Will multiyear scholarships give Dawgs a recruiting edge?
Mark Richt has always viewed scholarship offers as a multiyear commitment. (Associated Press)
The proposal to allow schools to give student athletes multiyear scholarships, instead of annual scholarships that must be renewed every year, was upheld (just barely) last week in a vote of the NCAA membership, despite quite a few coaches not being on board with the idea.
Mark Richt is totally on board, though, because that’s the way Georgia’s been operating unofficially under him all along. As he said last month, “When we sign a young man, we expect him to see through to graduation. I know contractually it is one year at a time, but from what’s in my heart and from what’s in the heart of the University of Georgia is for these guys to make it all the way through to graduation. It means a whole lot to us. I don’t think it will change the way we view taking care of these guys.”
In fact, UGA athletic director Greg McGarity told the Athens Banner-Herald that Georgia is likely to offer multiyear scholarships in time for the spring signing period.
“I think it’s good legislation,” McGarity said of the NCAA plan. “Mark Richt adheres to it anyway. The bottom line is when he signs a kid, he has him around unless they leave on their own accord or they tend to violate team rules. Anybody that conducts their program in the right way, when they sign a young man or young woman to a scholarship, they want to see it through.”
Steve Spurrier thinks multiyear scholarships are a "terrible" idea. (Associated Press)
The key words there being conducts their program in the right way. Not everyone sees the issue the way Richt and McGarity do. South Carolina’s Steve Spurrier, for example, has called multiyear scholarships a “terrible idea,” asking, “What if a young man decides he doesn’t want to give much effort or go weightlifting or go to workouts? How do you get rid of him? Everybody has to earn his or her way in life.”
You have to wonder how comments like that will play out in the recruiting world. Already, schools objecting to the NCAA proposal said they feared that mutiyear scholarships could be used as a recruiting lure.
Well, duh. If you’re a kid choosing between schools, wouldn’t you rather go with one that’s offering you multiple years at college instead of just one?
Whether UGA’s stand on the issue really will be a big stick in the recruiting world is open to debate. With five-star recruits who aren’t likely to be worrying about getting their scholarships renewed each year, it probably won’t be much of a factor.
But that’s a relatively small portion of each recruiting class. When it comes down to those three-star and below players who fill out the roster and make it possible for the five-star guys to become stars, UGA and other schools that offer the multiyear deals might indeed have an edge.
Of course, even if multiyear offers becomes the prevailing way to go, the Nick Sabans of the college football world will always find a way to run off of a kid they don’t want around any more, whether it’s through rules enforcement or creative medical disqualifications.
Sure, offering multiyear grants could occasionally end up biting you in the butt. In the past, even Richt has encouraged some kids who didn’t buy into his program to “get off the bus,” and that might be trickier if you’ve given them a multiyear scholarship, unless they’re violating the rules.
But the bottom line is that NCAA schools, particularly profitable elite programs like Georgia’s, make millions of dollars off their student athletes. I believe guaranteeing them that those promises made to them during recruiting aren’t going to go away after a year if they’re no longer needed is the right thing to do.
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AltamahaDawg
February 22nd, 2012
3:23 pm
Well there sare 2 sides to the roster managment story. One is a competitive issue. The other is the welfair of the college kids involved. This one is being universally hailed as good for the second one, even if its in the context of the first. I see no shame in that.
But sticking to the first, which seems to be your point. What other actions are you talking about, why do they make this one a bad idea in addition?
Still@theKool-aidBAR
February 22nd, 2012
4:01 pm
Better BILL? Did it make it?
Still@theKool-aidBAR
February 22nd, 2012
4:09 pm
now bill maybe
WDE
February 22nd, 2012
4:11 pm
For those too young to remember when scholarships were 4 years there is a great book on the subject “Meat on the Hoof” by Gary-Shaw 1973 about Texas in the 1960’s and some of the ways the Longhorns handled “underachievers” .
