Georgia’s problems reaffirm NCAA needs uniform drug policy
Bobby Bowden supports Georgia's drug policy but says it might leave the team at a competitive disadvantage.
ATHENS – It’s fair to start with this: There is no excuse for doing something wrong.
There is no excuse for stealing money from a teammate’s dorm room, just because you’re short of cash. No excuse for getting into a physical altercation with a girlfriend, just because there was an argument. No excuse for getting high, just because … well, just because. No excuse for exploring the cannabis culinary arts and eating Alice B. Toklas brownies, just because you were on spring break and you were hungry and, really, honest, pinky-swear, you didn’t even know that there was marijuana in them (uh, right.)
These are some of the reasons why Georgia coach Mark Richt has been suspending or dismissing players at an alarming rate lately – eight since January. This is when nobody seems to remember how many stars were by a recruit’s name on national signing day. Funny how that works.
Richt has a problem. But only part of it has to do with the fact that too many of his players are doing really dumb things. The other has to do with a somewhat unlevel playing field.
Georgia has a fairly strict drug-and-alcohol policy for its student-athletes, relative to most other universities, particularly those in the SEC. UGA suspends players for at least one game (10 percent of schedule) after the first positive test. A second positive test mandates a suspension of at least 30 percent of the schedule (or four games) for a non-controlled substance or 50 percent (six games) for a controlled substance or DUI. A third positive results in dismissal.
An examination of schools in BCS conferences by AOL/Fanhouse in 2010 revealed Georgia and Kentucky were the only two SEC members that suspended players following the first positive drug test. Only six of 68 programs overall do so (Baylor, Cincinnati, Miami and Virginia Tech are the others).
Every time Mark Richt looks up, another player is getting into trouble. (Johnny Crawford/AJC)
As a comparison, Florida has among the most lenient policies, with no suspension until the second positive test and no dismissal until the fifth positive.
How often and when, if at all, an athlete is tested also is up to each university. The NCAA, in fact, allows every school to set its own policy.
This is a problem. There needs to be uniformity among athletic programs’ drug-testing policy, not just within conferences but across the country. Anything short of that creates a competitive disadvantage for some.
Among those supporting the idea for uniformity is former Florida State coach Bobby Bowden, Richt’s coaching mentor, who was in Athens on Friday for a high school coaches clinic.
Bowden had a reputation for being soft in the area of player discipline when he coached. But he acknowledges he would have to be tougher if he coached now, saying, “I would have to do a better job of educating the young men, trying to expose them to things where they would learn some moral issues that maybe they missed in their home.”
He supports Georgia’s policy, but doesn’t seem surprised Richt is having problems.
“One reason at Georgia [that] you hear so many boys getting out of line is because they’re so dog-gone restrictive,” he said. “I know a lot of schools — I don’t want to say something I shouldn’t say – but [they] don’t have to drug test. If you don’t want your boys to be caught with drugs, don’t drug-test them. And some schools do that. If you have a strict program, the way our society is, you’re going to have kids [test positive].”
Asked if he supported a universal policy, Bowden said: “Yes. That would be fair. There’s no doubt about it. … Georgia needs to do what’s best for Georgia. And you’ve got to soothe your conscience that you’re not letting bad things happen just because you don’t think somebody’s going to find out. But there’s an advantage if you’re a school that doesn’t test.”
In retirement, Bowden is able to laugh about some things he couldn’t before, such as when Florida State players were found to be receiving free athletic gear from a local sporting-goods store. Borrowing the line from his former thorn, Steve Spurrier, Bowden cracked, “You’ve all heard of Free Shoes University, haven’t you? I had a slogan on my desk: ‘This too shall pass.’”
That is all Richt can bank on right now. And maybe hope for a quieter summer.
By Jeff Schultz
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Barbicide
March 30th, 2012
2:30 pm
First. The reality is that marijuana is the modern day equivalent of a six pack. Something has to give or Georgia will suffer as a result
hey sec east champ
March 30th, 2012
2:30 pm
dawggawn
Joey
March 30th, 2012
2:35 pm
Hey, techie. We’ll still beat tech if Richt kicks the whole 1st string off the team.
Sad, huh?
ThreeDawgKnight
March 30th, 2012
2:36 pm
Thanks Jeff for a very fair article.
I couldn`t bring myself to say “fair & balanced”.
5150 UOAD
March 30th, 2012
2:37 pm
JOEY how do you know that? UGa didn’t suspend all the players that rushed the field during the Auburn game in 2010. Half the team would have missed the TECh game, but OF COURSE UGa didn’t follow the SEC rules about rushing the field.
Wet Willie...keep on smiling
March 30th, 2012
2:38 pm
It is what it is. If MJ were your only issue then most would overlook this situation. Denial is a UGA Tradition so lets all turn to page 313 and sing 1st,2nd, and 4th verse.
epi
March 30th, 2012
2:40 pm
Uga needs to chill out with the penalties and get with the times. There is nothing wrong with mary jane, and the players probably had a blast eating those brownies. But the school’s gotta be a big buzz kill..
bucket
March 30th, 2012
2:40 pm
I am as sick as anyone about what has been happening @ UGA with the drugs, but this article is right on target. Smoking marijuana is a cultural thing and if all the sanctimonious fans on these blogs would pull their heads out of their butts they would realize that it is happening at their schools, too. The reason you don’t hear about this problem at other schools is that they don’t suspend for the first offense. Heck, some of them don’t suspend for the second or third offense. Ole Miss doesn’t suspend until after 4 failed tests. Percy Harvin failed 6 tests at Florida and missed a grand total of 2 games in his career. Bowden is correct when he said some schools don’t test, therefore, no failed tests! UGA is recruiting from the same pool that everyone else recruits from and if you think your team’s players are not smoking dope because you have a certain coach or a certain disciplinarian, you are wrong.
5150 UOAD
March 30th, 2012
2:41 pm
Did you see the blog that Today is National Cleavage Day?
http://blogs.ajc.com/news-to-me/2012/03/30/national-cleavage-day-racks-up-fans/
3 + 4 + 1 = 0
March 30th, 2012
2:42 pm
The Kids have to know … they knew the requirements before coming/signing to/with UGA … they have been repeatly warned … BUT … they are hurting the entire University …
Then again, this is CMR’s policy … it is a “stand alone” policy … he himself has gone beyond the requiremnts to the point of detractions … his policy hurts UGA.
Steve
March 30th, 2012
2:43 pm
Jeff, if most SEC schools recruit the same players, why is it do you think UGA ends up with the ones who get into trouble? Why does this rarely happen at other SEC schools for the most part? Maybe they just hide it better.
SOGADOG
March 30th, 2012
2:45 pm
In the long run, the stricter drug policy employed by UGA should give the Dawgs a competitive edge since it will result in fewer drug users on the team. Players on drugs are not your best players and certainly dont do well academically.
Kudos to CMR and UGA for being strict on drug use among players. Those who claim UGA’s player misconduct issues are caused by CMR not being strict enough are flat wrong. If he were too lax on discipline, there would be no group warnings to players before spring break and no testing after spring break, and these discipline issues would never come up.
Cobb Dawg
March 30th, 2012
2:49 pm
Anyone who has ever complained that CMR and UGA are not “tough enough” on student-athlete discipline has no right to complain now. Clearly, the coaches and administration are “tough enough.” Are they too tough? That’s a matter for debate. But for those who like to poke at Richt and say he’s soft, I submit this week’s events as rebuttal.
JSS
March 30th, 2012
2:52 pm
Why do you keep asking a cartel to act against its best interest? A cartel loves chaos…
UGABugKiller
March 30th, 2012
2:56 pm
How sad that it’s National Cleavage Day and we’re talking about UGA discipline issues instead of Sofia Vergara.
http://bit.ly/zHSshu
UGABugKiller
March 30th, 2012
2:58 pm
Or Christina Hendricks.
http://bit.ly/GRT9xT
Other schools glass houses would break forever
March 30th, 2012
2:59 pm
Kudos Jeff,
All the UGA haters are HYPOCRITES when bashing UGA, while their schools don’t come near discipline standards of UGA.
UGA’s higher standards are lauded and respected while continually improving policies. While other schools have no punishment and hide their problems in many equal scenarios.
Other schools should raise their standards before the hypocrite haters start trash with UGA.
5150 UOAD
March 30th, 2012
3:00 pm
I’m obsessed. I can’t stop myself. Sorry. Yes, I know I make myself look the tool everyone knows I am.
Da Troof
March 30th, 2012
3:03 pm
SOGADOG – really? You would be amazed at how many of the child prodigies over at Tech have daily bong rips, I assure you.
Other schools glass houses would break forever
March 30th, 2012
3:03 pm
Equal policies and equal punishment for all schools….then we’ll see the true heavy violators.
Herschel Talker
March 30th, 2012
3:03 pm
Schultzie:
Nice piece, but the title should have been “Georgia’s problems reaffirm Mark Richt should be fired.”
HT
3 + 4 + 1 = 0
March 30th, 2012
3:04 pm
We are seeing the “value” of going beyond the requirements of the system. One use to say “play by the rules” … I just wish UGA did play by the rules that everyone else does.
The “enhanced rules” are to the detriment of the University. No one “reads” or even comments about UGA toughness … the comments are instead … UGA has a drug problem.
Randall "Pink" Floyd
March 30th, 2012
3:05 pm
Dad gum, Jeff. You wrote a decent article.
Dweam Team II
March 30th, 2012
3:07 pm
No Tolerance…kick them out on the FIRST offense…problem solved
LWK
March 30th, 2012
3:08 pm
you morons that think marijuana should be okay are delusional.
My brother has been hooked on weed since he was 14. He was THE best basketball player and athlete on all his teams growing up but the drug took over. He constantly broke in and robbed from my mother’s house. He pawned everything he could take from her including all Christmas presents to buy weed. He could not hold down a job. The DSS picked up his child who he was keeping one weekend because he left the 4 year old alone while looking for drugs. Two wives left him because of it. Never has had a dime to his name. I could go on but it only gets worse.
Oh but he’s a Bulldog fan so that makes it okay.
Keep believing it is all recreational lunatics. I bet you I am not the only one who has stories of how marijuana has ruined lives. It is addictive and should not be tolerated.
Dawg Haus
March 30th, 2012
3:08 pm
Good call, Jeff! That Bobby still has it after all these years.
bucket
March 30th, 2012
3:09 pm
It is ridiculous that there is not a uniform drug policy for all the schools in the NCAA, but it is atrocious that the SEC doesn’t enact a uniform drug policy for all of it’s member schools. The fact that there isn’t one speaks volumes about who is afraid to be “exposed” by a uniform policy.
George
March 30th, 2012
3:11 pm
Good lord give it a rest. Auburn expelled one of the best players in the conference for dope. Florida has suspended multiple payers. Y’all truly are pathetic. Stop worrying and whining about other programs and start trying to get your own pathetic program under control.
Hypocrite schools and their fans couldn't survive with UGA's policies
March 30th, 2012
3:12 pm
Nice to see ole Bobby dressed in red with a UGA banner behind him addressing the press.
Hypocrite schools and their fans couldn't survive with UGA's policies
March 30th, 2012
3:17 pm
Takes 5 times for Florida…..who knows how many times for Auburn.
George would be smart to take his own advice and quit bashing UGA and worry his own pathetic program.
IT IS WHAT IT IS
March 30th, 2012
3:19 pm
Bacarri Rambo should be suspended 2 games, yes, 2 games. If anybody with power @ UGA is reading this, take note and do the right thing! Rambo was suspended last year because a girl he was with had a joint on her, but for some reason Mark Richt Suspended him. Thats incident does not follow under the suspension policy. With this Brownie Spy Gate incident, this is Rambo first offense!!!!!!!! Which if u can read would only give rambo a 10% suspension from the year!!!! As crazy as Rambo’s story is i believe him, this guy would have been a second round pick this year but wanted to come back and help UGA win and become a 2-time All American. Why would he put marijuana in his system on spring break when everybody knew that when the athletics got back they would be tested!!! If there is 1 time where an exception can be made, it would be in the case of Bacarri Rambo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LETS SUPPORT RAMBO, HE’S DYING INSIDE AND I BELIEVE HIM!!!
leave us out of your hate and your glass house won't get shattered
March 30th, 2012
3:20 pm
I love to focus on my own program……why don’t haters focus on their own programs instead of others?
Goldmember
March 30th, 2012
3:22 pm
Da Troof. You’re an idiot. Tech has better than things to do than to get high and get drunk. Apples and Oranges son. UGA is one big party and the whole worlds knows it. But keep hanging on to football because I know that’s all you rednecks care about.
George
March 30th, 2012
3:27 pm
Ha ha ha ha ha god you can’t be that dumb. I know the truth hurts.
Chuck
March 30th, 2012
3:28 pm
Goldmember knows that Tech doesn’t drug test it’s players and is ashamed.
As well he should be.
