers that be at Georgia didn’t make the same stupid mistakes that our AD apparently did when AJ was being investigated. I was only asking if the NCAA has officially closed all investigations related to Georgia, which it appears from the responses they have. You never know what they’ll find, no matter how trivial it is, if they looked beyond what was just initially an inquiry into AJ Green. I guess what I’m trying to do is better understand the timing of all of these things and why they take SO DAMN LONG to wrap up.
Asdf124
July 15th, 2011
4:53 pm
“do the schools or individuals have the right to a trial?”
Short answer – no.
Rodney Dangerfield
July 15th, 2011
4:55 pm
Now that last post St. Richt. I agreee on. Always takes too long.
I think we all can agree that the NCAA are just looking for any reasons now to jump on a school because of the Auburn’s, OSU’s and Southern Cal’s. It stinks for the other 100+ schools out there.
They feel that this makes up for the lameness they had for the 3 above mentioned schools.
St. Richt
July 15th, 2011
5:20 pm
Rodney, given the timeline we’re seeing on these types of things, I would expect that Auburn, Ohio State, and Oregon’s cases will all come to a head by 2011 or 2012. Or more like 2015 or 2016 if they send in that crack team of investigators that looked into USC and Reggie Bush.
Mama Says
July 15th, 2011
5:22 pm
Let’s look at the facts please.
The investigation : Can anyone tell me what class the NCAA attended that taught them to inform the suspect school that they were coming ? Does anyone see the police calling the suspect and telling them they are going to talk to his friends and then getting mad when he tells them what to say ? Simply a very poor investigative practice by the NCAA. COULD BE LOOKED AT AS A TEST OF THE GT STAFF—–IE A SET UP
Issue at question : player taking clothing from possible “runner”–$312 in particuliar. If we look at the facts both players were leaving for the NFL. They did not get anything to COME TO TECH. iT WAS NOT TECH GIVING THEM GIFTS TO STAY. They were being solicited to leave, in particuliar they were being primed by an agent who wanted to represent them in the future contract negotiations they woould enter with a NFL franchise—-nothing to do with Tech or the NCAA.—-So Tech did not cheat ! matter of fact it works against Tech’s interest to have two of the best players leave early.
Actions of Tech Admin’s : Tech administrators have been contacted on previous matters and as documented in those past investigsations, by the NCAA, they conducted an internal investigstion of their own and self sanctioned. So how can a school conduct an internal investigation and not talk to the students ? Either way the NCAA put Tech in a poor position. Tech would have been penalized if they did nothing and let Thomas play, pending NCAA notification and they are criticized for doing something. Had Tech reported that the players violated the NCAA rules the school would have been lauded for helping.
BOTTOM LINE—-THE NCAA SET THE TONE—-YOU NEVER INFORM THE TARGET THAT YOU ARE INVESTIGSTING THEM., POOR INVESTIGATION ON NCAA’S PART. We should all be able to agree if it is a school matter the NCAA may need to be involved however when a player is seeking or being solicited for actions he will take AFTER he leaves college the NCAA should stay out of a private matter.
bulldog steve
July 15th, 2011
5:35 pm
Without those players, Tech does not win the ACC championship. Period. If UGA would of had AJ last year for those first 4 games, their season would have been completely different. Period. UGA did the right thing, Tech, not so much.
Maggot Killer
July 15th, 2011
5:52 pm
Wish i had the crying towel concession on North Ave !!
REAL STORY — ajc had this storied buried ’til 6 HOURS before the ruling !!
Letter to hewitt goes back Dec ‘10, Mar & Apr ‘11 also part
of NCAA investigation timeline. Where was ajc “award
winning ” staff.??? Hmmm . . . .
There's a difference and it's huge
July 15th, 2011
6:02 pm
Read Sean Bedford’s open letter to the NCAA. Now read Caleb King’s post on Twitter about leaving UGA.
Need any more evidence of the difference between Tech’s student-athletes and the illiterate goons at UGA?
