Slive: SEC needs to be vigilant to avoid Penn State situation
Mike Slive sees Penn State as cautionary tale. (AP photo)
HOOVER, Ala. — Between quoting Churchill, Shakespeare, Muhammad Ali and I believe all but three of the Seven Dwarfs in his State of the Empire address Tuesday, SEC commissioner Mike Slive made a reference to Penn State.
He did it as only a smooth, well-practiced executive could. He didn’t mention the school by name. Or the deviate in prison. Or the legendary late head coach who so clearly either closed his eyes or looked away.
“Last week’s headlines remind us that we must be ever vigilant on all issues of integrity, and that our primary mission is to educate and protect young people,” Slive said at the opening of SEC Media Days. “There must be an effective system of checks and balances within the administrative structure to protect all who come in contact with it, especially those who cannot protect themselves. No one program, no one person, no matter how popular, no matter how successful, can be allowed to derail the soul of an institution.”
If Slive were running for political office, there would’ve be a pause immediately following, “… the soul of an institution,” while his supporters broke into thunderous applause.
He struck the perfect chord. He should.
Penn State is a cautionary tale for major college athletics. It shouldn’t escape Slive that the same warped power structure that existed in State College, which allowed Jerry Sandusky to continue with his sick and perverted ways, could be mirrored in Tuscaloosa, Baton Rouge, Auburn, Gainesville, Athens, Knoxville or on any campus where the image and success of the college football team rank above everything else in importance.
The SEC has been no stranger to scandal for several decades. Illegal recruiting. Academic fraud. A hot, young, blond, female assistant getting a $20,000 bonus from her sugar daddy, the football coach in Arkansas who clearly operated without oversight. (Just to use a recent example.).
The SEC is stuffed with monster football programs and powerful coaches who are treated as deities. One man’s Joe Paterno is another man’s Nick Saban.
That’s not to pick on Saban. It’s just the reality of the situation.
Slive is a smart man. He surely anticipated he might be asked a follow-up question (or two) about his Penn State reference and the potential parallels with SEC schools. He was prepared.
“The point I was making is, we all manage intercollegiate athletics as part of the mission of the institution and that what happened [at Penn State] is something that in a horrific way reminds us that athletics has a proper place in the context of higher education,” Slive said later off stage. “We need to be ever vigilant to make sure we keep that perspective.”
He declined to offer an opinion on how the NCAA should deal with Penn State. (”I wouldn’t presume to put myself in their place.”)
He declined to say how he would react if an SEC school was involved in a similar situation. (”Those of you who know me know I never deal in hypotheticals.”)
But when asked if he was concerned that the potential enabling of criminal behavior and a long-term cover-up could be replicated in his conference, Slive bit.
“Without characterizing it, one thing that I appreciate in our league is the active involvement of our presidents and chancellors, their work with the league, the fact that they meet with each other, face to face,” he said. “All of us — presidents, commissioners, athletic directors, everybody involved — understand the importance of making sure that everything we do athletically is in the context of the institution.”
He acknowledged the ripple effect the Penn State story has caused, adding: “I don’t think there’s anybody in intercollegiate athletics who isn’t sensitive to these matters.”
These are high times in the SEC. The conference has won the past six BCS championships. There are no major NCAA sanctions in football to speak of (South Carolina self-penalized for players getting reduced hotel rates.). Member schools received $20.1 million each in conference revenue sharing in the past fiscal year — and it’s going to go up.
Penn State is sitting on a large treasure chest. But civil suits will cut into revenue, and there’s a chance the school will lose federal funding. It’s what happens when a university loses sight of its mission, something the SEC’s monster programs can’t ignore.
By Jeff Schultz
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5150 UOAD
July 17th, 2012
5:29 pm
UGa has to protect the students from the Criminal Athletes & Cross Dressing Prostitute Teachers
Steve
July 17th, 2012
5:40 pm
And Tech has to protect it’s students from all of the crime constantly happening around campus. In addition to Tech having to constantly pass out pictures of pretty women since not a one exists on campus.