George Stein
March 30th, 2012
3:29 pm
Perhaps we can also have uniform admissions, as opposed to an NCAA minimum giving some schools the ability to recruit at the minimum while others recruit with higher standards.
Deacon Blues
March 30th, 2012
3:32 pm
With UGA’s cupcake schedule, Bacari should just voluntarily sit out until he is really needed!!
harold
March 30th, 2012
3:34 pm
RICHT AND MCGARITY CAN’T TOLERATE THIS!! WHERE IS THE LEADERSHIP? THESE GUYS ARE THUGS!
Buckeye
March 30th, 2012
3:34 pm
Bad day all y’all dogs?
This is funnier than hasbrowns. Who would have thought that brownies and hasbrowns would bring such disgrace to all y’all dogs.
Academic Man
March 30th, 2012
3:35 pm
Mr. Schultz,
Competitive disadvantages are everywhere in college football because those schools choose to be at one.
If every school adopts the same drug policy (say the highest one) then shouldn’t every school adopt the same admission standards as Vanderbilt so no competitive disadvantage is created?
George Stein
March 30th, 2012
3:36 pm
Bingo, Academic Man. That’s exactly what I was saying, too.
TBA-Man
March 30th, 2012
3:38 pm
UGA change your policy make it like FLORIDA or STFU.
5150 UOAD The Richard Head
March 30th, 2012
3:40 pm
@5150
Only a pervert like yourself would put this on a football blog. But them again, with your posts from the past, we should not be surprised that your a perv. Go back to your basement.
Steve
March 30th, 2012
3:40 pm
Yea Ohio State NEVER gets in trouble “Buckeye.”
Grantham's The Man
March 30th, 2012
3:41 pm
Bowden, “I know a lot of schools — I don’t want to say something I shouldn’t say – but [they] don’t have to drug test. I wonder what’s motivating Bobby from not naming names?
We know who you mean coach. The more Ga players get into trouble for drinking and smoking the more obvious it becomes that UGA is one of the few who are doing anything about the problem.
AuburnCreed
March 30th, 2012
3:42 pm
This is a horse manure article. Just because Richt and his staff can’t keep THEIR players in line doesn’t make it a problem for the rest of college football.
HORSE MANURE!!!
Again the AJC becomes the apologist for THUGA’s drug and thug problem!!!
DIT
March 30th, 2012
3:43 pm
It’s stupid to compare to what other programs do or don’t due for a drug policy. I like the fact the CMR has them take a drug test AFTER spring break.
This shows who is loyal and who is not. Get rid of the riff raff. If you don’t want to give 100% to the team then you should not be playing there.
Earl Hickey
March 30th, 2012
3:49 pm
Anybody that can spell CAT can get into Georgia. I agree there should be uniform admission standards as well but that would disqualify Richt’s usual assortment of gutter rats.
Steve
March 30th, 2012
3:49 pm
Awww AuburnCreed don’t be sad because your little program cheats (CAM) and gets put on probation all the time.
5150 UOAD
March 30th, 2012
3:50 pm
5150 UOAD The Richard Head…………just trying to lighten the DEATH MOOD about dWag ball. So I am a perv but the Female form has a NATIONAL DAY? You are a Moe Ron.
Grantham's The Man
March 30th, 2012
3:53 pm
@AuburnCreed. Let me translate for you. I know a few Auburn fans and I’m starting to learn the language.
This is a horse manure article. Auburn fans don’t want to be forced into drug testing our players because if you think it’s a bad problem at Ga then can you imagine how many of our players would fail a pot pee test after not getting tested for all these years!
Just think of all those games that Dyer would have missed had he been tested, atleast we had him for the season. Please believe that it’s only the players at UGA that do this kind of thing!
wezzie
March 30th, 2012
3:54 pm
Why drug test the week after spring break when u don’t have to! You can bet big bucks LSU, FL, SC, and Bama didn’t even think about it! Who made this decision. AD came from Florida-he knows the deal-Richt and his sanctimonial BS. The playing field should be level. Now we lose other recruits b/c UGA standards are higher than our rivals, and know that drug tests will only be administered during the season, and after working their ass off all year they can at least enjoy spring break like 90% of their fellow classmates. Who did not fire up in college-get real!!!?? A level playing field is not to much to ask!
Dawg Haus
March 30th, 2012
3:54 pm
Sorry, Buckeye, we couldn’t hear you over the buzz of your tattoo gun.
Abnerish
March 30th, 2012
3:58 pm
Do people not understand that schools with weak drug policies appear to be immune from this issue because they do not have to publicize any failed drug tests? Georgia looks like it has a much more significant issue than other schools, but it’s only because these other schools don’t test or aren’t forced to publicize suspensions related to 1st time offenders. I think it’s ridiculous that people say Richt is too lenient or doesn’t have control of his team. If anything, Richt and Georgia is among the most strict coaches and colleges out there. I agree with Bowden and Shultz that there should be a consistent policy.
Dawglasville
March 30th, 2012
3:59 pm
If you guys don’t want to treat players like men, and give them the freedom to screw up and then hold them accountable, then all you really want is a plantation. You just want trophies regardless of how many kids get gray shirted, how many kids graduate, how many kids ruin their bodies with dope. If your coach affords you the experience to boast about national titles that 18 – 22 year olds won then your coach is fine with you. Players be damned.
That said, do you really want to go through life as a troll.
Reality Check
March 30th, 2012
4:00 pm
Copied Comment from prior story-seems appropriate here.
Let me offer a possible reality: The current GA players as a group are, no better or worse, no less moral or honest, no less ethical or honorable, than other scholarship athletes at other schools. They do not skip more classes, use more drugs, break more rules, do more things that are illegal, or commit more acts that would bring embarrassment to themselves, their team, or their University. My guess is that as a group, they are in fact, all things being equal, well down on the “good” side of the Bell Curve of Team Morality & Integrity. We are now left with the “all things being equal” question. Having been friends with many Georgia athletes in the early & mid 80’s, as well as hearing my uncle’s stories of his & his Wally Butts’ teammates’ extra curricular activities (no, not drugs), I can’t imagine that those teams, in todays environment would not suffer at least as many suspensions. But back to apples & apples, I would suggest that it is not the players, but the environmental & systemic variables that are responsible for a higher number of suspensions relative to other D1 & SEC schools. Are the Athens & University police more aggressive & less lenient in their enforcement activities? Is the Athletic Department’s drug testing protocols more likely to catch casual drug use? Are Team rules more inclusive & onerous? Is there less likelihood of ignoring infractions? Of course our athletes need to follow the rules and be good teammates & citizens. They need to learn that their actions have personal & broader consequences. We just need to realize that except for game days, The Dawgs are playing on a different field.
3 + 4 + 1 = 0
March 30th, 2012
4:02 pm
So far the Bottom Line here … is UGA can not expect to constantly win due to the requirements of the University, policies of its’ Athletic Department and testing procedures in place. The UGA fan has to accept that it can not longer compete at the highest levels athletically due to its’ (so-called) moral compass, raising the standards where it can only look down upon the rest of the SEC. … and no longer compete.
DIT
March 30th, 2012
4:03 pm
@wezzie
Why do the drugs if you are warned that there WILL be a test when they get back? They were warned, they did not care. Bottom line. That right there shows lack of being a team player.
I saw a post earlier on another blog that states that these are not kids they are adults. Well then, if they are adults they need to start acting like adults.
They are the one’s that agreed and signed on for a free education and to play football. No one forced them.
wezzie
March 30th, 2012
4:05 pm
LWK weed is not pyhsically addictive substance. It is mentally addictive-anybody can beat it if they want to bad enough.
Rambo didn’t hurt his draft status w/ this suspension-he only hurt his team-of which he said was the main reason he was returning for Sr yr. I don’t for a minute believe the brownie BS. Dude screwed up!
The Monger
March 30th, 2012
4:07 pm
Insanity! UGA’s drug policy is SOOOO Asinine and downright terrible! Personally, I smoke marijuana and feel there is NOTHING AT ALL wrong with the plant, and actually encourage many people in my personal life, who are feeling stress or anxiety to try it medicinally. The fact that a player was disciplined at all, let alone for a quarter of the season, is downright disgusting and should be a crime. I hope Richt gets what he deserves for this and gets fired immediately. Let players be FREE, this is America isn’t it? Secondly, the author and Bobby Bowden are SPOT ON about UGA’s drug policy, and that it needs a MAJOR step down in harshness and fairness. Player’s all over the SEC smoke marijuana regularly and face no suspension or discipline at all. Some don’t even test, and the others require multiple failed tests before a suspension is warranted. UGA is putting itself at a competitive disadvantage and harming their future recruits from coming to UGA. If UGA and Mark Richt don’t stop this nonsense very few 4 and 5 star recruits will be willing to come to an authoritative, abusive, unfair school whose discipline rivals 19th century catholic schools. Just ridiculous we are even talking about discipline for smoking weed in 2012. The only shining light is that Richt will be fired in the next few years for exactly this….He will be playing a bunch of St. Pius christian school 3rd stringers, while guys like Bacarri Rambo and Alec Ogletree are sitting on the bench. In the next few years, these elite players will almost all go to Alabama, LSU, and Florida where they don’t have to worry about this stuff. Richt goes 6-7 with 3rd stringers next year and is fired. Thank god!
John John
March 30th, 2012
4:08 pm
UGA’s drug policy is SOOOO Asinine and downright terrible! Personally, I smoke marijuana and feel there is NOTHING AT ALL wrong with the plant, and actually encourage many people in my personal life, who are feeling stress or anxiety to try it medicinally. The fact that a player was disciplined at all, let alone for a quarter of the season, is downright disgusting and should be a crime. I hope Richt gets what he deserves for this and gets fired immediately. Let players be FREE, this is America isn’t it? Secondly, the author and Bobby Bowden are SPOT ON about UGA’s drug policy, and that it needs a MAJOR step down in harshness and fairness. Player’s all over the SEC smoke marijuana regularly and face no suspension or discipline at all. Some don’t even test, and the others require multiple failed tests before a suspension is warranted. UGA is putting itself at a competitive disadvantage and harming their future recruits from coming to UGA. If UGA and Mark Richt don’t stop this nonsense very few 4 and 5 star recruits will be willing to come to an authoritative, abusive, unfair school whose discipline rivals 19th century catholic schools. Just ridiculous we are even talking about discipline for smoking weed in 2012. The only shining light is that Richt will be fired in the next few years for exactly this….He will be playing a bunch of St. Pius christian school 3rd stringers, while guys like Bacarri Rambo and Alec Ogletree are sitting on the bench. In the next few years, these elite players will almost all go to Alabama, LSU, and Florida where they don’t have to worry about this stuff. Richt goes 6-7 with 3rd stringers next year and is fired. Thank god!
Keith T.
March 30th, 2012
4:08 pm
UGA’s drug policy is SOOOO Asinine and downright terrible! Personally, I smoke marijuana and feel there is NOTHING AT ALL wrong with the plant, and actually encourage many people in my personal life, who are feeling stress or anxiety to try it medicinally. The fact that a player was disciplined at all, let alone for a quarter of the season, is downright disgusting and should be a crime. I hope Richt gets what he deserves for this and gets fired immediately. Let players be FREE, this is America isn’t it? Secondly, the author and Bobby Bowden are SPOT ON about UGA’s drug policy, and that it needs a MAJOR step down in harshness and fairness. Player’s all over the SEC smoke marijuana regularly and face no suspension or discipline at all. Some don’t even test, and the others require multiple failed tests before a suspension is warranted. UGA is putting itself at a competitive disadvantage and harming their future recruits from coming to UGA. If UGA and Mark Richt don’t stop this nonsense very few 4 and 5 star recruits will be willing to come to an authoritative, abusive, unfair school whose discipline rivals 19th century catholic schools. Just ridiculous we are even talking about discipline for smoking weed in 2012. The only shining light is that Richt will be fired in the next few years for exactly this….He will be playing a bunch of St. Pius christian school 3rd stringers, while guys like Bacarri Rambo and Alec Ogletree are sitting on the bench. In the next few years, these elite players will almost all go to Alabama, LSU, and Florida where they don’t have to worry about this BS. Richt goes 6-7 with 3rd stringers next year and is fired. Thank god!
DIT
March 30th, 2012
4:09 pm
I agree with your last post weezie. Again, for me, it’s the 2nd time he did this same offense. I’m all for chances, but when a SR commits the same rule violation after the suspension and behind closed door punishment that he received from the coaches then it’s an individual problem.
Rambo is a great player and yes we need him, but at what expense? 2nd violation he needs to be kicked off the team. No, for now, it won’t be a big deal, but later in life he will have wished he made a better decision after being warned.
Big Crimson 75
March 30th, 2012
4:13 pm
I love it how pup fans think some sort of Universal Drug Policy will somehow level the playing “Field”.
Nothing is gonna help UGA’s much deserved Thug Image — except maybe some Discipline!!
How do y’all expect to win BIG, when your Players don’t even care about winning?