Jacket99
February 22nd, 2012
4:13 pm
AltamahaDawg
February 22nd, 2012
2:48 pm
You don’t “re-earn” your yearly athletic scholarship. It’s basically an automatic renewal UNLESS a coach can give reasons (which the player can apeal). Some conferences have actual committes to review the reasons.
All this does is clarifies the term to be 5 years, as pretty much what all coaches and schools intended when they signed the kid, and give very specific reason for dismissals, a list that I cannot imagine anybody would disagree with.
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Thanks for clarifying that for me. I wasn’t sure if the coaches were answerable to a higher authority when it came to revoking a player’s scholarship or cutting a scholarship player.
Still@theKool-aidBAR
February 22nd, 2012
4:23 pm
99…TDF will not be back. Hahah it seems he made the editor mad. I just talked to Bill K.
AltamahaDawg
February 22nd, 2012
5:16 pm
Appearantly, Spurrier is unaware that players used to be on 4 yr scholarships and all those fictitious players refusing to lift weights, or show up, were handled somehow.
ARdawg
February 22nd, 2012
5:27 pm
Altamaha
The welfare of the kids? No, no shame in that if that is what it was but, it isn’t. Make no mistake, it’s all about the money. Welfare of the kids died and was buried when college ball turned into big business.
One way to not just curb but stop it is at the root. Each school declares how many scholarships they have available. When a kid is offered a scholarship, he has x number of days to accept or reject the offer. The school is unable to offer that scholarship until the deadline and can not have any more offers on the table than they have available. It’s not brain science really. Coaches make 45 offers when they only have 30 slots, this is based on some kids changing their mind. It has to be stopped in both places. If the kid signs and changes his mind, he has a penalty to pay
Still@theKool-aidBAR
February 22nd, 2012
5:44 pm
CSS has the GYM Dawgs TV show on. I guess that is where everybody went.
AltamahaDawg
February 22nd, 2012
5:44 pm
Well assuming that all the conference heads, and the NCAA, and the entire sports public that has studied it simply don’t see your solution…………..that still doesnt answers my question as to why this is such a bad thing.
Where's The Ring
February 22nd, 2012
5:46 pm
LOL
You UGA fans are something else; you guys slam Saban and Spurrier for not wanting long term scholarships
LOL
And you wonder why your program cant win the big one
Like Spurrier stated what if the guy comes in and doesnt do what he is supposed to do; then you are stuck with him
Umm in the real world Dawg fans you dont sign contracts with your company; you perform or you are fired and thats the way it should be taught to these kids as well
But because Richts does something a certain way; you UGA fans follow what the Pied Piper does
Still@theKool-aidBAR
February 22nd, 2012
6:04 pm
Where is the ring……If colleges don’t want to offer 4 yr scholarships, then there should be NO ISSUE if a kid isn’t “Progressing Towards Graduation” and Graduation Rates DON’T MATTER.
If colleges think a 1 yr contract for a scholarship is enough, then PAY EVERY Scholarship Athlete money equally. The baseball player, softball player, the girl basketball player, and the boy basketball player all get paid the exact amount as FOOTBALL PLAYERS. If Sports are only about money, then spread it around. Do hide and say these are student athletes when clearly the Athlete is the ONLY part valued by the school for 1year at a time.
College Football is TRYING real hard to KILL itself right before our eyes.
Jacket99
February 22nd, 2012
6:30 pm
Still@theKool-aidBAR
February 22nd, 2012
2:06 pm
Well I see COMMINGS did Something the School found to be outside of the Student Code of Conduct. I hope he has stopped dating the CRAZY chick. He will avoid a lot of issues if he leaves her at the curb.
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Reading about UGA’s Director of Student Conduct handing down the verdict reminded me of Dean Wormer giving the Deltas double secret probation. Not making fun of an unfortunate situation, just remembering a funny movie.