5150 UOAD
July 17th, 2012
5:44 pm
steve you haven’t been on campus if that is what you think.
ALL police have to protect college students in big cities. Very few states allow students to carry guns on campus and the criminals know it.
bc
July 17th, 2012
5:45 pm
5150-What’s up with the odd capitalization? The comment misses the mark if nobody knows what in the hell you’re talking about.
230gr Full Metal Jacket
July 17th, 2012
5:48 pm
Sadly, something like that could very easily happen again at most SEC schools. the reason, pure and simple, is that the schools place more emphasis on the football teams than they do on academics. The coaches can literally do anything they want (just like Sandusky) and nobody will dare to raise a finger as long as they are winning. The mentality/culture that enabled Sandusky at PSU is alive and well in the SEC. Nothing matters but winning football games. Academics don’t matter, just as long as the children win their little ball game on Saturdays. And as long as they keep winning, the players and coaches are free to do ANYTHING they want without repercussion. Players being paid under the table. Coaches being treated like royalty instead of like the public employees that they are. Kids from poor families suddenly have new cars and Mister T starter sets to go along with all of that new ink they got. I’d feel quite safe in betting on at least one SEC program pretty much self-destructing within the next few years. They may not be quiet as bad as PSU, but the general attitude of the fans and administration is identical — and almost all of them would try to cover things up, as PSU did, if their coach was to get in hot water — provided that the coach had a winning record!!
Bill McKinney
July 17th, 2012
5:49 pm
Yeah, nothin like that could ever happen down here. “Lewis, there any hillbillies in these SEC crowds?” “Well…there’s some people who never seen a city before…at least no biggern’ Aintry”
5150 UOAD
July 17th, 2012
5:49 pm
You don’t know about the Arrested Players?
You don’t know about the German Teacher arrested as a cross dressing prostitute?
Where have you been?
Steve
July 17th, 2012
5:49 pm
Funny how all I hear about are robberies on campus, even in dorm rooms. Nice! BC, he is one of “those.” You know, no life, woman, obsessed with UGA, etc.
Hillbilly D
July 17th, 2012
5:51 pm
Member schools received $20.1 million each in conference revenue sharing in the past fiscal year — and it’s going to go up.
There’s your problem. The tail wags the dog.
Steve
July 17th, 2012
5:53 pm
Dez Bryant – Beat his mom and was arrested. What a fine Tech product!
bc
July 17th, 2012
5:53 pm
Of course I’ve heard about those events, I’m wondering why you throw in random capital letters in your comments. It’s as if you’re tAlkiNg iN cOdE or something and you look dumb. Plus your message sucks.
Bill McKinney
July 17th, 2012
5:54 pm
Steve….Dez Bryant went to Ok State you doofus
concern
July 17th, 2012
6:00 pm
Excellent point, Jeff. It seems the SEC has at least one coach that reports to no one. A disaster waiting to happen. Wasn’t that the issue at Penn St and U of O.
UGAFurman
July 17th, 2012
6:13 pm
There is one SEC school where the importance and blind loyalty to football would enable very bad things to happen. Slive knows where he needs to keep his eye on.
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Wilson Pickett
July 17th, 2012
6:19 pm
Concern…Richt does need to be brought under control…you maybe can tote his Bible.
Wilson Pickett
July 17th, 2012
6:20 pm
One thing that you UGA follks excel at and that is envy! You have a problem with your trophy case though.
Bama?
July 17th, 2012
6:24 pm
#ugafurman, you are correct. There is one school in the SEC with a complete lack of perspective. Conveniently, Mike Slive’s office is only 30 miles away.
LakeDawg
July 17th, 2012
6:26 pm
Alabama comes closest to mirroring the PSU situation. Saban is the second coming. EVERYONE defers to him; President, AD, Board, law enforcement, politicians, etc. They better hope that Saban isn’t setting them up for a big fall.