If they cared, their wouldn’t be this kind of trouble day after day – week after week – year after year.
Roll Tide
Our Coach runs a little tighter ship!!
Footballrules
March 30th, 2012
4:13 pm
New UGA cheer for Rambo (if he ever get’s to play again)….HEY BROWNIE, YOU’RE DOING A HECK OF A JOB!!!!!!
A Father
March 30th, 2012
4:14 pm
Please keep on the GA articles in the future!
reality check: I disagree in an extreme way. The pot in the 70s and 80’s is nothing like today in strength, huge difference. Now the problem with the players today is they are smoking daily and during the season, something that was very rare in the past but today people claim it is the same, it is not in any way.
The problem, every player is in the same meeting from day one and signs they understand the punishment for pot is suspension during off season from games, during season dismissal. What really pisses me off is thieves and assaulting women, ogletree should have been told that after the stealing incident – anything else you are dismissed. The same goes with Sanders Comings – if you assault a female you are gone regardless of excuses – you are dismissed.
Richt is a pssy and so is McGarity and the others supposedly in leadership position and responsible.
Georgia is now Bobby Bowdens version of Florida State, criminals and THUG U. A bunch of bilbe thumping talking head hipocrites!
GT
March 30th, 2012
4:15 pm
And who wrote this blog today? The Georgia Athletic Department. Take the drug test out of the equation and I still bet Georgia has one of the highest behavior problems in all college football. You are blind if you don’t see the real problem but cheerleaders seldom do.
This team plays sloppy on the football field. This team had an athletic director that gets locked up for a DUI in a car with a girl’s pantie’s in his lap. Every month it is “we are going to improve ourselves” and every month someone out of this very small group of privileged people goes to jail or should of for breaking the law. And I bet for every one in the paper there are 10 that get off because of who they are or influence for adult groupies who have no life. This team does not want to play for Georgia, I am not even sure the coaches even care beyond their own selfishness to what this does. I don’t think Georgia realizes these kids lose football games because of off field lack of disciple. Cry all you want to about unfairness, I see a bunch of wasted talent, because things have been made too easy not too hard. These guys lost to Colorado two years ago the worst team in football They lost to Mississippi State, no amount of suspensions should have allowed this fine a group of athletes to lose to those far less talented groups.
Boise Dawg
March 30th, 2012
4:16 pm
I agree completely Jeff, but I also think the NCAA would need to enforce it by conducting the testing themselves. Clearly Georgia isn’t afraid to test its star players and right after Spring Break no less.. but unless the NCAA also creates tight rules around who is tested and how often, you will have the same problems of teams policing themselves and not testing their best athletes or by giving them a heads up, so the test isn’t a surprise or random.
Isn’t Syracuse potentially in trouble because they didn’t enforce penalties for their failed tests under their own policy? Again, stupid for them to get in trouble for that when there is nothing set in place that says they even have to have a set policy.
Unfortunate for Georgia this story was leaked… it will be difficult now for Rambo to “appeal” and have his suspension either swept under the rug or reduced to 2 games.
Boise Dawg
March 30th, 2012
4:19 pm
Good for Georgia for having a tough policy and actually enforcing it. I am not upset with Richt or any of the coaches over this. Sit Rambo’s butt and let the next guy step up and play. If he wants to quit on his team and enter the supplemental draft because he has to face the music.. then good riddance, next guy up. I’ll be cheering hard this fall for the players on the field.
TossSweep
March 30th, 2012
4:19 pm
It’s surprising that NCAA allows each school to have their own drug policy especially when it comes to sports. There definitely needs to be standards and equal playing field when it comes to something this serious. I side with CMR on this one. He’s doing what’s right for the University, the team, and the players.
TallaDawg
March 30th, 2012
4:20 pm
LWK- If your brother is doing all of that he is doing something much more harsh, addictive and expensive than weed.
Dumb dawgs
March 30th, 2012
4:20 pm
“Awww AuburnCreed don’t be sad because your little program cheats (CAM) and gets put on probation all the time.”
Auburn hasn’t been on probation since 1993, cupcake. Besides, you should be more worried about all the drug addicts that come through Athens.
Dumb dawgs
March 30th, 2012
4:21 pm
THUGA is well on it’s way to another Fulmer Cup. It’s about the only thing THUGA can win.
Dumb dawgs
March 30th, 2012
4:21 pm
“You can bet big bucks LSU, FL, SC, and Bama didn’t even think about it!
And those schools aren’t having issues like THUGA. Worry about your own school.
Dumb dawgs
March 30th, 2012
4:22 pm
“Just think of all those games that Dyer would have missed had he been tested”
Dyer was kicked off the team, cupcake. What is it with all of the jealous hate of other schools? You THUGA fans need to get a life.
Dumb dawgs
March 30th, 2012
4:23 pm
“UGA’s higher standards are lauded and respected while continually improving policies.”
Two words: Red Panties
Dawglasville
March 30th, 2012
4:25 pm
A Father – I’ll ask you again, like I have on other blogs, who is your team? You love to examine my school’s program but we can’t take a look at your school’s program. That makes you one of the most spineless trolls on this board.
GT
March 30th, 2012
4:25 pm
Get the police involved, then it would be fair. Take it out of the hands of the college and athletic department who have a conflict of interest. Drugs are illegal and you have proven you have people taking drugs, what more do you want. I would have the paddy wagon over there and cuff em and take a ride down to the station. No influence from the school, or alumni could stop it, you just lock them up now and save the state a lot of money locking em up later. These people need to understand there is something out there bigger that that dumb coach they are fooling all the time and they are obviously dumb beyond description. It is call the law and they don’t care if you are an All American you are a common criminal in their eyes or should be. Very fair system.
Boise Dawg
March 30th, 2012
4:27 pm
GT… you live in a glass house? Isn’t one of your tennis coaches being charged with rape? Glenn Rice Jr? Javarris Crittenton? And I know there have been plenty of football players at Tech in trouble the past few years… yes Georgia has problems with players, but you look silly when you act like it is any worse than what goes on at Tech. The media just cares more about Georgia.
And it is really laughable when any Tech fan wants to talk about Georgia not beating other teams. One win us Georgia fans can count on most years is beating Tech.
Dawglasville
March 30th, 2012
4:31 pm
Big Crimson 75 – “Our Coach runs a little tighter ship!!” Absolutely. Massa Saban so’ run a tight ship.” That’s the way you Bama guys like it.
Heavyhitter
March 30th, 2012
4:32 pm
It is amazing the games players are suspended for such as The Citadel, Georgia Southern and Jacksonville State. You seldom see them suspended for the games that count. Just a slap on the wrist! What kind of kids does Richt recruit?
George Stein
March 30th, 2012
4:36 pm
Last I checked a charge wasn’t a conviction, Boise. Javaris Crittenton is no longer attending Tech and hadn’t for several years. I know it’s difficult, but next think three seconds, then speak. Got it?
do the math
March 30th, 2012
4:39 pm
UOAD @2:37, you are an idiot. Watch the tape of the 2010 AU game..the UGA players were 5 yards onto the field, not “charging” or “storming” it. It was akin to baseball players at the top rail of the dugout. You were hoping for suspensions because it’s the only shot your pathetic GT Nerds had….
Boise Dawg
March 30th, 2012
4:39 pm
Best way to punish these guys is to recruit well and have replacements ready to go. Aren’t disciplined or smart enough to lay off the reefer when you know there is a chance you will be drug tested in the next 30 days? Keep that bench warm… next guy up.
Boise Dawg
March 30th, 2012
4:43 pm
George.. where did say conviction? Has Tech had problems with players/coaches in their athletic department over the years? I don’t rag on Tech or any other team when problems like this come up… because I know it can and does happen at Georgia. If you didn’t get my point, I can’t help you…..
Hoopster
March 30th, 2012
4:45 pm
This just shows how stupid UGa is as well as their players. Supposedly has one of the strongest drug policies, yet these dumb athletes still do the things to get in trouble. And this whole “i didn’t know the brownies had pot in them” is a huge joke.
C'mon man!
March 30th, 2012
4:46 pm
The opinion in this blog and the comments are exactly what is wrong with this country. Instead of taking responsbility and trying to correct the problem at UGA, I’ve read “we need to make fair playing field” and “others just do not test.” First, if the UGA athletic department makes its standards, then they have no right to try and impose their standards on anyone else. There are NCAA and SEC standards. If the school does more, fine. If it “harms” the school then that is for the school to deal with but UGA has no authority or right to impose its testing standards on any other institution. Obviously, UGA’s standards and discipline are not working. Second, the results of drug testing are private as they should be considered a medical report. Why this information is always reported in the AJC, I have no clue. It is possible that other schools are testing, the athletes’ tests are negative, and there is no reason to announce it to the world. Just because some UGA athletes test positive does not mean that the other SEC schools are covering up their positive tests. Maybe those schools have better drug awareness programs or those athletes realize if they miss a few games, they will not see the field because their backup will take their position. Just because it happens in Athens, does not mean that it happens in Gainesville, Columbia, or any other SEC town. Third, the plantation comments are so offensive. So UGA has drug testing. So what. that does not mean that the other schools do not care about their players and treat them as products of a plantation. The last time SEC football graduation rates came out which emcompassed enrollees from 2001 to 2004, UGA ranked 4th behind Vandy, LSA, Florida and Bama. Auburn and MS State were close behind UGA. Three schools that finished ahead of UGA in graduation rates have won national championships and so did the one right behind. Maybe the issue goes beyond the positive drug testing or stealing from your teammates. Maybe it goes to the dancing in the endzone or the coach making the “choke” sign to a college student. Maybe the AJC should worry about the field at UGA before comparing it to other schools because in reality, it does not compare.
GatorInATL
March 30th, 2012
4:48 pm
I love it. An UGA player gets busted for pot and you try to turn it around and make UF look bad. You know, it is possible to just say “we screwed up” without pointing out everyone else’s problems as well.
George Stein
March 30th, 2012
4:49 pm
But of course you did just rag on Tech for it because … you don’t like our football team? I guess I see no reason for you to bring up an accusation against a tennis coach or a charge against a former player, except for deflecting this away.
Look, I’ve said a million times that the behavior of one individual (or several individuals) doesn’t reflect on a school. The fact that people are even trolling on this stuff frustrates the fool out of me.
Dr. Kenneth Noisewater
March 30th, 2012
4:53 pm
Good Article JS!! I agree on universal testing & policies across the board. Same applies to NCAA when it comes down to other “issues” that they can’t seem to get straight- 4 games for this, 2 for that, 6 for this, etc.
Paul in NH
March 30th, 2012
4:54 pm
UGA’s drug policy does appear to be much sterner than most other schools but I am not sure that having an NCAA sanctioned standard would level the playing field – even if all of the membersw could agree on a workable standard. If schools can work out how to work around scholarship signing limits they can work around drug testing limits. You’d see school A with random testing of players school B tested them on a schedule.
Big Crimson 75
March 30th, 2012
4:54 pm
Dawglasville — I know you’re disappointed in UGA but no need to get racial.
That type of language died with the Jim Crow Laws. Sorry.
Boise Dawg
March 30th, 2012
4:55 pm
George… not trying to deflect anything. Just calling out one Tech fan that thinks Georgia is the only athletic department that has bad apples… which I did find ironic given recent media stories about Tech. I don’t make a habit of trolling about other teams problems.
I’ll say it again.. glad Georgia supposedly has a tough drug policy and if Rambo did flunk his test, glad it has come out and I hope he does sit for 4 games.
George Stein
March 30th, 2012
4:59 pm
Then that Tech fan is a moron. He isn’t the first and probably won’t be the last.
Perhaps I’m a bit testy because I have found myself in the unenviable position of defending UGA players recently. If so, I apologize.
CDAWG
March 30th, 2012
5:00 pm
So what some are saying is to hell with the rules and mentoring these young men, win at all costs. I like to win as much as anyone but these are CMR’s policies and I agree with him. Just like I tell my son, I don’t care how stupid you think the rule is, it’s a rule and either follow it or pay the consequences.
Earl Hickey, You don’t know much about UGA with your statement that anybody that can spell CAT can get in. Check out the averagae GPA’s of the last few freshman classes coming in.
Wet Willie...keep on smiling
March 30th, 2012
5:04 pm
There is no way auburn would have graduation rates that high! Less than 50% of thier black football players graduate from Auburn(not my story USA Today last year posted the results). Remove the so called drug issues from the UGA issues and you still have major discipline problems and it shows each and every game. Richt has no problem playing thugs since he came from Thug U and only upgraded is resume at FSU. Someone in the AD complex likes the guy no doubt. He wins some games but is no threat to take it to another level due to lack of player discipline and just respect. The UGA players fell the need to get into the face of the opposition each and every game and that is a fact and that is on the staff! Do your job and STFU and play but that isn’t good enough for your team. You talk a great game but you don’t play at the same level.
Stop blame game and fix the problem! I can see Crowell walking away from Nick Saban after one of his many feckups! Yeah right. That speaks volume for anybody with half a brain.