Steal the clothes next time
July 15th, 2011
7:47 pm
yeah that is too bad about Demaryius Thomas and the $300 gift of clothes. Too bad the Pastor Uncle that became his guardian a few years ago didn’t shop around and receive 6 figures for the first round draft choice to play at the school that came up with the cash. Also too bad, Demaryius didn’t just steal the clothes and if the police came to the door asking about it, all he had to do is just throw the clothes out the window, Then all would be hunky dory today. NCAA wouldn’t have a problem with either.
bulldog steve
July 15th, 2011
8:16 pm
Sorry Spiller no ring for you but I’m available
Tech Rich
July 15th, 2011
8:20 pm
If the NCAA levels this type of punishment to Tech then Ohio State better get the DEATH PENALTY!!!
Terrell Pryor 40, 000 reasons!!!
Tech Fan
July 16th, 2011
3:35 am
This BS is a perfect example of the “Power Junkies” having a pillow fight and then punishing the players and the school, if the NCAA was serious about compliance they would fine AD’s and coaches INDIVIDUALLY, not the AA, and suspend them from participation for five years, that would clean up college football.
Someone should do a cartoon of Peterson, Radakovich, and Johnson in a three man huddle, the caption should be them discussing how to “sink” the NCAA investigation and how they would not suffer any individual financial damage if caught, the players will get punished; that is exactly what they did!!!!
These three guys should be fired plain and simple, they conspired to cover up a minor infraction, if it was even that, and now have the audacity to tell the world “oops my bad” then walk off with all the money they made from that 2009 season and leave the player holding the bag.
Perfect example of how College Football is a “BROKEN.”
tar and feathers party
July 16th, 2011
9:10 am
I refuse to cooperate with the NCAA in anything, I support the termination of the ncaa, fire them all!
NERDS! NERDS! NERDS! CHEATERS! CHEATERS! CHEATERS!
July 16th, 2011
10:37 am
Give up the rings gtu!!!!!! CHEATERS!!!
UGA OWNS gtu…
Always have, always will.
Jim G
July 16th, 2011
2:00 pm
Jake,
What planet did you come from?
Cullowheedawg
July 16th, 2011
5:26 pm
Yes this is from a DAWG, but forget about the school stuff, u jacket players have earned the ring and the ncaa cannot take them back. From an ol DAWG, sine those rings up. Cullowheedawg
No more 9 out of 10
July 16th, 2011
5:33 pm
One thing that seems to have escaped everybody’s notice here, although maybe the dawg fans are just ignoring it, is that the final 3 games of 2009 were VACATED. That means, win or lose, they were “never played.” So that means that the dawgs did not beat the Jackets in 2009, and CPJ’s record against CMR is OFFICIALLY 1-1. Pretty small consolation, but still…….
Atlien
July 16th, 2011
6:13 pm
For the people claiming that the $300 had nothing to do with it, it was the coverup, I’m glad you aren’t a part of the legal system. I saw no evidence of a coverup in the report.
I think the investigator had his feelings hurt, because they are used to other schools schmoozing the investigators to limit the trouble. When GT told him to take a hike, they stuck it to the school.
Rebel
July 16th, 2011
6:41 pm
I remember a lot of comments from the Tech fans about A.J. and how everyone at UGA were cheaters, thugs, blah, blah, blah. The difference is, Coach Richt had the sense to sit him out (knowing that he was under investigation), would have made a huge difference (and wouldn’t be having this conversation) if Coach Johnson had done the same. Maybe now he will realize that yes, the rules apply to him as well. Suck it up, take your punishment.
Old Blind Dawg
July 16th, 2011
8:52 pm
Calling Tech Fan – your proposal sounds good on the surface but how on earth can you justify suspending a coach for actions he really has no control over. Kids (young men) make stupid mistakes but coaches cannot police them 24/7/365.
I guess the thing to do is recruit only high character kids but even they are subject to making mistakes. I bet I could lure at least 25% of the kids on any team in the country into a trap. Especially if they come from a poor background.