Delbert D.
July 17th, 2012
6:28 pm
“There must be an effective system of checks and balances within the administrative structure to protect all who come in contact with it, especially those who cannot protect themselves.”
Nobody at Auburn could protect themselves from Bobby Lowder. Just ask Tuberville and Bowden.
Mike Slive
July 17th, 2012
6:36 pm
The Penn State way is small potatoes, there is a whole state full of enablers here in Alabama. Vigilance may be the goal, but its wishful thinking. They aren’t selling 100,000 tickets to listen to an Economics lecture in Tuscaloosa, so we can safely predict a major scandal at some point in the future.
Dawg One
July 17th, 2012
6:37 pm
“UGa has to protect the students from the Criminal Athletes & Cross Dressing Prostitute Teachers”
—————————————-
Someone needs to keep an eye on Grantham and Garner. I wouldn’t trust either of those overgrown punks.
Phil F.
July 17th, 2012
6:40 pm
Did UGA display their Fulmer Cup at the Media Days event?
Tube rille
July 17th, 2012
6:40 pm
I walked away with a $7m buyout. Don’t cry for me. I was the one who finally torpedoed Bobby Lowder. And he had it coming.
hey steve
July 17th, 2012
6:47 pm
hate to tell ya but isaiah crowell was on his way to the gt campus to commit some ‘mischief’ when he was arrested.
i guarantee that much of the crime on our campus is perpetrated by wayward uga thugaletes.
lakedawg i disagree
July 17th, 2012
6:57 pm
tell me which coach in the sec goes around hugging and kissing on recruits in the same fashion that jerry sandusky did at pedophile university.
which coach has even invited recruits to go swimming much in the same manner that jerry sandusky had clandestine one on one showers with his boi’s.
which coach has been known to sing happy birthday to recruits?
i have never been around a pedophile but that behavior sure sounds like grooming to me. eh?
wasnt jerry sandusky also a man of god? he even had his own charity much like the the sec coach who will go unnamed.
i dont think it would take a genius to figure out which sec coach this is and ill give you a clue. it is NOT saban.
hunk a' junk
July 17th, 2012
6:57 pm
No more statues to living people please.
FootballTopFan
July 17th, 2012
7:13 pm
Football Top Fan supports SEC President Mike Slive efforts to ensure that all member institutions are vigilant on integrity. The SEC must have a check and balance system to ensure the protection of young people. No one is BIGGER than the school.
Football fans anxiously await the start of the SEC season. The addition of the Texas A&M Aggies and the Missouri Tigers should add excitement to the best football conference in the world.
FootballTopFan@Yahoo.com
C
July 17th, 2012
7:19 pm
‘and that our primary mission is to educate and protect young people,” Slive said’
Protect young people? Can you tell one thing college educators do to ‘protect’ students? I sure didn’t receive any protection. Most college students I know are adults by the time they enter school and have to work and study or they starve and flunk out.
I realize he’s talking about protecting YOUNG kids on the Penn State campus, but that comment goes without saying in any school, church,or home. Just another BS speech in my opinion.
Since the crime around the Tech campus was brought up here, can anybody tell me if it’s any worse at Tech than around Georgia State or Morehouse, or any other downtown Atlanta college?
5150 UOAD
July 17th, 2012
7:23 pm
C…..yes there is crime at all the downtown colleges.
Wilson Pickett
July 17th, 2012
7:38 pm
UGA fans have no trophies but a major problem of Pen-is Envy! You embarrass yourself with your comments regarding Nick Saban then again with one trophy you’re used to embarrassment.
will you sign 40 or 50 this year?
Delbert D.
July 17th, 2012
7:41 pm
@7:19 “Since the crime around the Tech campus was brought up here, can anybody tell me if it’s any worse at Tech than around Georgia State or Morehouse, or any other downtown Atlanta college?”