Dawglasville
March 30th, 2012
5:04 pm
Big Crimson 75 – I’m a 46 year old, white, Georgia native who thinks that Alabama runs it’s program like a plantation. If your coach didn’t, he wouldn’t gray shirt and he would enforce a tough drug policy. He has built a winning machine and you guys don’t care how it is built as long as wins. I think that is sad. I’m not getting racial, I think it is a very fair critique. Now, you had your troll moment and I had my response.
Bobby Bowden on coaching: ‘Try raising 100 kids; it ain’t easy’ | UGA sports blog
March 30th, 2012
5:10 pm
[...] shared a lot of what Bowden said about drug-testing and the behavior of modern student-athletes in his Friday column. But following is some of the other good stuff Bowden shared as he addressed the group for about 15 [...]
Dawglasville
March 30th, 2012
5:10 pm
George Stein – Stay the course my friend. As you know it is better to be right and let the red/black/gold chips where they fall.
George Stein
March 30th, 2012
5:11 pm
Christ. Can we stop calling people who make a mistake thugs?
George Stein
March 30th, 2012
5:11 pm
Agreed, Dawglasville.
Boise Dawg
March 30th, 2012
5:19 pm
Wet Willie.. I think Richt sent the appropriate message Crowell needed based on the extra running backs he recruited this offseason.
dean
March 30th, 2012
5:24 pm
On his way out of the coaching profession, Coach Bowden gave us this: “Anybody else got a question? (pause) Except her. Just like a woman.” We love ya Bobby! (It’s too bad he was in this column and not the annual Women Want In at Augusta one.)
C'mon man!
March 30th, 2012
5:24 pm
Dawglasville – You can say that you are not getting “racial” but you should have used a better choice of words. Your comments show that you know nothing about how Saban runs his program or his character. I know that UGA fans like to disparage him but I think you attacking a man’s character that you obviously know little about is very sad. He and has wife has given back so much to the Tuscaloosa community before the tornado and an incredible amount after. If you ever hear his players speak about him, you know that they look up to him. Maybe that (instead of hiding and covering up the rule breaking) is why these men are not getting into as much trouble as some other programs. He emphasizes academics. For example, the 2009 team which was undefeated and won a National Championship had 13 players who had graduated during the season and 22 had graduated by the bown game. Alabama placed 38 players on the SEC Honor Roll in 2011, the highest in the SEC. I know that Richt is a good person. I am not saying anything bad about his character. That is the difference I see between the UGA fans and other fans. You cannot attack his coaching ability because the results are there. However, you should get informed before you attack a man’s character. Would you say these thing to his face or tell his players they are on a plantation?
Jeff Schultz
March 30th, 2012
5:25 pm
Thanks all for the comments (so far).
Jeff Schultz
March 30th, 2012
5:26 pm
Herschel Talker — “Schultzie: Nice piece, but the title should have been “Georgia’s problems reaffirm Mark Richt should be fired.”
HT”
<< HT. You are, if nothing else, consistent.
Zolpidem Drug | Zolpidem Drug
March 30th, 2012
5:27 pm
[...] Georgia’s problems reaffirm NCAA needs uniform drug policy – Atlanta Journal Constitutio… [...]
Jeff Schultz
March 30th, 2012
5:29 pm
Academic Man — “If every school adopts the same drug policy (say the highest one) then shouldn’t every school adopt the same admission standards as Vanderbilt so no competitive disadvantage is created?”
<<< No. That’s completely different. Schools at different levels academically, both in admission standards and mandates. Some are heavy science, some liberal arts. But it doesn’t matter what somebody’s academic level is — whether they drink or take drugs is the same for everybody.
Jeff Schultz
March 30th, 2012
5:32 pm
Wezzie — “Why drug test the week after spring break” is one of several questions that hasn’t been answered yet. But personally, I don’t think kids should get a pass just because it’s spring break. You either do or you don’t.
Jeff Schultz
March 30th, 2012
5:33 pm
Weezie — “LWK weed is not pyhsically addictive substance. It is mentally addictive-anybody can beat it if they want to bad enough.”
You know absolutely nothing about addiction.
Big Crimson 75
March 30th, 2012
5:38 pm
Dawglasville — No need to state your age or ethnicity — it showed.
The Players @ UGA don’t care about winning. They could care less. Every year — breaking rules & breaking laws. What if the Policies weren’t so stringent, like most pup fans are wanting — there’d be absolute chaos – anarchy!!
Paul in NH
March 30th, 2012
5:41 pm
Jeff,
The “don’t test after spring break” comments from some posters are bizarre – it’s like saying the police should only have sobriety check points on weekday mornings instead of on Friday and Saturday nights.
Ole Yeller Dawg
March 30th, 2012
5:44 pm
On the lighter side: Do coaches get drug tested? 3rd & long – Coach Bobo calls a draw play, up the middle, with the smallest player on the team! (Carlton Thomas) Not once but many times! That should be grounds enough to pass the pee cup to C/Bobo… cause he’s high on something?
Does anybody remember that play ever working? But Bobo keeps calling it… cause he”s high on something?
bamaguy
March 30th, 2012
5:50 pm
The penalties seem a bit harsh to me. Why should the penalties for a “student athlete” be any stricter than for any student? And we shouldn’t treat all instances the same. For me, testing positive for a little marijuana the week after spring break is not the same thing as taking a swing at your girlfriend or stealing.
I, as you can assume, don’t follow UGA football all that closely but this Rambo kind seems like a good enough sort. He shouldn’t have his future in the NFL damaged because of this.
kybodawg
March 30th, 2012
5:56 pm
these kids need to realize like it or not pot is illeagle. in the real world you stub youre toe at work you get tested. there are no susspensions you get fired. thats the way it is stay away from youre pot smoking buddies till u are home away from school.
Delbert D.
March 30th, 2012
6:03 pm
Drug testing should be mandatory, frequent and carry the same penalties at every institution. I don’t see how anyone can rationalize the use of illegal drugs. Furthermore, think about the supply chain: organized crime.
Nub
March 30th, 2012
6:06 pm
$$$$$$Atention$$$$$$ all Bama and gator fans …please share your schools drug testing policy..
evil empire
March 30th, 2012
6:13 pm
no need for uniform standards…make sure your standards are understood, and the consequences of deviation from the standards…if, say ole miss or auburn want less stringent testing, thats on them…enough of the nanny-state bs…the georgia athletes are well informed of the schools policies and procedures…the policy didn’t fail, the athletes did…stop signing kids who cannot follow the rules you set forth…
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
March 30th, 2012
6:17 pm
Same ol same ol
More player discipline issues
10 win seasons
Sitting at home watching other teams contend for championships
Contract extensions to nowhere
Boise Dawg
March 30th, 2012
6:17 pm
Bama guy. Regular students aren’t subject to random drug testing… at least I wasn’t when I was in school. Your question should be.. why does Georgia or any team test for pot? I guess I understand why they do..IMO, division 1 atheletes should be living a pretty clean lifestyle to maximize their athletic potential. I did play sports in high school and there was a no drinking/drug policy for every team I was on. even though we weren’t ever tested we did lose a teammate for getting caught with drugs.. kicked off the team, first offense. I didn’t play sports in college.. wasn’t nearly talented enough.. maybe could have tried to walk on, but I knew I wanted to go to parties and drink and have some fun while in school and I didn’t think that would mix with trying to be a Divison 1 athlete…
TossSweep
March 30th, 2012
6:19 pm
@C’mon Man
“First, if the UGA athletic department makes its standards, then they have no right to try and impose their standards on anyone else. There are NCAA and SEC standards. If the school does more, fine. If it “harms” the school then that is for the school to deal with but UGA has no authority or right to impose its testing standards on any other institution.”
First, YOU’RE AN IDIOT. Who said anything about UGA should impose their rules on other schools??? NCAA and SEC impose their rules on college sports…period!!! If they impose rules, then they need to make it standard across the board how each school needs punish their athletes for doing dumb crap like this. If not the NCAA or SEC, then all coaches should vote on the standards and agree to it. Just like voting on the number of scholarships each school should offer and not oversign. Problem with your picture is it allows other schools to be more lenient so they have the best athletes to win.
Ellasdawg
March 30th, 2012
6:22 pm
Get rid of the thugs and recruit talent with brains. Richt has limited coaching skills and now this stuff every year. No wonder we cannot play for the big game?
Gtjohn
March 30th, 2012
6:25 pm
Let’s see – what would the penalty be if they tested positive for drugs when applying for or working at a company? Maybe coach Mark is too lack.
Boise Dawg
March 30th, 2012
6:30 pm
Guys with NFL potential like Baccari Rambo are really stupid given that NFL teams also test for pot and you face fines/suspensions for failed tests, so no team wants a player with a pot smoking reputation. Not only is he facing a 4 game suspension at Georgia, but he his hurting his draft stock and will have to answer questions to NFL scouts and coaches about why he isn’t disciplined enough to lay off the brownies.
Boise Dawg
March 30th, 2012
6:32 pm
Gtjohn… not to mention the NFL tests for drugs, including pot. Guys with NFL potential like Rambo our doubly stupid to even mess with pot when you know you could be tested. Not only is he facing a 4 game suspension, but I guarantee his draft stock is taking a hit. Every NFL coach/scout will want to know why he wasn’t disciplined enough to lay off the brownies.
230gr Full Metal Jacket
March 30th, 2012
6:34 pm
Typical, VERY predictable response by the pups here — also the same logic/excuse used by every 5th grader on the planet. “Well everybody else is just as bad” Really? Are you actually suffering from such a rectal-cranial inversion that you believe that? It’s truly sad what is going on with the UGA football program right now. The focus should be on winning a National title, which ya’ll definitely have the talent for. However, as long as you continue to use “special admissions” for over 70% of the football players this is the sort of mess you are going to have to deal with. Trying to point out what other programs do or don’t do is truly pathetic. How does what UF, UA, USC, UT, GT, VT, Clem, etc, etc do somehow justify your own teams failures??? How about being adults and saying “We have a problem with the discipline in our program and we are going to fix it. Others can do/don’t do as they wish — it’s irrelevant to us and our situation” instead of acting like little boys and saying “well Johnny did worse than I did!” as if that somehow makes your own problems/acts acceptable. Most college kids (and MANY adults) smoke pot from time to time and I too feel it isn’t particularly a big deal. However, when you have been given the honor of a full athletic scholarship to a Division-1 school, you must hold yourself (and be held by others) to a higher standard, no pun intended. Pointing your fingers at other programs in a pathetic attempt to justify or diminish the problems within your own is just laughable. Man up and clean your own house instead of whining about others!!
Larry
March 30th, 2012
6:36 pm
So, in short, if a kid likes to smoke dope he’s be better off attending Florida, right?
Makes perfect since…
Cdpridg
March 30th, 2012
6:37 pm
Sometimes in order to appear one is running a tight ship…is to turn a blind eye.
Big Crimson 75
March 30th, 2012
6:37 pm
More bad news for pup-nation
-Rueben Foster will be transferring to a High School in Alabama to finish out his SR year b/c Troup fired his Coach/Mentor.
I assure you, He’s not transferring to a HS in Alabama to sign with UGA.
pttc
March 30th, 2012
6:43 pm
Didn’t take 5150 UOAD to jump on this clearly UGA blog, despite all the lip service he and all his George Stein and Supersize type Techies give to UGA fans “trolling” the Tech blogs. Sometimes people even get bored enough to read an article about tech, and then it is so easy and so much fun to gig them into a little pi$$ing match on the blog. Like being a puppetmaster.
steve
March 30th, 2012
6:45 pm
What an idiot you are? Did you even read the article? The other schools do hide it fool — they don’t test for it. If you don’t test for it, then you will never have a problem. Oh, that’s right..you graduated from Alabama.
George Stein
March 30th, 2012
6:51 pm
That’s precious, pttc.
First, show me one time where I’ve said anything about UGA fans on a Tech blog. Second, this isn’t a UGA blog; it’s a column. Third, you freely admit to trolling, so they’re correct about you and your type.
evil empire
March 30th, 2012
6:52 pm
the policy didn’t fail, the athletes did…
get that thru your thick skulls dawgfans…these kids know/knew thr rules, and chose to ignore them…thats it, end of discussion…doesn’t matter what they do at hawaii, pittsburgh, utah, etc…do you think if everyone had the same rules, these kids would not fail drug tests…they don’t care what your rules say, cause if they did they wouldn’t be suspended now…
Beast from the East
March 30th, 2012
6:58 pm
I’m a Gator, and I agree that there should be a uniform polciy for drug testing/guidelines. But I also believe that admission standards should be uniform. UGA has far more “special admits” than most schools. Think that might have something to do with the character issues? Nah, that would make too much sense.
I also find it hilarious that you would get quotes from one of the weakest disciplinarians to ever roam the sidelines. Bobby Bowden was a great coach but he was as weak as water when it came to discipline and standards.