The system is broken and the NCAA can’t fix it and they seem hell bent on making it worse.
bigstack
July 16th, 2011
9:42 pm
This is the same NCAA that allowed the players at Ohio State to play in the Sugar Bowl knowing full well what they did. This is the same NCAA that allowed Cam Newton to play in spite of the fact that even Stevie Wonder could see his Dad tried to sell his talents and I don’t believe for a second that Cam had no knowledge unless he is a total moron. This is the same NCAA that continues to allow John Calipari to coach inspite of the fact that trouble seems to find him where ever he lands. This is the same NCAA that allowed Florida State to keep its National Title in 99 inspite of a bunch of crap going on down there surrounding Peter Warrick. They should make Tech vacate the Orange Bowl since they faied to show up for that anyway.
Supersize that order, mutt
July 16th, 2011
9:51 pm
bigstack, the NCAA DID make Tech vacate the Orange Bowl, even though it was a loss anyway. I love your Stevie Wonder comment though—-thanks for a good laugh
fosterjoiner
July 16th, 2011
10:22 pm
To all Tech fans you vacated games mean you forfeited any games you won in the three games. The game counts and the ACC Championship is a loss for you. Start thinking about it You lost all three games instead of two out of three games so Clemson has bragging rights over you. Check the rules. You committed insubordination against the NCAA and all schools. If you listened to the investigators and answered all the questions you would not be punished. Tech lost all institutional control of all NCAA sports including basketball and football. Get off twitter and facebook and get a life. If you do not you may be paying a bigger fine to the NCAA and maybe the death penalty.
fosterjoiner
July 16th, 2011
10:29 pm
If you Georgia Tech students and fans do not understand the terms everyone else says and it is too technical for you get out Websters dictionary. It will give you your definition.
No more 9 out of 10
July 16th, 2011
11:00 pm
fosterjoiner, the games were VACATED, not FORFEITED; of course forfeiture would have been meaningless in the two games that Tech lost anyway. VACATING means, according to the NCAA, it is as if the games had never been played. The NCAA did not say that Tech forfeited the win; it says that Tech’s win was vacated. There IS a difference, although the outcome, as far as the ACC championship is the same; Clemson is awarded the championship more-or-less by default.
No more 9 out of 10
July 16th, 2011
11:02 pm
fosterjoiner, I refer you to the following link, from ESPN, no less, for an explanation of vacating games —
http://espn.go.com/blog/ncfnation/post/_/id/4734/what-does-vacating-wins-really-mean
l jones
July 16th, 2011
11:06 pm
It’s too bad the kids are penalized. But that’s what happens when your school and your athletics department are run by dishonest crooks. Sorry, kids.
fosterjoiner
July 16th, 2011
11:11 pm
You forfeited the ACC championship to Clemson because you used inelligible players. You could not have won the game without Thomas and you would not have been in the game against Georgia without him. His size against a small defensive back was a 78 yard touchdown pass. It does not matter if you call it vacated or forfeited you doggone know well you would have had no passing game without Thomas. You have not won a bowl game or any bowl games against the major conferences without a passing game. You might call it vacated but Clemson is the “real ACC CHAMPION” because you would not have won without the illegal players.
Wes Durham's Gigantic Bottom
July 16th, 2011
11:14 pm
Which ring is Bedford holding onto……the now fake 2009 ACC Championship ring or the Once a Decade Victory Ring from 2008…..or was that one only for the seniors????
fosterjoiner
July 16th, 2011
11:14 pm
Tell Paul Johnson Georgia is not just another game. Georgia does not need blackboard material to beat Tech. Johnson’s comment supplied the material to beat the “GEORGIA TECH CHEATERS.”
fosterjoiner
July 16th, 2011
11:21 pm
Remember Tech won the National championship with a weak schedule. Knowing the BCS system Tech would not have played in the championship under today’s system because the schedule was very weak.