A task force is forming to reduce crime at downtown and midtown college campuses. So says the AJC.
GTBob
July 17th, 2012
7:53 pm
If Slive were running for political office, there would’ve be a pause immediately following, “… the soul of an institution,” while his supporters broke into thunderous applause.
More like thunderous laughter. The leader of most corrupt and money hungry conference out there is giving an ethics speech. It is pretty humorous.
Flounder
July 17th, 2012
8:41 pm
“that our primary mission is to educate and protect young people”
HORSE $H!T
GT Bob is a Joke
July 17th, 2012
8:42 pm
GT Bob,
At last check, Georgia Tech was on probation for a second time in 5-6 years. So, who runs a dirty corrupt program? Shut the h_ll up until you have room to talk!!
P-Man
July 17th, 2012
9:01 pm
No comments of any real substance here folks. Move along to another blog. Nothing to see here…
UGA is Fed in the A!
July 17th, 2012
9:22 pm
Can’t wait to see the Georgia arrest tallies this fall.
You can take the monkeys out of the jungle – but you cant take the jungle out of the Dawgs.
Dr. Phil
July 17th, 2012
10:12 pm
Slive and Adams are peas in a pod.
JSS
July 17th, 2012
10:32 pm
Are they going to stop “pimping teenage girls” to get the attention of teenage boys on college visits?
@ Hillbilly D…
You’re too smart for this blog!
PMC
July 17th, 2012
11:02 pm
I think the #1 difference is simply that Paterno had been there 60 years. They hadn’t really been relevant in the national picture since about 1996 or so, it’s just that no one wanted to fire him.
Everything corrupt that can go on does go on in the SEC, but for the most part if they stop winning they are gone. The turnover is what keeps the programs “honest”
Politicians, Coaches and Diapers should be changed frequently and for the same reason.
Tide Rising
July 17th, 2012
11:34 pm
I see a lot of cheapshots being taken at Alabama and Saban. I guess that’s to be expected from jealous dawg fans. Rather than being ticked off about someone else’s success you should spend your time worrying about improving your own lackluster program. 32 years and counting….
hey GT Bob is a Joke
July 17th, 2012
11:40 pm
when gt has an embarrassment like jan kemp
when gt has an embarrassment like harrick n son
when gt has an embarrassment like damon evans
when gt has a scum bag cheat like vince dooley for a coach
when gt starts going on ncaa probation every 4-5 years over decades
when gt has a fan base that urinates and defecates on its library carpet and in other classrooms every saturday
when gt has a fan base that leaves 10 tons of trash on its campus every saturday
when gt has a fan base that is asked to not tail gate in their city
when gt has a professor kill his wife and her two lovers
when gt has a transsexual professor arrested on campus for prostitution
when gt has a professor accused of putting feces in another person’s mail box
when gt has a pharmacy professor supply the answers to his students for a nationalized test
when gt vies for the fulmer cup every year.
when gt starts 10 or more fb players arrested every year..
when that stuff starts to happen than you can afford to throw stones. until that time i suggest you stfu before i add to that list.
there is no comparison between the above and haven a t-shirt given to him by a potential agent.
you fail.
Brian
July 18th, 2012
12:06 am
GT has a football program?
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sheepdawg
July 18th, 2012
6:37 am
the atrocities commited by sec schools for the “good” of athletics over education are every bit as vile as the penn state debacle. many young lives haves been ruined by $5 million a year coachs and overzealous corrupt supporters, many of which are not alumni. it has to stop someday. ralph nader and steve spurrier have the right ideas. pay the kids, remove them from any pretense of being a student, make the big time athletics semi-pro and disconnect totally from our institutes of higher learning
Sugar Rae
July 18th, 2012
7:01 am
Frankly, I’m pretty fed up with all of the Richt apologists with their lame whining that all schools have the same problems with their athletes. That’s utter tripe. UGA has so many athletes arrested and suspended or dismissed outright because Mark Richt recruits low class dummies with no moral code, no sense of teamwork, and a “me first” attitude that’s like a cancer to the team.