ARdawg
February 22nd, 2012
6:38 pm
Altamaha
I never said it was such a bad thing
It is much ado about nothing. Smoke and mirrors to project that they really care about the kids.
ARdawg
February 22nd, 2012
6:40 pm
Altamaha
On your other statement, they don’t want to solve the problem. Think about it, is it really that complex?
Still@theKool-aidBAR
February 22nd, 2012
6:43 pm
99 when I am blogging with SOME UGa fans I hear Dean Wormer saying, ” 0.2..GPA? Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son.”
Score Check
February 22nd, 2012
6:54 pm
Coach Sick Satan = Scum
Tweak your knee and he leave you twisting in the wind.
Jacket99
February 22nd, 2012
7:18 pm
“Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son.”
That’s right! LOL! 0.2 GPA
Jacket99
February 22nd, 2012
7:22 pm
Is that a pledge pin on your uniform, Kool-Aid?
Still@theKool-aidBAR
February 22nd, 2012
7:31 pm
Yes it is a Pi Kappa Phi pledge pin niedermeyer. Dawg 48 is on the recruiting blog on the RB that picked Bama we talked a lil racing
AltamahaDawg
February 22nd, 2012
9:01 pm
Not as complicated as that matrix you described. They recruit kids as young as sophomores. How on earth are they going to administer that system that you described. They don’t know how many scholarships are going to be available years in advance.. OFFERS have never been the problem. Your system will cause some schools to show up with half the players as others.
AltamahaDawg
February 22nd, 2012
9:05 pm
Although if they were playing Red Rover, I think its spot on.
ARdawg
February 22nd, 2012
9:24 pm
Anticipation. There’s nothing to stop them from recruiting sophomores. The nut cutting comes down to seniors. Make an offer 30 days, 60 days, 90 days whatever. It’s not complicated. A kid cannot accept or reject until the offer is on the table. When it is on the table, the coach has to make good on it. Whats the big deal?
AltamahaDawg
February 22nd, 2012
9:32 pm
And who monitors how many “offers” are outstanding and exactly what date it was offered. Or is that the honor system? Or would there need to be some official paperwork that need to be files, so the number can accurately be counted? isn’t that what Letter of intents are?
Not to mention that your system does nothing to stop the problem. Culling other players to make room for “available scholarships”. Does it?
You say attack the front end. Simple. except The problem is NOT the front end. Its on the back end, after signing day.
AltamahaDawg
February 22nd, 2012
9:38 pm
So offer a sophomore, and he has 3 month to make a decision about where he is going to college 3 yrs later? And what if all those coaches get fired before he is even a senior in highschool?
AltamahaDawg
February 22nd, 2012
9:44 pm
Why are you worried about “offers”. nobody has ever said offers was a problem. Nobody says saban offers too many kids. the critisism he gets is taking a “committment” then withdrawing the offer. oversigning and culling is not a function of offering a chance to commit to a scholarship
AltamahaDawg
February 22nd, 2012
9:44 pm
Why are you worried about “offers”. nobody has ever said offers was a problem. Nobody says saban offers too many kids. the critisism he gets is taking a “committment” then withdrawing the offer. oversigning and culling is not a function of offering a chance to commit to a scholarship
AltamahaDawg
February 22nd, 2012
9:45 pm
freaky
Beast from the East
February 22nd, 2012
9:46 pm
It will make no difference whatsoever for 4-5* recruits. They will already have the self-confidence to know that they can do enough on the field to retain their scholarship each year. It will only be a selling point to a marginal talent or one that has a weak work ethic.
If you’re confident in your abilities, then it has no value to you.
AltamahaDawg
February 22nd, 2012
9:49 pm
….not a function of offering a chance to commit to a scholarship to too many kids early on. Everybody know that offers are subject to first come. Kids know that. Its not the problem.