No more 9 out of 10
July 16th, 2011
11:24 pm
fosterjoiner, if you read the NCAA decision, it says the final three GAMES were VACATED, no mention of wins or losses. You continue to confuse vacating with forfeiting. The fact that in reality Tech lost two of those final three games apparently means nothing; in the eyes of the NCAA, the games were never played, so they cannot go on anybody’s record. Tech DID NOT, according to the NCAA decision, FORFEIT the ACC championship game to Clemson. Read the ESPN link I posted earlier for specific information on vacating, as it applied to Alabama, and thus does to Tech as well. Furthermore, as it turns out, Tech did not use an ineligible player anyway; Thomas has still not been declared to have been ineligible. The NCAA decision was apparently prompted by DRad’s informing CPJ of the investigation, which resulted in the accused players being informed. I will neither condemn nor excuse DRad for doing what he did; I have no idea what his thought process was at the time, or how he justified (if he did) informing CPJ. As a loyal Tech fan, I don’t like the decision, but until it is (if ever) appealed and overturned, I accept it. But don’t try to make it into something that it is not.
Supersize that order, mutt
July 16th, 2011
11:28 pm
fosterjoiner, perhaps you should look at the mutts’ 1980 schedule, if you want to see weak schedules during a championship season. Hell, for the at-that-time-mythical NC you even got to play a Notre Dame team who had had to come from behind just to TIE Tech that season. Notre Dame was hardly a team who should have been in the running for a NC in 1980, and the fact that the mutts beat them in the Sugar Bowl is not really anything to brag about.
Supersize that order, mutt
July 16th, 2011
11:32 pm
No more 9 out of 10….I read the ESPN link you posted, and it would appear you are absolutely correct, although the link only addresses vacated WINS. It doesn’t say anything about vacated games which were losses. However, I think your logic rings true.
fosterjoiner
July 16th, 2011
11:32 pm
Under your point You still lost to Georgia and Iowa and it is still a loss in your loss column. I have Tech fans in my family and a friend I play trivia with and you CANNOT subtract a loss from your record no matter what. Both games are losses you like it or not so stop trying to erase the games from the record. The Clemson game was a win that was vacated. If you want the win does not exist but to Iowa and Georgia is a loss to you.
No more 9 out of 10
July 16th, 2011
11:41 pm
fosterjoiner, I KNOW we lost on the field to both THUGa and Iowa, but the NCAA decision says the final 3 games were VACATED because of an UNVERIFIED ineligible player for Tech. What that says, whether you like it or not, and whether it defies logic or not, is that the games do not count. That means that they don’t count for anybody involved in them, I know Tech lost them on the field; YOU know it, but according to the decision handed down, apparently the NCAA does not. It’s just another example of how screwed up the entire NCAA is. They could have said that Tech had to vacate any wins in those final three games; but what they said was that Tech had to vacate the games, apparently regardless of the results.
Dirty NCAA
July 16th, 2011
11:43 pm
We all know that the punishment doesn’t fit the crime and with the NCAA your guilty first. There is no balance since they are investigator, judge and jury. Maybe some DA will look into the NCAA investigation methods to see if any wire tap or privacy issues were violated since this apparently began with them looking at phone records. Or maybe the IRS should look to where the millions go and whose is living a little over their inflated unearned salarys. Fiesta bowl anyone?
NCAA your a joke.
fosterjoiner
July 16th, 2011
11:50 pm
I just read the NCAA ruling and it says “a vacation of all wins during the 2009 football season after November 24 which is when the university was notified of the eligibility issues. You can go to the tech website and pull up the NCAA ruling. It does not mention vacating the losses.
fosterjoiner
July 16th, 2011
11:52 pm
I went to the Tech website and their response to the ruling and you can pull up the NCAA ruling. Take that Tech fans.I agree about what you said Supermut about the 1980 season.