And yes, Richt hires thug coaches like Grantham.
65dawg
July 18th, 2012
7:38 am
Mr Slive shows he, too, is a hypocrite. When he could have declared Cam Newton ineligible under SEC rules, he “deferred” to the NCAA. Why? Because it might have cost his beloved SEC a shot at the mythical National Championship, and a sizeable bonus for himself!!! Greed is killing college football!!!!
Bobby
July 18th, 2012
7:47 am
While something like what happened at Penn St. would probably be hushed up down here as well, the difference is that the offender would also dissappear (at least until his body washed up in the swamp).
Wilson Pickett
July 18th, 2012
7:53 am
@65Dawg….as my friends Lynyrd Skynyrd sang…”You got that right”, Slive is just a ho when he must.
HAL
July 18th, 2012
8:07 am
The SEC has nothing to fear. ESPN,CBS, CSS not only report College football nationwide but have a vested interest in selling their own product and that is of course the SEC. The worst thing the SEC could do is start their own network and compete with their biggest promoters. You don’t have to worry about the SEC,they are protected. Just look at how long it got to get rid of Bobby Petrino. If these networks get a sniff at a scandle it will be on the shows with the talking heads in minutes. They are protecting big money.
Bammer
July 18th, 2012
8:40 am
If there is ANY school in the SEC that treats their coach like God…it’s the warped bunch who idolize their fine Christian man in Athens, GA. I mean in their eyes he’s one step away from being a Saint.
If that’s not a warning bell I’m not sure what is.
Enjoying the Crystal
July 18th, 2012
8:43 am
@65 Dawg…mythical? I suppose all three years from the State of Alabama is mythical…Bama, Auburn, Bama, National Champs, respectively. What year did you say you won yours? My PC calendar doesn’t go back that far…
Bammer
July 18th, 2012
8:44 am
Cross dressing prostituting German professors?
UGA says: Jawohl!!!
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Wilson Pickett
July 18th, 2012
9:05 am
Bob Petrino will be the HC at auburn in 2013. The banker will bring down Cheezestraw just like he did Tater Tot. You will see it in motion this fall when auburn again finishes 7-5 or 6-6. Spare me nobody would touch Bobby at this point due to his issue at Hogsville. We’re talking auburn folks. They will get him paid,laid, and saved.
Chi Town
July 18th, 2012
9:11 am
Respect, Saban.
WM
July 18th, 2012
9:14 am
Oh my! Look at the TransAms, Pickup Trucks, SUV’s and scooters falling from the Sky!
They are just falling from the sky!
PMC
July 18th, 2012
9:39 am
Oh lord, does every blog have to devolve into misguided insults that don’t even logically apply?
Sabanovich
July 18th, 2012
9:47 am
Bama is going to end up just like Penn State. Nick is a towel-snapper in the showers, you can just tell. That gruff persona is his cover; he enjoys being around “young people” a little more than he should.
it is what it is
July 18th, 2012
9:53 am
I thought it was hilarious this week when Cam Newton’s neighbors in Atlanta went to a hearing to vote down changing the name of the street to “Cam Newton” where his family lives and where Cam grew up. One neighbor complained of Cam’s criminal charges (computer theft) while at Florida and another neighbor cited his father taking money for Cam’s services at Auburn.
What is funny is that the Slive, the SEC, Mark Emmert and the NCAA and last but not least Auburn expects us all to swallow this bill of goods and think Cam did no wrong but his neighbors disagree. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
PTC DAWG
July 18th, 2012
10:08 am
Obvious article…useless comments, as usual.
Hillbilly D
July 18th, 2012
10:09 am
Oh lord, does every blog have to devolve into misguided insults that don’t even logically apply?