Georgia Sucks
February 23rd, 2012
12:03 am
Bill you don’t ever mind making it obvious of your hatred/jealousy toward the other coach’s and their respective schools. Grow up man. And UGA doesn’t need a recruiting advantage, they got Mark Richt. So just because another coach disagree’s with you and Richt doesn’t mean that are contradicting or stupid. Get over it. Richt isn’t a saint either.
ARdawg
February 23rd, 2012
1:54 am
Altamaha
Filings of offers would be done through the current policing system….LOL…the NCAA. There is a substansial difference in recruiting and offering. A coach could recruit a sophomore but could not offer until he was a senior. Why is that so difficult to understand? How many colleges accept high school sophomores?
ARdawg
February 23rd, 2012
1:57 am
When a kid accepts an offer to play football, there should be strict guidelines as to what it takes to retain that scholarship year after year. The kid meets them, he keeps his scholly, underperforming on the field would not be one. When a coach signs the kid, he’s got him for better or worse if he’s followed the rules
BUCCADAWG
February 23rd, 2012
1:58 am
NO matter what C.R or any other member of the DAWGNATION says or does I will always thank GOD i am not a game chicken.
Dog in Nam
February 23rd, 2012
1:58 am
hey Wet Willie…..what is your deal man…..we all agree UGA hasn’t done very well lately…and no one can compare long term with Univ. of Alabama in football…..everyone also knows and acknowledges that Coach Saban is the current top coach in the US…..but your smack is beyond boring…..you always attack, no matter how weakly, both UGA and the state of Georgia….Coach Saban would advise you to keep your less than scholarly pen in its holster as the last thing he wants his great recruits from Georgia to see is some ill advised, uninformed negative comment about the state of Georgia……lighten up man….every Dog alum and fan I know has always had the utmost respect for Alabama, the University and the state….Alabama is more than a cousin, it’s like a brother to Georgia, all but the Mobile area having been part of the state of Georgia that was subdivided into Alabama and Mississippi following the Great Yazoo Land Scandal of 1795….but, I’m sure you already know that…..so most of us look at Alabama like family…..but something has scarred you deeply about the state of Georgia and maybe UGA, but I suspect it is rooted in your obvious hatred for the state, as is clearly demonstrated in your many derogatory utterances about Georgia and it’s people…..But, I finally had to say something, and I don’t think you will stop, so if you insist on being the king of negativity, could you please get a consultant to help you be more creative….you, like this boring TDF guy with his maniacal haha s and childish retorts, need some new material…..you lament the same things the same way over and over and over again….you are really, truly one boring hotheaded individual….other than that, you seem like a super guy.
ARdawg
February 23rd, 2012
1:59 am
I’m surprised you of all people can’t see a workable solution here. Back on point, they don’t wish to correct the problem. It’s too inconvenient and unprofitable
Thomas Brown
February 23rd, 2012
2:09 am
“Sanders Commings was determined to have “engaged in physical abuse, physical intimidation, coercion and/or other conduct that threatened or endangered the health or safety of another person,” according to the resolution agreement, signed by Sanders Commings this past Friday. That’s a violation Regulation 3 of the school’s conduct code.”
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Mark Richt was wrong, you said, to have Suspended Sanders Commings before the facts were known by you you said when in the proceedings ongoing against him the facts then only would be known, forget that Mark Richt heard it directly all the facts himself, you said.
You lied about it, tried to cover it up, and tried to point to other schools who also have 6′ 2″ and 217 lbs with 4.46 speed in the 40-yard dash rated the # 39 best cornerback in the nation, our # 19, who also you said physically asserted themselves on a little co-ed also a student at The University of Georgia. I have no sympathy for a man of this stature, or any stature, to lift an arm to a little gal. You are on record here as making excuses, and now you have egg on your face for it, don’t you ?
So, where are all the posters who said that Sanders Commings did
NOTHING WRONG ?