5150 UOAD
March 30th, 2012
7:11 pm
I have no doubt Mary Jane has uses. @ years ago when my mom started Chemo for cancer I went to a young guy that works for me and asked if I could get 2 joints. He went NUTZ saying He didn’t know where to get it. I looked him in the eye and told him about my mothers cancer and said I just want her to get HUNGRY cause she was losing weight like a 25 year old girl would die for. He got me 2 Js. i went to mom and dads. I gave then to mom. Dad tried to get in a physical fight with me over me bringing DOPE in the house. He thinks it should be a legal prescribed drug but since it is illegal he went NUTZ. I think Mary J has uses and needs to be prescribed too. The Issue here is it is illegal. RAMBO knew it but didn’t care enough for the possible great season UGa could have and still smoke it. FOOL.
5150 UOAD
March 30th, 2012
7:14 pm
ALL of you crying for a UNIFORM DRUG POLICY need to agree that NO player that can’t get in school with his/her ACT or SAT and High School transcripts should be admitted. At UGa the regular student body only has 6% Special Admits. Make that Apply to the Athletes too. Don’t cry UNIFORM POLICY if that doesn’t apply ACROSS the BOARD to ALL STUDENTS.
2,000 lbs of grade a bu££hurt
March 30th, 2012
7:24 pm
Spin, spin, spin. Richt is a good man and fine coach, but his players have NO respect for him or his rules.
2,000 lbs of grade a bu££hurt
March 30th, 2012
7:27 pm
As far as other schools hiding it, that is the opinion of the writer. What Proof do you have that CNS or any other SEC coach has drug problems as rampant as UGA?
Josh
March 30th, 2012
7:30 pm
Ok of the BCS schools only 57% test for banned substances. Of those less than 1% have strict punishmennts. So less than 1% of BCS schools really care if their players follow the rules. I’m glad UGA holds their players to a higher standard. And drug enforcement isn’t the same as academic admissions. Marijuana is banned, the unintelligent aren’t. Illegal drugs and admissions have nothing in common. They can only set minimum standards because you can’t hold valdosta state to the same standards as harvard. Schools like the ivy league would not like having to lower their requirments for admissions, this is why there are minimums. Now banned substances should be treated equally. Banned substances shouldn’t create a competitive disadvantage. If everyone has to follow the same rulebook, then they should have the same penalties.
5150 UOAD
March 30th, 2012
7:35 pm
JOSH and 80% of college students don’t have jobs. So WHO IS ENABLING THIS DRUG & ALCOHOL ABUSE? I hear all you SEC fans wanting to PAY the players and do you think these abuse will decline? HAHAHAH.
kingdaddy
March 30th, 2012
7:35 pm
It’s not all the players. Most do care,and they are hurt by the ones who think the rules of life don’t apply to them. When I was young we had a thing called in-house justice to help the numb-nuts think about their actions. In the military, idiots get you killed. At work,they get you fired,in football,your team loses a game they should have won! Time for old-school in-house justice…
kingdaddy
March 30th, 2012
7:40 pm
5150
You’re a Sadist…
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
March 30th, 2012
7:45 pm
Frankly Im sick of the excuse of “people make mistakes”
They all know doing drugs is against the law
When you know something is wrong and do it; its not a mistake
kingdaddy
March 30th, 2012
7:45 pm
5150
HaHaHaHa, Really? Laughing at our pain is a mental disorder. Take two assburns and call me in the morning…
Just looking.
March 30th, 2012
7:45 pm
C’mon man! – Best post ever!
kingdaddy
March 30th, 2012
7:47 pm
None of you arr perfect. Me either…
5150 UOAD
March 30th, 2012
7:48 pm
Kingdaddy It is FISH Friday do want me to cook you some Salmon? I can Grill it and add some Chili on the side to give you the VARSITY flavor. LOL
5150 UOAD
March 30th, 2012
7:50 pm
a SADIST? maybe a Masochists I am a TECH fan after all LOL.
5150 UOAD
March 30th, 2012
7:50 pm
Kingdaddy the GT v UGa baseball game is in rain delay right now.
Cdpridg
March 30th, 2012
7:58 pm
UGA is one of the few schools left with any integrity. Simply put they hold their players accountable for their actions…some of the most strict policies in the NCAA. I could name many schools nearby that do not hold their players and administrators to high ethical standards but choose not to.
bitter troll
March 30th, 2012
8:08 pm
hashbrowns exposed to croch—-or—-brownies tanted with mary-jane
———————-or trailers and red-necks——-and saban and lots of lies
——————–you chose
childrojc
March 30th, 2012
8:08 pm
@LWK your brother had more problems than weed. he is a full on crack head and lazy
Georgia should quit trying to set the bar on student athlete behavior off the field. let these guys be 18 -22 year olds that go to class chase tail,and let loose a little. It’s not like we have Lawrence Phillips, Maurice Clarett, or Marcus Vick on the team. Pretty soon all of our recruits are going to University of Southern California so they can smoke medical marijuana , get laid and win a National Championship for Lane Kiffin.
bitter troll
March 30th, 2012
8:13 pm
I got banned while in school in athens in 1983. the female dorms voted for my removal
and that any man who could inflick a gapper the size of the grand canyon should be banned for life
———————did i cry——no———————get over being suspended, move on—-hahahahah
kingdaddy
March 30th, 2012
8:14 pm
ALL FANS are not idiots. Some Ga fans are childish when they attack any other schools entire fan-base. Having read MANY of these blogs, I enjoy different opinions IF they are TRUE. Some morons just want to bash us and I know who they are and I take them with a grain of salt. Ga.fans who hate anything not UGA, are just as wrong. It’s what’s wrong with the younger generation today. No RESPECT FOR OTHERS FEELINGS OR OPINIONS. Hateing shows a lack of understanding and patience. Not all people deserve respect. I’ve met more morons on AJCs blogs than I can count,both sides. I’ve also met people whom I don’t agree with who are now my friends. We need RESPECT in this world to not destroy ourselves as human beings. A little respect would also cure our football team and help them learn what it means to be a TEAM…
5150 UOAD
March 30th, 2012
8:17 pm
kingdaddy sorry too many Jacks & Ice. It is not the GT V UGa baseball game it is Tech v Duke. My bad. I need to keep cooking. LOL
5150 UOAD
March 30th, 2012
8:19 pm
Cdpridg
March 30th, 2012
7:58 pm
UGA is one of the few schools left with any integrity.
LMMFAO……………Integrity?………..STOP having better than70% of your football team be SPECIAL ADMITS and then you can talk.
5150 UOAD
March 30th, 2012
8:21 pm
Cdpridg
March 30th, 2012
7:58 pm
UGA is one of the few schools left with any integrity.
INTEGRITY?…………Then be like Bobby Dodd and leave that Win At All Cost Conference and get back to a STUDENT athlete.
Dawglasville
March 30th, 2012
8:22 pm
C’mon man! – I would like to take your argument about what is wrong with this country in another direction. Some are going to hold Saban in such high regard because of the trophies. He is a winner. That is the American way. I can’t do that. Not as long as he gray shirts. He is putting his career before the needs of those kids. That is one example of why I think your coach, your University, and your fan base has a plantation mentality. I think it is funny that you some of you Bama guys call Richt “da preacher man” when you guys think that Saban the Second Coming and he has no faults. Let him go 8-4 and then let’s see how great of a man he is. Oh, and by the way I would have no problem telling Coach Saban or his players that I believe that the University of Alabama was run like a plantation if I knew any of those gentlemen. My comments were directed more to those who want to worship him on Saturday.
Big Crimson 75 – Unlike you, I guess I am surprised at your age, assuming you graduated from Alabama in 75. I am surprised that a man of your age is on the blogs every day bashing everything that is the University of Georgia and pounding your chest about how great Bama is. That would make you a 53 year old troll. Really sir, how is that possible? Don’t discuss race relations with me. The first time you threw out the term “THUGA,” you pretty much disqualified yourself as an expert on the subject. Why don’t you Bama guys say something constructive and act like you have been there before. You need to look at your W.W.N.S.D? bracelet and ask yourself if He would like all of this taunting?
kingdaddy
March 30th, 2012
8:23 pm
Don’t hate me cause I’m purtty…
Big Crimson 75
March 30th, 2012
8:24 pm
king — the ship is sinking bro!!
the Apocalypse is upon UGA.
Come on over to the good side King!!
kingdaddy
March 30th, 2012
8:27 pm
BC75
You’re older than dirt. I thought you were @37ish
Dawglasville
March 30th, 2012
8:29 pm
kingdaddy – And in the spirit of your request I would like to point out that I have no problems with Bama or any other grads or fans of other schools. I don’t like trolls. I don’t care if they wear crimson, gold, orange or even red and black. If you sole purpose of being on any site is to annoy people then you should grow up.
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
March 30th, 2012
8:31 pm
Big Crimson
The ship has sunk at UGA and Im a fan
Big Crimson 75
March 30th, 2012
8:32 pm
Dawglasville — I’m not 53. I’m not on these blogs every day. I’ve never used the word “Thuga” in my life. I don’t have a W.W.N.S.D. bracelet.
I’m proud to be a Bama grad & a Bama fan, if that makes me “pounding my chest” — that’s your opinion.
I assure you several UGA fans on here will vouch that I rarely dis-respect UGA, unless it’s more than deserved — such as the events that occurred within the last 48 hrs.
kingdaddy
March 30th, 2012
8:33 pm
Luke…I am your father… Come to the dark-side..
kingdaddy
March 30th, 2012
8:38 pm
Dawglasville
You’re on the side of enlightenment. BC75 is AOK and not that old, but I’m close…
kingdaddy
March 30th, 2012
8:42 pm
Guys, gotta go to the Dew-Drop and do my thing. Our kids will never learn respect without us showing them the way. Drink-on…
Joe
March 30th, 2012
8:44 pm
Someone needs to be the strictest. Equal and the same regulations brings into the solution of no ifs buts or ands. Some would get away with some more harsh incident than others based on how it effects the culture of the community or school. Equality in this sense is not equality. Having uniformity everywhere consititutes people in positions to regulate and administer punishment to the organization without fail. Communistic kind of idea with the all the same idea.
Big Crimson 75
March 30th, 2012
8:45 pm
king — the Offense is gonna have to step it up!!
It’s on Murray – Crow – King & the boys now.
The Secondary is gonna need some Coaching.
Thing is — I know UGA fans hate hearing it from other schools but, there are issues @ UGA. As much as Richt is a nice guy & a good Coach — this kind of trouble is on his door-step.
Something is amiss somewhere — You got upper-classmen like Rambo, whose actions are completely un-acceptable. Y’all have/had a shot @ possibly something BIG this yr!!
Gene
March 30th, 2012
8:46 pm
Adams put in the strict drug testing, just like everything else at UGA in the last 15 years. This was probably when he was campaigning for the NCAA job and wanted to appear tough on crime. Schools need drug testing to spot meth and cocaine and more dangerous substances. These things are on campus tool. If you allow marijuana, then you allow dope dealers who steal players wallets.. The story of the girl having a joint in her purse is in the same category as the brownies on the counter and the red panties mystery. If it was in her purse, how did the cops find it? Did they search passengers? Was the car filled with smoke? The marijuana issue aside, what about the thefts and violence against women? Richt is the conference master at covering up illegal behavior, and that is exactly why it continues.
Cdpridg
March 30th, 2012
8:47 pm
5150….baited again…..lmfao!!!
Common Sense
March 30th, 2012
8:49 pm
From fanhouse:
At Florida, Illinois and Purdue, student-athletes at those respective schools may have up to five positive drug tests before being dismissed. Those are easily the nation’s most lenient policies, at least as far as allowing a student-athlete the most chances.
Dawglasville
March 30th, 2012
8:55 pm
Big Crimson 75 – you got me on a technicality. You did not say THUGA on your 4:13 post. You wrote, “Nothing is gonna help UGA’s much deserved Thug Image.” Now – you think that tag THUG fits the University of Georgia Football program. Underage drinking, pot, stealing a bicycle helmet? I smoked pot my sophomore year at UGA. I stole a hoola hope from Hooters probably that same year. I drank underage in high school. So, did that make me a thug? If that did then unfortunately a lot of college kids are thugs. Those same thugs go to Alabama, MIT, Clayton State, Georgetown. You name the school, those kids are there too.
Richt is not only testing them when he knows they are most likely to fail, he is following through with the punishment. He gives them the freedom to screw up and punishes them when they do. He teaches them a lesson. Maybe Rambo and Tree are not coachable in life. I don’t think Coach Richt will put up with it much longer. If you like your guy, fine. Most UGA fans like our guy. No need to come on the blogs and say “puppy” this or “puppy” that. That is demeaning from jump street. All I would ask is not to be a troll.