They don’t have to but they nearly always do.
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Well
July 18th, 2012
10:45 am
“SEC needs to be vigilant to avoid Penn State situation”
I highly doubt ANY SEC school would ever do what Penn State did.
Well
July 18th, 2012
10:46 am
“What is funny is that the Slive, the SEC, Mark Emmert and the NCAA and last but not least Auburn expects us all to swallow this bill of goods and think Cam did no wrong but his neighbors disagree. ”
What’s really funny is how other butt hurt fans can’t get over the fact that the NCAA closed the case on that issue.
Get over it and move on.
Big D
July 18th, 2012
10:47 am
I’d be shocked if something like this hasn’t happened at other schools, Penn State was just the first where it came to life. Hopefully if it happens at another school, they can look at Penn State as how NOT to deal with it.
Well
July 18th, 2012
10:47 am
“Bob Petrino will be the HC at auburn in 2013. The banker will bring down Cheezestraw just like he did Tater Tot. You will see it in motion this fall when auburn again finishes 7-5 or 6-6. Spare me nobody would touch Bobby at this point due to his issue at Hogsville. We’re talking auburn folks. They will get him paid,laid, and saved.”
Gotta love stupid people like the one who typed out that asinine paragraph.
Well
July 18th, 2012
10:48 am
“I suppose all three years from the State of Alabama is mythical…Bama, Auburn, Bama, National Champs, respectively. What year did you say you won yours?”
Ever notice that the ONLY fans who type out stuff like “mythical champions” are those whose school haven’t one a championship since Carter was president?
Well
July 18th, 2012
10:51 am
“When he could have declared Cam Newton ineligible under SEC rules, he “deferred” to the NCAA.”
The stupid, it burns!!!!!!!!!!
Hey dawg fans, you all need to get over the fact that Cam and Auburn WON a national championship. Besides, you should be more worried about your star RB getting kicked off the team for having an illegal firearm.
Also, your school employees folks who cross-dress and run prostitution rings out of their home.
Oh, and one of your former coaches, Jim “Donnan of a new era” is going to federal prison real soon.
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GTBob
July 18th, 2012
11:19 am
I highly doubt ANY SEC school would ever do what Penn State did.
I doubt any team in any conference would ever do what Penn State did, but then again pretty much everyone would have doubted it could ever happen at Penn State either. With the culture of the SEC and football factories from other conferences almost anything can happen, we just hope it doesn’t.
Well
July 18th, 2012
11:24 am
” With the culture of the SEC and football factories from other conferences almost anything can happen, we just hope it doesn’t.”
“If you ain’t cheatin you ain’t trying.” – Bear Bryant. There’s not ONE major football school in the country that hasn’t been dinged by the NCAA for cheating.
What happened at Penn State is atrocious and I can only hope that it has never happened at another school.
“With the culture of the SEC’
GTBob, GT is currently on probation for something minor but still, GT is on probation.
bamaguy
July 18th, 2012
11:25 am
I recall hearing Bear Bryant speak at an alumni function (yes, I am that old) and one of the things he talked about was all these “new cable television channels” that were broadcasting college football and how it was going to change the game and he didn’t think for the good. How successful schools would be able to make a profit for their universities, not just break even, and how that would increase the pressure to win. Once again he was right.
Jake
July 18th, 2012
11:27 am
When you look to see what Penn State has not done to immediately remove the offending statue of Paterno, you know nothing will ever change. The victims of this monstrous failure to be more “humane”, know Paterno’s statue is still standing, and there are those who publicly speak he did no wrong. How does that not hurt them to their core? I wish the family would just shut up, as they are adding more injury, and they don’t know it, or worse don’t care. Apple doesn’t fall far from this tree.
GTBob
July 18th, 2012
11:32 am
GTBob, GT is currently on probation for something minor but still, GT is on probation.
GT does not have a win at all costs culture. They do have some morons working in the Athletic Department though.