Thomas Brown
February 23rd, 2012
2:34 am
“we all agree UGA hasn’t done very well lately…and no one can compare long term with Univ. of Alabama in football…..everyone also knows and acknowledges that Coach Saban is the current top coach in the US”
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I believe that is the whole entire point, that in fact, there are numerous posters who go way out of their way to do anything but admit that Mark Richt is NOT BETTER than Nick Saban or any other of the National Championship coaches in this 11-year mediocre results for Mark Richt who simply has not been getting the job done. I appreciate you think there have been any other posters who have agreed we have not done well lately and have agreed that there are in fact far better coaches than Mark Richt.
I for one, have not read one single such post. All I ever see on these AJ-C blogs are EXCUSES, and LIES and statements that Mark Richt is the Best Coach in The SEC, when in fact he is the # 6 best coach in The SEC. Yes, his 17-13 record vs The Down SEC East the current 6-year period obviously makes him the best coach in The SEC. The 27 players he gave Scholarships to for 2012 to play against Mizzou in Game 2, who now will NOT play instead means Mark Richt is not over-signing when in fact he has over-signed 24 players and is short 8 Scholarships now for 2012 as a direct result of 26 transfers OUT of his program whom he gave Scholarships to to play this up-coming 2012 season. Sure he is over-signing, and running off 26 Scholarship Players for 2012 Mark Richt gave Scholarships to play this up-coming 2012 season.
And, it is NOT just his lack of National Championships, poor APR and graduation rates because of his 26 Scholarship players for 2012 he has either kicked off the program to caused to be transferred OUT, Fulmer Cup National Championship, bad press daily in the Press, it is his FAILURE to win the big games against teams who end up in the top 10, end up in the top 25, those 16 games he has lost in his 11-year career to teams who would not end up in the top 25 without their win over Mark Richt, and his current 8-year run of 67-30 vs teams with equal or less talent.
30-Losses the current 8-year period vs teams with less or equal talent, based upon Scout.com’s rankings the previous 4-years prior to game time.
Mark Richt is a world-class recruiter, who should have been given his EXTENSION long ago while Greg McGarity has more important issues – yeah right – to fulfill his timeslots everyday instead; and Mark Richt is an ABJECT FAILURE to coach these recruits up, motivate them against lesser talented teams he then faces, teach them the skills to reduce their turnovers and score touchdowns except against CUPCAKES where we continue to RUN UP OUR STATS.
Indeed, it is BORING to see so much time and effort by those who claim to be better Bulldogs’ Football Fans, in here doing nothing but make up EXCUSES and now today you summarize that to another poster here this morning that well, we all agree we ain’t doing very well.
B.S.
No one has agreed to that. To the contrary, try reading the DISNEYdawgs.com on this blog where you write that. No one agrees with you that we ain’t that great. What they say daily is that Mark Richt is the Best Coach in The SEC with his 17-13 record these current 6 years against SEC East teams, down as they all are and have been and continue to be – us included.
LOST 7 consecutive games vs teams finishing AP Top 10
LOST 9 consecutive games vs teams finishing AP Top 25
WE PLAY LIKE DEER IN HEADLIGHTS vs great teams.
Thomas Brown
February 23rd, 2012
3:00 am
Where is the URL Link to the 17 February Open Records’ Document with Sanders Commings’ signature on it of the facts of abuse of a little girl by a 6′ 2″ and 217 lbs starting football player that contradicts every DISNEYdawgs.com post to these blogs over this entire nearly 2 months ?