No more 9 out of 10
July 16th, 2011
11:54 pm
what I originally read on the AJC site was that Tech had to vacate all GAMES played after November 24
fosterjoiner
July 17th, 2011
12:00 am
It might be a misquote in the AJC. I pulled the ncaa ruling off the Tech athletic website. You can look at the ruling word for word. I have seen misquotes in the paper and reading the AD he read it the same way. I am sorry if I looks like I do not believe you. It is on the Tech website and you can pull it up if you want to.
No more 9 out of 10
July 17th, 2011
12:02 am
ok, then if true, I stand corrected. However, the Clemson game was NOT a forfeit, as you claimed earlier. The ultimate result may be the same, more or less, but it just vacates the win; it does not say Clemson won it.
fosterjoiner
July 17th, 2011
12:05 am
I am sorry for the trouble but the quotes at the Tech press conference says one thing and the ncaa ruling says another. ALL wins vacated during those three games.
No more 9 out of 10
July 17th, 2011
12:07 am
ok, fosterjoiner, I really only meant the whole thing in jest to begin with. I KNOW we lost, but if what I read had been correct, it would have made for a helluva lot of fun nagging the mutts about it. LOL
fosterjoiner
July 17th, 2011
12:12 am
I am listening to a tape of the ESPN coverage of the ruling. They did not mention the NCAA’s games the loss. They only mention the only win.
fosterjoiner
July 17th, 2011
12:40 am
You do not need to go to the TECH WEBSITE. This website has a copy of the report and the section which includes the section talking about the vacating the wins and not all the games.
robynbarry
July 17th, 2011
1:48 am
There’s absolutely NO NEED to pay any recruiting services. Good colleges will get BURNED by these scumbags. The AAU basketball recruiting process is nothing but an agent pay off scheme and wholly descpicable to participate in, but they ALL are doing it http://bit.ly/rfJns6
YellowJacket
July 17th, 2011
10:21 am
The NCAA are definitely pro same sex marriage.
YellowJacket
July 17th, 2011
10:23 am
What’s a UGA degree worth?
About 100 grand less than you paid for it.
Dumb ass.
dawgfan
July 17th, 2011
7:23 pm
Can’t be a victim. The problem is Dan Radovich, Paul Johnson and Bud Peterson.. Those guys really screwed it up for you.
Tech Fan
July 17th, 2011
7:35 pm
Old Blind Dawg:
The problem with college D1 athletics is the “fortunes” that are paid out to coaches and administrators, not to mention the fortunes available to “agent” that can sign elite athletes out of college.
There is no “accountability” of coaches or administrators, these guys know the “golden parachutes” that are negotiated in their contracts; they also know the “risk reward” aspect of cheating, example, if he cheats to sign a high value recruit, he knows he has at least two years before any investigation renders a finding, if an investigation is ever started, (these guys are professionals at crossing the line and not getting caught;) during that time he collects his contract salary, bonuses, speaking fees, endorsements, all the perks that a fan base can shower upon him, AD’s the same to a lesser extent; if cheating, or violations, are discovered he may get “fired”; not really a big deal because he’s already pocketed millions, and the really sad part, other schools will line up to offer these guys new jobs.
Agents on the other hand can entice and seduce athletes with “money” and “stuff” with no fear of retribution, then conveniently tip the NCAA if they don’t get what they want from the athlete; this is a whole different can of worms.
Anyway the bottom line is Coaches, AD’s, Agents, the NCAA are all motivated by the almighty dollar, and there are ton’s of dollars in college athletics; until these guy’s are held accountable with their personal wallets, or even “jail time,” nothing will change, in fact it will continue to get worse.
The players, and fans, will continue to get the shaft and these yahoo’s that are suppose to be watching the store will continue carrying the goods out the back door.
The GT sanctions are just a blip in the big picture; the system is BROKEN from the perspective of “Amateurism,” “Student athlete,” and “School spirit”; the “Bag Holder” is always the PLAYERs and Fans.