Jake
July 18th, 2012
11:34 am
When you look to see what Penn State has not done to immediately remove the offending statue of Paterno, you know nothing will ever change. The victims of this monstrous failure to be more “humane”, know Paterno’s statue is still standing, and there are those who publicly speak he did no wrong. How does that not hurt the innocent victims, to their very core? I wish the family would just shut up, as they are adding more injury, and they don’t know it, or worse don’t care. Apple doesn’t fall far from this tree.
GT
July 18th, 2012
12:02 pm
If you had asked Penn State the same questions you asked Mike Slive before they got caught you might have received the same answers. First of all the president and athletic director were part of the cover up so Silve’s answer was a little self siring to say the presidents have got a face to face, what good is that? I don’t see this happening in a Southeastern Conference school the atmosphere is a lot different than a northeastern university that has Catholic roots, where this problem is systemic according to court records in that area. I am afraid this is not the first time some of the Penn State crowd have run into this, but I can almost guarantee you it would be the first and last in the south. This pervert would have been killed a long time ago down here and that is how you police this crap.
Your problem with the SEC is going to be too much money and importance of football on the academic integrity of the schools. You got thugs running the campuses both players and coaches. If there are victims they are the students paying good money to a university catering to football and its atmosphere. None of that holds a candle to Penn State.
GT
July 18th, 2012
12:05 pm
Jerry Sandusky would have been shot a long time ago down here and problem solved. Even in the football crazy south kids come first.
TDone
July 18th, 2012
12:15 pm
Steve, you would not know a fine woman if you tripped over her.
Well
July 18th, 2012
12:30 pm
“GT does not have a win at all costs culture. They do have some morons working in the Athletic Department though.”
Never said they did. All I said was GT was on probation at the moment.
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July 18th, 2012
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Jeff, Don’t forget the bamalama coach and his strippers.
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July 18th, 2012
5:52 pm
Schultzie…. I’m starting to agree with you and the USA Today article calling for the death penalty on Penn State…. 2 years and here is why: 1) There will be a Memorial some day to the victims of this tragedy…Where will they put it?? In the Lashe (sp?) shower room??? a plaque on the wall???? How about if they tear the whole darn building down for the Memorial??? What about the Penn State Uniforms?? every time I see them I see McQueary; Paterno and the Perp himself in those unis. They need to change the design NOW and I’m hearing that an advocacy group is calling for the Players to be let out of their school’s now with no penalty…. Penn State has no idea how big this is going to get ….Just my 2 cents…
LSU QB Mettenberger says ‘God had different path’ than UGA | UGA sports blog
July 18th, 2012
10:29 pm
[...] Schultz: SEC needs to be vigilant to avoid Penn State-like scandals [...]
You’re closer to a Penn State scandal than you’d like to admit « Hearing it
July 19th, 2012
6:02 am
[...] week of young men barely out of their teens. Southeastern Conference commissioner Mike Slive gave his own not-so-veiled word of caution this week at SEC Media Days, saying, “Last’s week’s headlines remind us that we must be ever vigilant on all issues of [...]
It’s UGA’s turn at SEC Media Days | UGA sports blog
July 19th, 2012
8:24 am
[...] Schultz: SEC needs to be vigilant to avoid Penn State-like scandals [...]
Preseason All-SEC team includes six UGA players | UGA sports blog
July 19th, 2012
10:02 am
[...] Schultz: SEC needs to be vigilant to avoid Penn State-like scandals [...]
Media vote: Georgia will win SEC East | UGA sports blog
July 19th, 2012
10:07 am
[...] Schultz: SEC needs to be vigilant to avoid Penn State-like scandals [...]
UGA coach Mark Richt: ‘We don’t recruit bad kids’ (UPDATED) | UGA sports blog
July 19th, 2012
1:07 pm
[...] Schultz: SEC needs to be vigilant to avoid Penn State-like scandals [...]