Dawglasville
March 30th, 2012
9:05 pm
BC 75 – off to bed. Much love. Maybe I got up on the wrong side of the bed this morning. Maybe I woke up to the reality that we will face Missouri with out 33% of our starting defense. Can’t go away with anger in my heart. Have a good night and I’m sure we will do this again on Monday. Hopefully with better results. Peace.
AJC Jockey
March 30th, 2012
9:15 pm
I’ve never seen an American news/sports outlet jockey a University like the AJC. Rather than place blame at Richt and UGA they would rather enable and make excuses for the numerous arrests. The problems at UGA have nothing to do with UF, GT, Bama or any other school. How about being a little honest and objective in your reporting?
Big Crimson 75
March 30th, 2012
9:17 pm
Dawglisville — No Worries bro. It’s College Football!!
Back & fro is whats it’s all about.
It’s what makes Southern Football — Southern Football.
I wouldn’t have it any other way.
Common Sense
March 30th, 2012
9:21 pm
Florida’s Erving Walker has been charged with stealing a taco!! Those lenient pot rules lead to other things!!
Tdawg
March 30th, 2012
9:23 pm
Who ever think’s that UGA is the only school with pot heads are complete idiots. You can tell the schools who have no drug testing. It’s simple. All you have to do is ask yourself, what school never has any of their player’s busted for drugs. I can think of at least 2 schools just west of Georgia who has never had any kid’s fail a drug test. Well I know of at least 5 schools that their fans would have to shut up if there was a uniform drug policy in the SEC.
Big Crimson 75
March 30th, 2012
9:25 pm
Tdawg — examples please…..which schools just west of UGA have never suspended a player for drug use?
Gorilla Biscuit
March 30th, 2012
9:41 pm
Take a drug dog into any dorm in the U.S. and he would flip his lid. Except maybe Liberty U. On the other hand I went to school with some preacher’s kids and they were wilder than anybody.
FLA DAWG
March 30th, 2012
9:43 pm
Here’s a novel idea………….try enforcing the same law that applies to the general public regarding illegal drugs…………just a thought.
Another freaking wasted year under Richt and Bobo.
UGA Alumni……..are you complacent with this krap!?
Do something, write something, withold your donations, stop buying tickets and dopey Dawg Toys.
Come on – do something for your school. Don’t just drift along with what’s going on.
We affected a change in Defensive OC a couple of years ago and the result was Grantham who has turned the D around to a slathering bunch of rabid dogs waiting for anything to cross their path.
We can do the same with the Offense but it requires the removal of Bobo and (due to McGarity and Adams) much later (I regret) Richt himself.
All you need do is act now.
FLA DAWG,
Class of ‘79
GT fan
March 30th, 2012
9:44 pm
Richt and the university choose to be strict with drugs, so what? They are doing the right thing. They are trying to teach their athletes a thing or 2 about the real world. Can’t do illegal drugs while in the work force or else. Richt is a nice guy that always tries to do the right thing even if its not the most popular decision. Mad props to Richt. All the other schools only care about football and nothing else. There are more important things in life.
kral
March 30th, 2012
9:55 pm
gene you need to be put in charge of the CMR cover-up…because what you say they’re doing seems to be working as well as NIXON AND WATERGATE
The Bear
March 30th, 2012
10:20 pm
Yea that’s a great idea let’s make more rules for the NCAA to legislate. In the past if there was a suspicion of drug use the players in question would be tested. Not in this day and age, everything has to be equal. Love how some folks on here are still in denial about the trend at UGA and want to deflect it by saying this school and that school do it why don’t they get in trouble? The main reason why you don’t hear about other schools is simple they keep it in house the way it should be. If you are going to drug test student athlete’s then why not drug test the whole student body for that matter.
Roll Tide
A Father
March 30th, 2012
10:21 pm
Rambo should have 6 game suspension per the policy that GA follows. Cannot change policy regardless of tears or begging.
Rambo, go in supplemental draft and spare GA us all your winey tears .
Serve 6 games then play or go pro, no one really cares.
Big Crimson 75
March 30th, 2012
10:25 pm
Father — Rambo should have stayed in Cambodia for another sequel!!
He’s never playing @ UGA again.
Keith T.
March 30th, 2012
10:29 pm
Guys. the truth has to be realized that it is 2012 and pot is a blessing, and one of the most harmless and beautiful drugs in the world. I can’t even believe penalty and pot are mentioned in the same sentence. This is Georgia, and especially in Atlanta and most of South Georgia, the majority of kids 15-25 smoke pot, I would say 75 percent, all races-white, black, asian, latino, everyone. The list of potheads at UGA could fill a phone book…
Odell Thurman
Justin Houston
Carlton Thomas
Isiah Crowell
Ken Malcolme
Branden Smith
Bacarri Rambo
Alec Ogletree
and those are just the guys I know have gotten caught. Im sure at least 40 percent of the team smokes. I mean I still dont (and will never) understand what the big deal is. This is brutal to watch these good kids get crucified for smoking a harmless, mellow herb in the privacy of their apartments. And to those who say it is illegal. You won’t be able to say that in 5 years, as 13 states have already legalized medical marijuana, and California is likely to legalize fully in 2012. Narrowly missed last vote at 48 percent approval. When it becomes legal, is UGA still going to be suspending guys for a third of the season for lighting a legal joint? Probably, sadly….
Keith T.
March 30th, 2012
10:34 pm
How many drug suspensions by Nick Saban at Alabama last year….ZERO!
Is that because there are 0 pot smokers on Alabama’s football team, or Nick Saban is not a maniacal, ruthless jerk of a human being like Mark Richt, and realizes these are young men in the prime of their lives enjoying being young? Yes, Mark Richt is a despicable human being for suspending 2 future NFL 1st rounders for enjoying one of God’s sacred herbs….tragic.
Big Crimson 75
March 30th, 2012
10:34 pm
Keith — I hear ya towlie —- You forgot the great Quincy Carter & who was the white-boy WR playing with Q?……oh wait, They were trafficking Blow!! Wrong Drug!!!
Keith T.
March 30th, 2012
10:35 pm
The sad hipocracy of this is that Mark Richt professes to be Christian, yet doesn’t seem to understand that Jesus put the Cannibus plant here on Earth, used in sacredly in ceremonies, and even had Cannibus oil rubbed on his grave. Sad…
Paul in NH
March 30th, 2012
10:37 pm
Josh
March 30th, 2012
7:30 pm
Ok of the BCS schools only 57% test for banned substances. Of those less than 1% have strict punishmennts
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I just love it when people make up statistics to try to support their point. There are 120 BCS schools. 57% of 120 is 68. Less than 1% of 68 is less than ONE school.
Keith T.
March 30th, 2012
10:39 pm
The number of Alabama football players suspended for drugs in 2011…Zero.
That is because Nick Saban is a decent human being who understands it is crucial not to punish young men for their choice to ingest one of God’s sacred herbs, put on the planet as a blessing. Mark Richt, the despicable human being he is, would rather suspend 2 good-hearted, NFL prospects and ruin their lives over a joint or two on spring break. Breaks my heart, and I want Richt fired immediately for this tragedy!!! Why is there not more outrage at Richt and UGA for this?
Keith T.
March 30th, 2012
10:41 pm
FIRE MARK RICHT FOR RUINING THESE YOUNG MEN”S LIVES OVER A PLANT!!!!!!!!
WEED WILL BE FULLY LEGALIZED IN CALIFORNIA BY THE END OF THE YEAR!!!
Gibson Dawg
March 30th, 2012
10:41 pm
I bet we will be 4-0 when the Big Dawgs come back. Bet we beat the snot out of everbody else. Including SEC west and WIN the National Championship, (smoking dope or not).
Keith T.
March 30th, 2012
10:42 pm
The number of Alabama football players suspended for drugs in 2011…Zero.
Insanity…That is because Nick Saban is a decent human being who understands it is crucial not to punish young men for their choice to ingest one of God’s sacred herbs, put on the planet as a blessing. Mark Richt, the despicable human being he is, would rather suspend 2 good-hearted, NFL prospects and ruin their lives over a joint or two on spring break. Breaks my heart, and I want Richt fired immediately for this tragedy!!! Why is there not more outrage at Richt and UGA for this?
Beast from the East
March 30th, 2012
10:50 pm
Ginson Dawg,
I’ll take that bet for $5,000. Where’s your money?
Cdpridg
March 30th, 2012
11:28 pm
They say thousands of Alabammers flooded across the state line today to buy lotto tix….what would the Bammers do without the great state of Ga
Dawg Whisperer
March 30th, 2012
11:49 pm
Yeah rightttt… Biggy Crimson, you’re rarely disrespectful of UGA. Your comments alone today contradict that remark. Do you bother to read your own comments? I wouldn’t either since there is nothing of substance there.
Big Crimson 75
March 31st, 2012
12:08 am
Whisper — I disagree about the respect.
Y’all have deserved the Heat for the last 48 hrs.
Illegal Cannibus
March 31st, 2012
12:21 am
Last time I checked marijuana was an illegal drug. All players on all teams know this. Morons on this blog want equivicate beer to marijuana. If they are the same then the alcohol would be all these players need. These players don’t have jobs or other responsibilities that every day people have. They go to class and hang out in the spring/summer. No practices to keep them busy daily. Yeah there’s some spring practicing. I just wonder which player at UGA is next to screw up ?
Gibson Dawg
March 31st, 2012
12:23 am
beast from the east, whats your address?
icedawg
March 31st, 2012
12:34 am
You are right, there needs to be a uniform policy and it needs to be strict. Drugs, drinking and driving, criminal behaviour should be strongly, strongly discouraged. Immaturity is no excuse.
Po Boy
March 31st, 2012
12:37 am
Dey jus was smokin a lil weed. Rambo ate up a few brownees. Dem blunts make you hungry as a mugfug.
kingdaddy
March 31st, 2012
4:13 am
I am fed up to here with the defensive players on this team. CTG, what the hell is going on? I thought you were the cure. I’ve never been so dissapointed in a Ga. Team in my life and you haven’t even played a game. Derrick POS LOTT, I hope you BIH you quitter. Loser. I have never been so ashamed of a Ga. Team…
A Father
March 31st, 2012
8:55 am
I think Rambo goes to supplemental route asap, nothing to gain at this point staying at UGA.
Brandon Smith: minimum 6 games second offense, he flunked drug test prior to Florida last year.
Lott was a really good player and needed for our Defensive Line Depth. Our fat boys are exhausted after three plays, anyone carrying that kind of weight shold be exhausted.
The worse is still yet to come, Butts Mehre is in Flames!!!!!!!!!!!
Jay
March 31st, 2012
9:10 am
“am as sick as anyone about what has been happening @ UGA with the drugs, but this article is right on target. Smoking marijuana is a cultural thing and ”
Yeah black culture. And it’s no surprise their culture is the reason why they are the poorest, commit by far the most crimes and have by far the most kids out of wedlock with multiple partners. Gee connect the dots. What CMR is doing is trying to help them NOT become wastes of society. Most people who smoke weed are lazy and wind up doing nothing with their life.
Gus
March 31st, 2012
9:29 am
Jeff why not an article that says the ncaa needs a uniform academic policy!
Bryan
March 31st, 2012
9:36 am
Old Recreational drug use implies usage no more than once a week. Today it’s 4-5 x a week. And the pot is laced today and much stronger than stuff from 10 sef 20 years ago.
Scott
March 31st, 2012
9:38 am
1ST – UGA IS CONSIDERED AT TOP PARTY SCHOOL. YOU NEED TO HAVE STRICTER GUIDELINES IF YOU WANT TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF INCIDENTS INVOLVING DRUGS AND ALCOHOL. THERE ARE TOO MANY TRAGIC STORIES OF STUDENTS WHO PARTIED TOO MUCH. YES, I PARTIED IN SCHOOL, BUT YOU STILL NEED SOME GUIDELINES FOR IT.
A Father
March 31st, 2012
9:55 am
Jay well written:
Many past teammates who are black that did not project a thug image, got a degree and does not smoke weed or have alcohol problems are very successful. The very fact that GA / Mark Richt recruits a player with no rules discussed prior to signing is where the problem starts:
Mandatory Understanding To Play Football At Georgia:
Go To Class and Persue Education —
Project Image At All Times– No long hair or dreads, facial hair, baggy pants, etc.