Lastly, I’m not naive enough to believe that Peterson, Radakovich, and Johnson didn’t speak at length about this situation, they developed a strategy to neutralize the investigation, then one of them botched the plan.
yellow britches
July 17th, 2011
10:32 pm
Who are these people? Is this the same group that wanted to banish Chief Osceola as the FSU mascot? The same group that turned the St. John’s Redmen into the Red Storm or Red blob or whatever they are now. When are real men going to stand up to these politically correct dictats and call them out for the stupidity they propagate on the rest of us.
UGA graduate, fan, and parent
July 17th, 2011
10:52 pm
I’m a UGA fan and graduate, but I have to admit that this ruling is crap. The NCAA is so inconsistent with their rulings and makes a huge deal about the most insignificant infractions while ignoring much more troubling ones. How could an intelligent group of adults justify this decision for GaTech and the UGA decision with AJ Green after their decision about Auburn and Cam Newton? Does anyone believe that Cam did not know his father was shopping him around for $200,000 and even if he didn’t know, doesn’t this provide a huge loophole for uncles, brothers, friends, etc, to shop around a player and (wink wink) and keep the player in the dark?
I’m sorry GATech…you didn’t deserve this.
Naysmith
July 18th, 2011
8:57 am
It’s past time for the NCAA to put a fork in this joke of a program for once and for all and end the constant embarrassment that is Tech athletics in the fine state of Georgia.
Even while cheating they still cannot compete. If any school deserves a death penalty verdict it’s one that has been forced to vacate wins TWICE less than 10 years apart.
What an embarrassment.
George Stein
July 18th, 2011
10:46 am
We never vacated a single win before, Naysmith. Get your facts straight.
WHITE and GOLD
July 18th, 2011
12:28 pm
http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/pages/The-2009-ACC-Champion-Georgia-Tech-yellow-Jackets/146821005394958
beachdog
July 18th, 2011
12:44 pm
30-24.
still #2 in GA
Can't spell cheat without T-E-C-H!!!
July 19th, 2011
9:03 am
The crooks from North Ave. yet again bring shame and embarrassment to the great state of Georgia. But I do love the misery and venom it also brings to the worst fan base in all of sports
Another Dawg
July 19th, 2011
10:38 am
Sean Bedford is an idiot. Even worse than the NCAA “punishing the players who did it the right way” is the fact that he absolves Tech of their wrongdoing. The reason the NCAA is punishing all of the players is because they freely associated themselves with an institution who recognized a player made a mistake and then tried to hide it and/or impede the investigation, rather than owning up to it and holding him out (or at least pushing for resolution prior to the game.) It sucks that he did all the right things, or at least didn’t get caught doing the wrong things, and has been punished for it, but this isn’t news to anyone. He should have chosen a school that runs their program more effectively in dealing with NCAA infractions. I have no more sympathy for him than I do for USC or tOSU players (nor will I for Auburn players.) When programs are clean, they own up to the missteps of their players and deal with them appropriately, even if it hurts the team’s performance on the field. End of story.
Good
July 19th, 2011
10:42 am
“Tech players using social media to slam the NCAA”
-Good.
Carter
July 20th, 2011
9:04 am
The dirtiest program in the nation is allowing their cheating players to behave like thugs on the internet? Way to show everyone just how right the NCAA was you dummies. What a disgrace to the fine state of Georgia.
don't get it
July 20th, 2011
12:34 pm
Running back C.J. Spiller: @JKJIII: So does this mean we get acc chanpionship rings?” That’s what I’m talkin ab bra I need my ring
note to spiller, you had four years to get you a ring ab bra, and rest assured you won’t be getting one in buffalo either..
Tech-nically Blonde
July 20th, 2011
10:05 pm
@Jake
If college football is all about valuable life lessons for the players, why is it that U(sic)GA had more players arrested than any other school in the country last year?
Yech is disgusting
July 21st, 2011
9:00 am
Second time in less than 10 years the crooks from North Ave. have shamed the state and forced to vacate wins. Between nerd making bombs and setting them off on campus to others killing one another with swords, I think it’s past time to shut this institute of crime completely down.