Dooley: ‘You’re not going to have Tennessee to kick around anymore’ | UGA sports blog
July 19th, 2012
3:19 pm
[...] Schultz: SEC needs to be vigilant to avoid Penn State-like scandals [...]
Alabama vows to avoid 2010-type complacency | UGA sports blog
July 19th, 2012
3:28 pm
[...] Schultz: SEC needs to be vigilant to avoid Penn State-like scandals [...]
DawginSewer
July 19th, 2012
4:10 pm
Wess cansst reads and rites, isess thises abouts themss bad dwagess?
Richt, Bulldogs address perception of being an undisciplined team | UGA sports blog
July 19th, 2012
4:17 pm
[...] Schultz: SEC needs to be vigilant to avoid Penn State-like scandals [...]
Richt, Ole Miss coach respond to Spurrier’s schedule shot | UGA sports blog
July 19th, 2012
5:26 pm
[...] Schultz: SEC needs to be vigilant to avoid Penn State-like scandals [...]
Chuck Allison
July 19th, 2012
8:16 pm
UGA has already proven it will tolerate any degree of crime or immorality among its athletes and faculty. So the instate SEC member is indeed a ripe candidate to do anything to conceal information that might interfere with its total worship of FOOTBALL If it ever happens to UGA, however, the fans will be convinced it is just some kind of NCAA bias. All they should have to do is just look at their sordid history.
rankabove – nyheter | seo & sem
July 20th, 2012
5:20 am
[...] among the top contenders. Behind Woods in the rankings are newly crowned läs mer… Slive: SEC needs to be vigilant to avoid Penn State situation – Atlanta Journal Constitution (… – blogs.ajc.com 07/17/2012 Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog)Slive: SEC needs to be vigilant [...]
Ted Striker
July 20th, 2012
8:47 am
Good good good column.
Richt, Bulldogs address perception of being an undisciplined team | SEC Football
July 20th, 2012
10:45 am
[...] Schultz: SEC needs to be vigilant to avoid Penn State-like scandals [...]
hllawson
July 20th, 2012
9:52 pm
gtbob
defensive player arrested for dealing drugs and then to play again
how many players were there that got caught in the class cheating scandal.
coach o’lier on his resume
a former uga player was kick out of ga for grades, guess where he enrolled. gt
I’d go one but it would embarass you
60's Dogfan
July 22nd, 2012
3:10 pm
I am not a Penn State fan, and I agree with you that the handling of the Sandusky abuse issue was egregious from the top down. I do not, however agree that the football program, or the Athletic Department should be given the “Death Sentence”. What I believe is that every person of responsibility who failed to report and follow up, as shown in the investigation, should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. It is the people who were running the show and knowingly abetted the behavior of the child molester who should pay the penalty. Getting rid of them, and punishing them will cause sufficient turmoil to the PSU Athletic Programs without banning them from competition.
BLT
July 22nd, 2012
3:31 pm
“a former uga player was kick out of ga for grades, guess where he enrolled.gt”
Please go on…are you speaking of Luginbill and Sorrell? You should check up on that.
BLT
July 22nd, 2012
3:43 pm
Sorry…John Dewberry. I guess I should look it up first. LOL
zbulldawg
July 26th, 2012
12:51 pm
IT’s tacky & unprofessional the way AJC attacks UGA & Mark Richt for doing the right things when comes to standing their ground for HIGHER standards for their student athletes. Instead of (trying to tear them down) they should be supporting them. LIVING is apart of falling down. LIFE is getting BACK UP ! You already have shown that in what you print & the internet has different motives. And the internet reaches far more readers ! LET THE BIG DAWG EAT !!!! ASO for all you GT fans you hired a coach who didn’t even have a college degree ! Bama fan goes over & tries to kill some trees that’s part of the history of our beloved south. ETC And you have the nerve to attack UGA for doing the right thing ! What’s up with than.