Discipline– No list of penalties as stages or per bad deeds, your off scholarship on one, on two your off team
These GA fans that want to accept 10 -4 season as successful should be fine with this. I demand more from our leadership at GA which is non existant. I wonder if Michael Adams is even alive today, it has been two years since he has taken responsiblity for the Athletic Department of which he controls as President. Sickening need some hard core questions and reporting
Big Al
March 31st, 2012
10:10 am
Just call UGA Pothaid U. Mighty fine human beings those mangy Dawgs. LOL
techie pansy schedual
March 31st, 2012
10:25 am
TO UOAD (MEMBER OF TECHIE DOUBLE DUMB ASS CLUB) i DID NOT NOTICE TECHIE NAME ON THE DRUG CHECKING LIST. BUT i THEN REMEMBERED THAT TECHIE DOES NOT CHECK ANYTHING NOT EVEN GRADE SCORES SO THEY ARE ALWAYS PLAYING PLAYER THAT HAVE FAILING GRADES AND THIER ANSWER WAS THEY DID NOT KNOW THEY DID NOT HAVE PASSING GRADES SO WHY WOULD THEY CHECK DRUGS. THE ANSWER IS THAT MOST OF THE PLAYER ARE ON DRUGS ARE THEY WOULD NOT GO TO TECHIE.
bsg3003
March 31st, 2012
10:27 am
Jay- are you kidding me? white people smoke it too. get your racist head out of your a**. I am actually a BLACK teenager who goes to a mixed school, and trust me, there is no cultural thing with marijuana. EVERYBODY DOES IT. (except me) Remind me what drugs white people used in the 60’s/70’s?- LSD, Shrooms, and oh right, WEED! all of them are hallucinogens. Don’t come at me with that BS again.
Dawg Tired
March 31st, 2012
10:28 am
Apparently “Creed” actually went to Auburn given his inability to think rationally.
George
March 31st, 2012
10:38 am
Steve are you serious????? Good god y’all Are dumber than I thought. Please explain to me how we cheated with cam. Do you know something the FBI,irs,and 24 NCAA investigators don’t?? If so please enlighten us. Otherwise give it a rest and worry about your pathetic program instead of trying to make false accusations against the relevant sec teams. And when was the last time auburn was on probation? Alabama?lsu?usc?ut?uga?
Ted M
March 31st, 2012
11:01 am
Jeff – Was it, in fact, Richt who set those standards? Or Evans or someone else? Would a new coach have to abide by them? Or could he change policy?
just curious.
HighTech
March 31st, 2012
11:04 am
What interest does the NCAA have in this? They apparently already give schools the ability to make their drug policy as harsh or as lenient as they want. I could see the NCAA taking an interest in performance enhancing drugs, but recreational drugs? Would a team that passed the doobie before a game have a competitive advantage over a team that didn’t? Someone mentioned Liberty University. If Liberty suspends a player for premarital hand holding or dancing, should the NCAA impose similar rules on other schools or should they set a more lenient policy for Liberty U?
One gripe I have is these policies should be set at a certain number of games. For instance one game, two game, or five game suspension for each offense. Suspending someone for a percentage of games seems ridiculous. I’m all for simplification.
juice sourcer
March 31st, 2012
11:04 am
Cannibus is bascially legal in California. There are actually cannibus growing warehouses in downtown San Fransisco…..not illegal…. yet college football players are being suspended for taking a drag. Absurd!
HighTech
March 31st, 2012
11:14 am
What interest does the NCAA have in this issue? The NCAA apparently allows the schools to be a harsh or as lenient with their drug testing as they want. I could understand their interest in performance enhancing drugs but not recreational drugs. Does a team taking the field while high give them a competitive advantage over a team that is not? Maybe if the other team is drunk.
Someone mentioned Liberty University. If Liberty suspends a player for premarital hand holding or dancing, does that mean the NCAA needs to impose the same rule on other schools or make a policy for Liberty U that is more lenient so they are not at a competitive disadvantage?
Why it is SO QUIET at GT on this subject
March 31st, 2012
11:17 am
GT men are the Right Stuff. Our men stay home and watch Little House on the Prairie re runs and study and that is very easy to do …………………..when you have no gal pals or friends.
Wet Willie...keep on smiling
March 31st, 2012
11:26 am
auburn is the without a doubt the most cheating program in college football but they’re good at and have been since 81! The FBI isn’t in auburn today to go to church with Rev Chette!
Gorilla Biscuit
March 31st, 2012
11:30 am
Speaking of Liberty University, again, I used to work with a guy who was recruited to play football for them. He got kicked out of school for having a girl in his dorm room. Talk about tough policies.
And for the guy who lumped Marijauna in with hallucinogens, dude, that wasn’t MaryJane you were smoking.
Gorilla Biscuit
March 31st, 2012
11:34 am
The only thing pot ever made anybody hallucinate was that a bag of Cheetohs was a steak dinner. Kinda like in cartoons.
SawThat1nce
March 31st, 2012
11:37 am
Ted M @11:01…….raises a good question, who sets the policy, standards, or rules, for the drug tests?
Is it Rev. Richt, or the University?
Trey Mehrebutts, Proud UGA Alumnite
March 31st, 2012
11:53 am
Just make excuses for them. Why should they respect themselves and the university enough to exhibit good conduct? Let ‘em slide, Clyde. They are just boys being boys. What did you do when you were in school? Did it involve suspensions and the Clarke County Jail? Cut ‘em some slack. Bring in inspirational leaders like Grantham who can be a moral compass. Hahahahahaha! I am an alumnite but I don’t like this behavior.
DawgNation
March 31st, 2012
11:54 am
SawTaht1nce,
Who cares? The policies, standards and rules are in place and are conveyed to every athlete signing with UGA. There should be no surprise’s to any athlete about this, and the consequences of failing to follow the set policies, standards, and rules. This is not Mark Richt’s or the Universities fault. The blame, and ensuing punishment, belongs with the offending students. I hate it for the program but I applaud the resolve by the entire UGA athletic department to maintain a higher standard for its athletes.
GDAWG65
March 31st, 2012
12:04 pm
Schultz you are right the NCAA should establish a meaningful punishment line for violation of controlled substance abuse; but the school should be able to raise the bar of the punishment at its discretion.
hind tit
March 31st, 2012
12:04 pm
What good will a nation wide policy do if other schools order the police to look the other way. I know that UGA don’t recruit all the stupid thugs since all the schools recruit the same players. They are one of the few schools that don’t look the other way.
SawThat1nce
March 31st, 2012
12:22 pm
11:48……Well Dawg, good for you.
I want to know, that is why I asked the question.
SawThat1nce
March 31st, 2012
12:24 pm
make that 11:54 at the Dawg.
SawThat1nce
March 31st, 2012
12:29 pm
Could the “higher standards” of UGA, be one of the reasons, that so many native-Ga. athletes, defect to out of state schools.
Sid
March 31st, 2012
12:32 pm
Barbicide
March 30th, 2012
2:30 pm
First. The reality is that marijuana is the modern day equivalent of a six pack. Something has to give or Georgia will suffer as a result
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That has nothing to do with the policy. And in this state you are in illegal possesion if you have alcohol in your system under the age of 21. So instead of trying to legitimize the offense obey the law and thus the rules. It’s not like they don’t know the penalties from Richt if they want to chance it. It’s tough and should be tough. Making it universal in the NCAA is fair. You want a paid education, obey the rules.
King Gator
March 31st, 2012
12:42 pm
Georgia late to the party on this one – Snoop Dawg
Jason
March 31st, 2012
12:46 pm
So where is the article detailing how the ncaa needs a uniform admissons policy. This is typical liberal thinking. Always gotta have someone in control over everyone or everything.
Tide Rising
March 31st, 2012
12:50 pm
“I don’t think Coach Richt will put up with it much longer.”
A famous dog quote from around 2008. 4 years later it gets rehashed again and again.
brad
March 31st, 2012
12:50 pm
juice just because a bunch of far left wackos in california legalize a harmful drug, doesn’t make it right. you want holland, go move there. your standard of living will drop immensely.
A Father
March 31st, 2012
1:04 pm
Whispers are that Aaron Murray and another offensive player that was with him in key west may be two of the other players that failed drug test. It seems that alot of pressure has been put on the players because of some actions and photo’s during spring break. Alot more going on inside than being reported, Schultz, dig in and get the real scoop behind this, may be some threats coming toward the Georgia program from some parents — hint hint
Hey Hey Hey We're the Monkees
March 31st, 2012
1:43 pm
If everyone who ever drank some beer or took a toke off a doobie while on springbreak Had it written up in the Ajc, The newspaper that day would be as thick as a New York City phonebook.At a lot of school they don’t do tests or it would have been pushed under the carpet.
Wet Willie...keep on smiling
March 31st, 2012
2:21 pm
Well another Dog bites the dust today! UGA is on a roll for sure with players seeking playing time elsewhere. You should be able to sign about 50 players and friends of players on NSD 2013 maybe even some uncles or aunts if needed.
I knew we (fans of other teams) better stop laughing because Karma is just around the corner for us as well. With the type of characters coming into the player pool we’re all going down in the end. Just a matter of time. Even as tuff as Nick Saban is in addition to amount of time and effort spend trying to weed out the bad parents and players bad apples will slip thru the crack and embarrass the program.
Nativebird
March 31st, 2012
2:56 pm
The Georgia policy is good, and so is any school that endeavors to hold young men to a standard. The notion that “they all do it anyway” is a lie. They don’t all do it. There is nothing wrong with saying, if your going to represent this institution, then you are not going to use drugs.
dan
March 31st, 2012
3:11 pm
Good points Jeff.
The reality is that kids today are in such a fish bowl with all this social media. They aren’t necessarily doing dumber things than previous generations, everything is just so out in the open. I think the problem with this generation of student athlete is that they aren’t taught how to use failure as a learning opportunity because they aren’t taught how to fail. There is either no consequence for failing, or the punishment is FAR too severe and it ruins their lives. The purpose of higher education and athletics is for students to fail, experience it,and then find a way to overcome it. But the problem at places like UGA is that it’s all about money at the expense of the quality of the education. Sure the top 10% succeeds and makes all the fancy alumni publications, but the other 90% is pretty much disregarded. Our schools are far too big to fail in this country, but that’s another rant.
What it comes down for the UGA football players is that right or wrong, the policies are strict. And if they choose to break them, they do so at their own discretion.
bama dawg
March 31st, 2012
8:47 pm
you can take the playa out of the hood but you cant take the hood out of the playa
Louisiana-Monroe_Anyone?
March 31st, 2012
10:15 pm
nice article schultz.
btw, when was the last time either of the AL schools ran a drug test???
Umm
March 31st, 2012
10:23 pm
The pont of this article is that UGA has tough penalties for a player smoking pot. The article points out that UGA’s policy is, in fact, as tough as Kentucky’s and one of the toughest is the SEC.
Here is the problem for all the UGA fans wanting to cling to the supposed “unfairness.”…The penalties only go into effect if you break the rule. If the players didn’t act like idiots and do pot to begin with, then they wouldn’t be suspended for 10%, or 50% or get kicked off the team.
Louisiana-Monroe_Anyone?
March 31st, 2012
10:27 pm
Umm, you jack*ss!
read the article again…..a lot of schools don’t even drug test to identify if a penalty should even be imposed.
Umm
March 31st, 2012
10:31 pm
Louisiana,
Classy on the name calling.
“a lot of schools don’t even drug test to identify if a penalty should even be imposed.” So, umm, do you proof of that, or is that just something that all UGA fans are saying over and over until it is believed?
However, it still doesn’t change my point. If players would simply not break a rule to begin with, then you wouldn’t have to worry about it at all now would you? AND, if UGA really is testing more than anybody else, then doesn’t that make the fact that your players are failing drug test even more idiotic?
Keith T.
March 31st, 2012
10:52 pm
Umm… I see you don’t get the point. The RULE is UNFAIR to begin with, when 90 percent of the other SEC schools either don’t test AT ALL, or don’t PUNISH for failed tests until the 3rd or 4th, then how is that even close to fair. Banning pot, a natural relaxing herb, is as arbitrary (in my opinion) as banning them from eating vanilla pudding. So if Georgia suspended Aaron Murray, Isaiah Crowell, and Jarvis Jones are suspended for 8 games for eating Vanilla pudding, while players at Alabama and LSU have pudding parties where they go through dozens of vanilla, chocolate, and butterscotch pudding is that fair? Because that is the honest truth to me, I don’t agree with weed’s legality, and I think it is no more harmful than a dinner mint, and suspension for it’s use is disgusting and SHOULD be called out, and the coach enforcing the suspension should be fired. There is no line drawn at UGA, and next thing we know they will be infringing more on these youngsters privacy rights as to what they do in the privacy of their own homes….UP NEXT at UGA suspensions coming for anyone caught sipping a glass of wine for dinner, having premarital relations with a female, or smoking a cigarette in a public place. Absolutely dispicable UGA!!!
The Monger
March 31st, 2012
10:55 pm
Well, Mr. Umm… I see you don’t get the point. The RULE is UNFAIR to begin with, when 90 percent of the other SEC schools either don’t test AT ALL, or don’t PUNISH for failed tests until the 3rd or 4th, then how is that even close to fair. Banning pot, a natural relaxing herb, is as arbitrary (in my opinion) as banning them from eating vanilla pudding. So if Georgia suspended Aaron Murray, Isaiah Crowell, and Jarvis Jones are suspended for 8 games for eating Vanilla pudding, while players at Alabama and LSU have pudding parties where they go through dozens of vanilla, chocolate, and butterscotch pudding is that fair? Because that is the honest truth to me, I don’t agree with weed’s legality, and I think it is no more harmful than a dinner mint, and suspension for it’s use is disgusting and SHOULD be called out, and the coach enforcing the suspension should be fired. There is no line drawn at UGA, and next thing we know they will be infringing more on these youngsters privacy rights as to what they do in the privacy of their own homes….UP NEXT at UGA suspensions coming for anyone caught sipping a glass of wine for dinner, having premarital relations with a female, or smoking a cigarette in a public place. Absolutely dispicable UGA!!!