Dog in Nam
February 23rd, 2012
3:21 am
well written Thomas….and, by the way, i enjoy reading your obviously well researched posts…..I definitely stand corrected on using the term “all agree” for anything….but I was not directly referring to coach Richt. I was merely complimenting Coach Saban, and very few, if any, coaches would compare well with Coach Saban….I rarely post, but always enjoy reading posts and this boring Wet Willie guy with his low brow negative comments about all things Georgia just finally took me past the point…his post here was not all that direct as much as it was a reminder of the many times I have seen his comments that just focus on the type of people he thinks all Georgians are when he probably knows only a very few…..but maybe I was out of line, as I am a novice poster……but I was mainly just paying props to Coach Saban, and trying to let the Wet Willie guy know that most UGA and Georgia folks that I know (and like so many people here, I also know many) think Saban is a great coach and recruiter and he has proven it over and over, and most Georgia people (in my opinion) don’t try to make their day by taking negative shots at Saban…..but anyway, you are obviously a very strong UGA person who cares a heck of a lot about the program…..not everyone agrees on all things UGA, but we can all love the Dogs and hope for the program to excell…You offer up many well researched opinions, and it is obvious that you know the game very well, so for your love of the Dogs and your very high level of knowledge of the game and the players that make it happen, I congratulate you…..I am not qualified to make such enlightened, well informed comments and suggestions, so I mostly read…I was just throwing a bs flag on Willie there, and not making any comparisons…..Whether people agree with you or not, they have to respect you and your knowledge…You also write very well and are never boring. Enjoyed talking with you a bit, and I wish you the best
Michael Vick
February 23rd, 2012
6:58 am
I didn’t need no stinking’ multi-year contract . . . uh, scholarship, I mean. Sheee! Give us stars our due, people.
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7:09 am
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Columbus Dawg
February 23rd, 2012
7:23 am
New addition to strength staff hired, reports are that he is a speed coach, has worked with Reggie Bush, Aaron Murray, others. Hopefully will be great addition to staff. Here’s hoping players will “Rise to the occasion”, as Erk used to say.
RedandBLackDAWG
February 23rd, 2012
7:39 am
How many SEC schools are actually going to offer a kid a 4 year scholarship? It should make UGA a better choice, as a kid should feel his life is more stable with a long term scholarship. Will the kid be able to opt out of the scholarship if a coach changes teams? If the NCAA also eliminates the one-year waiting period for transfers, will this rule really change anything after all? I think it would be a lot better if the NCAA actually started acting like the authority and implement the rules and expect them to be followed. It seems like the only real purpose they serve is to find Petty rules violations and punish schools by not dealing out punishment uniformly. What seems to be forgotten, is what is best for the athlete.
SugarHillDawg
February 23rd, 2012
8:16 am
faithfuldawg86, I agree with you that CMR has integrity and class but he is NOT and I repeat NOT a “heck of a coach”. I don’t know what set of criteria you use to determine that but you need to find a new set.
Thomas Brown
February 23rd, 2012
8:22 am
Dog in Nam,
You too, sir. You take care now. There will be a day when our football program has not lost 7 games in a row vs teams who ended up AP Poll Top 10 and when we’ve not lost 9 games in a row vs teams who ended up AP Poll Top 25. When that day comes, you and I sir will remain Bulldog faithful, and hopefully, we will not go another 7 or 9 losses vs such teams before we beat another. This has been hard to take.
Thomas Brown
February 23rd, 2012
8:29 am
SugarHillDawg February 23rd, 2012 8:16 am
“faithfuldawg86, I agree with you that CMR has integrity and class but he is NOT and I repeat NOT a “heck of a coach”. I don’t know what set of criteria you use to determine that but you need to find a new set.”
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SugarHillDawg, well said sir. Mark Richt is a fine man and a world-class recruiter. What he has accomplished with his average # 8 recruiting class for 12 years in a row, has been mediocre looking at his last years where he has gone only 67-30 vs teams with equal or worse talent than he has for us. 30 losses in 8 years vs teams with worse or equal talent does not the best coach in The SEC make. It makes 4 losses a season to teams with lesser or equal talent for 8 solid years of excruciating losses we should have won. This is not from lack of talent but from lack of coaching and motivation and preparation and keeping his players out of Trouble. Yes, if the coach gets credit for averaging # 8 recruiting class 12 years in a row, and then the recruit gets kicked off the team, suspended, arrested, asked to leave, forced to leave, forced out, or transfers as a result, the coach is responsible then as well, sir.
JB
February 23rd, 2012
8:30 am
Multi year is demanded by Saban and Spurrier for themselves……but not good enough for ball players
Columbus Dawg
February 23rd, 2012
8:32 am
Tubbs wife in deep doo doo? Was she drinking?
Thomas Brown
February 23rd, 2012
8:32 am
boykin February 16th, 2012 7:32 pm
“Read your lasts texts…should be kicked off the team…etc…what a moron”
Augusta Dawg February 16th, 2012 7:39 pm
“If Commings was found innocent at a trial, would he still be suspended for 2 games?”
richie February 17th, 2012 8:51 am
“He should have waited until it went through the legal process……. He over reacted……”
WDE February 17th, 2012 9:32 am
“@A Father as the father of a couple of women I understand wanting protect women, but where is the proof that he has attacked this girl before or even this time…I can’t find a arrest report for a prior incident. I understand wanting to protect women and if he did strike her he needs to be gone”
TDF February 17th, 2012 1:03 pm
“Not the second time stop spreading BS.”
TDF February 17th, 2012 1:09 pm
“Do you not know how to read??? He never hit her. Move along troll”
TDF February 17th, 2012 1:12 pm
“Are you stupid??? Everyone that said he hit her wasnt there, they were repeating what was said. But everyone that was actually there is saying he didnt. All thats left to be interviewed are the ones that werent with that group but saw what happened.
Maybe do some research and find out what facts have come out before you come on here and try and tell anyone anything.”
Gainesville Dawg February 17th, 2012 1:16 pm
“Chip, you are desperate for fans? nonfans??? comments to open up this topic.
Let it rest.”
TDF February 17th, 2012 1:24 pm
“He never hit her, read before you post clown.”
TDF February 17th, 2012 1:27 pm
“Suspension was for being in that position in the first place. Which I dont agree with”
Buck Strickland February 17th, 2012 1:48 pm
“Looks like Sanders probably committed no crime here but did something that CMR wasn’t happy with. If he was guilty, I guarantee you that he would be kicked off the team.
STILL, I’m mad at the AJC for reporting that this “probably” was not the first report of domestic abuse against him since a police report showed the accuser checked “1-5″ times she’d been abused on the report. That’s RECKLESS reporting and another example of the digital media gone wild. Just be sure to sell more ad space AJC, no matter who it hurts.”
TDF February 17th, 2012 1:49 pm
“Amen, they need to issue a public apology when the case gets thrown out.”
TDF February 17th, 2012 2:17 pm
“Actually it isnt since he never hit her”
TDF February 17th, 2012 2:22 pm
“Seeing as he never hit her the punishment is actually too harsh”
TDF February 17th, 2012 2:50 pm
“FYI its pretty easy to put 2 and 2 together on this one. its pretty easy to say with confidence he is innocent and charges will be dropped.
Also police said she had no marks on her. If a 200LB D1 player punches you in the mouth you are going to feel it.”
TDF February 17th, 2012 3:10 pm
“Richt drops it when his case gets dropped”
#1 DAWG FAN February 17th, 2012 4:10 pm
“I think this young man is a victim here, and he will have nobody to back him up…not his friends, not his coach, not the fans and certainly not the media. We need this young man playing football at UGA and I just cant believe that he is not suspended over allegations that are not even close to being proven.”
Columbus February 17th, 2012 4:14 pm
“This is muchado about nothing Im telling you. When this goes to court, IF it goes to court, nothing much will happen to him, if anything. Richt may have been too harsh and reduce this down the road. Same situation you might have snapped and done a lot worse….”
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Where are all these people now that he has SIGNED the Open Records’ Document on last Friday 17 February 2012 that he ABUSED the little girl student at UGA ? Well, where are you now ? Nowhere to be found, as per usual ALL OF YOU.