Louisiana-Monroe_Anyone?
March 31st, 2012
10:56 pm
the point of the article….as you missed, pertains to the fact that not all schools are regulating their teams by the same rules.
My PROOF is shared in schultz’s article in that only 5 other schools carry such a stiff penalty for 1st time offenders. there’s no public information on just how many times a school actually administers the drug tests. i have no idea whether UGA administers more than others or not…..though i’ll bet that they do…based on the fact that they have installed such heavy penalties for failing such tests.
a penalty should be enforced to the UGA players for breaking the rulles….but its not an even playing field when other schools don’t enforce such penalties.—–that is the point of the article.
Umm
March 31st, 2012
11:03 pm
Louisiana…
“but its not an even playing field when other schools don’t enforce such penalties…”
The problem with your supposed point is that nothing is equal in college athletics. Academic admission policies are different at schools…so is the academic standards by which you get to keep your scholarship…recruiting budgets are different…as is atheletic department incomes…as are salaries…attendance,,,facilities…etc.
You can complain about how the playing field on this one issue is not equal. However, I think it has more to do with the fact that UGA has been bitten by the doobie bud as of late.
Umm
March 31st, 2012
11:10 pm
Keith T or The Monger? I am confused. Looks like you are posting under different names.
Outside of your pudding analogy, I would like to be informed on how you know that 90% of other schools either don’t test for drugs?
Again, nothing is fair and perfectly equal in college athletics. Calling out this one issue is just simply sour grapes.
All the players have to do is simply not do drugs. Period.
bill h
March 31st, 2012
11:27 pm
Big Crimson is usually respectful toard Georgia; and, I respect him for it….he, Crimson Crush, Blackout and The Bear are all great Bama posters and have very interesting and respectful insights on here regularly….they are not ther disrespectful haters like a couple of Bama posters…the main one being wet willie….guy is full of hatred for anything to do with Georgia, the state or the University….he is rall obsessed with his hatred….but, I think the UGA poster on here today who said Big Crimson 75 is not respectful is wrong, we appreciate you Big Crimson, continue to call em like you see em.
Dog in Nam
March 31st, 2012
11:34 pm
I mistakenly did not use my regular posting name, the only one I ever use in fact, it showed me as bill h which are my name and last initial that somehow was left in the box…..guess i have’nt commented on here, but I am Dog in Nam and i think Big Crimson is usually respectful toard Georgia; and, I respect him for it….he, Crimson Crush, Blackout and The Bear are all great Bama posters and have very interesting and respectful insights on here regularly….they are not ther disrespectful haters like a couple of Bama posters…the main one being wet willie….guy is full of hatred for anything to do with Georgia, the state or the University….he is rall obsessed with his hatred….but, I think the UGA poster on here today who said Big Crimson 75 is not respectful is wrong, we appreciate you Big Crimson, continue to call em like you see em.
Dog in Nam
March 31st, 2012
11:37 pm
and sorry my posts are so late, but I’m living on the other side of the clock from you guys!
Evansdawg
April 1st, 2012
8:31 am
I love how the haters say things like UGA has a discipline problem, its all Richt, UGA is corrupt, etc. etc. Fact is, our stict policy is what PUTS THIS STUFF IN THE PAPER. It makes it seem like the problem is at UGA and its larger there than anywhere else. Fact is, if other schools did the same…the same crap would be happening there. No…the guys should do th e right thing and stay away from the trouble….but…its the offseason, they are kids…and they are bored. I wonder how many schools administer a drug test right when players return from spring break. Yes….that is shooting yourself in the foot these days. And Richt cannot go on spring break with these guys. Its a sad…SAD reality. All of these suspensions and dismissals (more are sure to come) will surely derail what could have been a special season. This crap will cost us at least 2 games.
ugab
April 1st, 2012
8:49 am
I BELIEVE UGA’S DRUG TESTING POLICY IS RACIST AND UNFAIR.. WHY WOULD ANY SCHOOL TEST PLAYERS THE WEEK AFTER SPRING BREAK.. DOES ANYONE THINK ALABAMA AND ANY OTHER SCHOOL WOULD TEST THEIR PLAYERS AFTER SPRING BREAK.. THIS POLICY NEEDS TO BE CHANGED IMMEDIATELY.. PLAYERS ARE GOING TO SMOKE AND DRINK. I BET THAT OTHER SCHOOLS LET THEIR PLAYERS KNOW WHEN A TEST IS COMING UP/
ugab
April 1st, 2012
8:49 am
CMR IS A JOKE FOR LETTING ANY OF HIS PLAYERS GET TESTED AFTER SPRING BREAK.
takedowndawg
April 1st, 2012
8:54 am
As others have eluded, this is sickening. What, Alabama, Auburn, LSU, South Carolina and Florida have not had any players disciplined for M.J. use in the past few years? Boy, Saban, Miles and Steve Spurrier are truely “Miracle Workers” at their respective football programs. Miracle Workers…….
ugab
April 1st, 2012
9:09 am
CMR is a fool
ugab
April 1st, 2012
9:14 am
takedowndawg; You are right. Why aren’t any other SEC school testing players after spring break? Are we trying to win, or tryn to get players suspended or kicked off the team? Young college kids are going to get high and drink.. I think it is a racist policy..
ugab
April 1st, 2012
9:14 am
oh yeh, and I am white.
realitycheck
April 1st, 2012
3:16 pm
takedowndawg………Todays pot use is yesterday’s six pack and don’t expect other schools to cut their own heads off like UGA is doing. Pot is basically already legal in Colorado, California, and other states too. UGA better loosen their policys or they’ll be fighting to stay out of the SEC basement because these strict policys are going to be a big fat negative in regards to recruiting going forward.
DanielH
April 1st, 2012
3:29 pm
I disagree 100% with this article. It’s 2012 and we don’t live in a Islamic society. Drugs should be legal and UGA should stop being stupid and hurting our football team for no good reason.
bama dawg
April 1st, 2012
5:48 pm
A racist policy? You realy believe they only test players that are of one race? That card is so old and overplayed
BILLDAWG
April 1st, 2012
7:39 pm
This is stupid of UGA to put itself at a disadvantage to the competition. What “genius” thought of this?
tell me again
April 2nd, 2012
7:14 am
Academic Man – if all colleges had the same academic standards as Vandy or say Yale, the college populations would drop to a fraction of what they are now – football players or no. The vast majority of the population does not rank a 130 or higher IQ and neither are they able to ace SAT’s or what test you choose as a qualifier. Colleges have always had differeing standards of admission regardless of football. Having said that, I have previously written that a college should not allow ANYONE admission unless they meet the criteria they set for ALL students. That would level the playing field a great deal and return the college game to the level of true amatur sports and get rid of the insane expectations for these teams and players – it’s suspposed to be for fun, afterall.
Columbus Dawg
April 2nd, 2012
7:53 am
If everyone stays away from Sanford Stadium this season it will send a huge message to the idiots that be in Athens. There is not a single game on Georgia’s schedule that any average Georgia team should lose. Not one. If Richt loses any game on this 2012 schedule he should be fired. If the idiots that be suspend the whole team, that is their business as long as NO games are lost.
I know that all the old fart, Richt loving D.A.’s will still show up every week to support the mediocre B.S., but if the University of Georgia Football team loses ONE game on this schedule then every one with a brain should boycott every game at Sanford Stadium. There are a LOT of people who work hard for their money who support this nonsense in Athens, and just like the FAILING days of Ray Goff, we should see large gaping holes in the seating at Sanford if every single game is not won. These idiots are also spending tax payer money from many Georgians who could care less about how inept UGA’s coaching staff is. This is a travesty. This man Richt has taken more money from this STATE sponsored university than any one man in the state’s history.
Suspend them all, Richt, but you had better not lose a game.
FLA DAWG
April 2nd, 2012
2:13 pm
It’s a valid point you make Mark – and I make no excuses for my Dawgs.
But unless the testing is done by an outside contractor that fully verifies identification of the player we can never rely on the universities to do it themselves legitimately.
Tim
April 2nd, 2012
5:45 pm
A 21-year old College student should be able to smoke marijuana legally. Just legalize it. It makes no sense that these football players can go to the local bar and drink 10 shots of tequila, but if they smoke half a joint they get suspended. Alcohol is much more harmful anyway. The drug laws are insane. Every year there are college students from some fraternity dying because of alcohol poisoning. There are zero deaths from pot. The drug war is asinine. How long will we allow this foolishness to continue?
Tim
April 2nd, 2012
5:54 pm
Seriously, why would any athlete want to go to UGA? Most schools give there athletes plenty of leeway. But the University of Georgia police and Athens police target athletes in a way that I’ve never seen at ANY OTHER SCHOOL IN THE COUNTRY.
Ruining an athlete’s life because of pot. It’s never for the dangerous toxic drugs like cocaine, meth, or heroin. These UGA athletes keep getting arrested for Bull**** crimes like underage drinking and marijuana possession. I’ve never seen the police in any college town that literally TARGETS ITS ATHLETES like they do in Athens.
FLA DAWG
April 2nd, 2012
8:47 pm
Tim,
Has anyone told you that you are out of touch with reality?
Doyle Hargraves JR
April 2nd, 2012
9:10 pm
Booby Latrino was finally whacked this weekend. I have been trying to tell you all this for years but no one believes me. He didn’t just loose control and wreck that motorcycle. He was attacked by the same deers that attacked Rod Coldman on that jet ski at Lake Lanier. Arthur Blank keeps them in a private stable at Flowery Branch and until now they were trained by Mike Mularkey. Now that he is gone the new OC has been working with them and they took care of buisness toot sweet. Hopefully Goodell doesn’t find out or else this will make the Saints look like saints. Wait
FLA DAWG
April 2nd, 2012
9:12 pm
Tim,
Are you aware of how many people are killed every year by drivers under the influence of alcohol or marajuana?
Check your facts and you might reconsider your position.
I have been Richt’s biggest critic but enforcement of the law is paramount and enevitable.
In the long run The Dawgs (hopefully) will be better, the school will be better and we will all be better for this.
Doyle Hargraves JR
April 2nd, 2012
9:23 pm
How many people are killed by drivers under the influence of marijuana? Compared to deaths due to speeding, texting or not wearing a seat belt? Not so many I bet, but very difficult to determine.
Fact is, it is an illegal drug according to the laws of this country and to me the point is that if you don’t obey the laws and then get caught, you suffer the consequences. Move to Amersterdam if you want to smoke pot everyday. Nothing wrong with it IMO, but unless you live by yourself on a private island in the middle of nowhere, your freedom is predicated on following the rules of the country you live in.
FLA DAWG
April 2nd, 2012
9:36 pm
Doyle,
You seem to be speaking out of both sides of your mouth in my opinion.
Exactly what is your point?
Doyle Hargraves JR
April 2nd, 2012
10:25 pm
Point is, I don’t think marijuana poses much of threat to the general public compared to many other things. However, unless those that want it legalized can overturn the laws regarding its possession, it remains a criminal offense and should be treated that way. Also, I am pretty sure Ron Coleman was smoking weed when he was attacked by Arthur Banks deers, so that is why I mentioned it. I hope Arthur gave Dirk Kutter a bonus for taking out Latrino. He deserves it. Jimmy Williams better have eyes in the back of his bong.
Coach Dooley
April 4th, 2012
9:49 pm
On top of everything Jeff wrote, leave it to UGA to drug test the Monday following spring break. It’s like we want to do everything we can to do ourselves in. Anyone who thinks UGA’s not at a major disadvantage with this drug policy is a pluperfect fool. It’s no secret that lots of the brothers smoke weed, and I can assure you that don’t all wear the red and black.
NCBulldawg86
April 6th, 2012
11:19 pm
This is not a Mark Richt policy, but University of Georgia policy. President Adams has been trying to clean up the UGA “party school” reputation, and after a few incidents and issues, has turned the page and is doing his best by going after the students and athletes with more restrictive policies. That is the bottom line. I am not sure where I read the article, but it was a very interesting read and makes total sense. The “blame”, if one needs to point a finger, deserves to be aimed at President Adams. CMR is handcuffed and can only implement the policy, as Adams runs the University at Georgia, unlike Saban at Alabama.
Smoke Em
April 8th, 2012
7:21 pm
Georgia weed — higher quality than florida weed — that make ga players smoke more than fla players. that not fair.
LwDawg
April 9th, 2012
5:33 pm
Who cares if these kids smoke a little weed on their off time. That policy is stupid and they’re ruining these kids’ lives for no good reason.