NCAA probe of UGA could be much ado about not very much
The e-mail Georgia received from the NCAA regarding the organization’s intent to investigate didn’t say much — here’s the story from esteemed colleague Tim Tucker — but its brevity should give the Bulldogs a dollop of solace. The impending probe isn’t widespread: It involves only one player and, from the e-mail’s wording, it does not appear the UGA player is the central figure.
From the e-mail: The NCAA wants to interview one player “to determine [h]is knowledge of or involvement in, directly or indirectly, any violations of NCAA legislation.”
Key words: “Knowledge of, or involvement in.”
And also: “Directly or indirectly.”
This could be little more than the NCAA wanting to interview — just picking a name — A.J. Green to ask if he was invited to the agent-funded soiree in Miami that has college football in a dither.
Stipulations: Green has said he didn’t attend — indeed, he said he hasn’t been in Miami in his life — he has not been identified as the Bulldog in question. Owing to federal law, UGA redacted the player’s name in its release of the e-mail. But just being practical, it’s difficult to imagine who else it could be.
And here’s where we return to the wording — “knowledge of” and “indirectly.” Even if the Georgia man wasn’t on hand for the party itself, the NCAA could well ask: Were you invited? By whom? Were you promised anything if you attended? Do you know anyone else who was invited? That said …
The NCAA’s inquiry regarding agents doesn’t necessarily begin and end with the party in Miami, and the NCAA doesn’t usually come calling unless it has grounds to be curious. And it’s never ever a good sign when investigators announce their intent to pay a visit. That said …
Georgia fans needn’t be in panic mode just yet. From what is known at this moment, there’s a chance this could amount to nothing much. A chance, I said.
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105 comments Add your comment
2BT
July 26th, 2010
4:03 pm
Nail em anyway! I’m sure they’ve done many things crooked!
SavannahDawg
July 26th, 2010
4:08 pm
2BT, what you’ve just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.
F-105 Thunderchief
July 26th, 2010
4:09 pm
Yeah, I think this is going to be a tornado in a shot glass.
Josh Kinsey
July 26th, 2010
4:09 pm
2BT you missed out!! FIRST!! Boom. Follow me @jkinsey60
B Ville' Dog
July 26th, 2010
4:09 pm
Heck, Georgia went 4-0 without AJ last season. Much bigger than 1 guy.
Ok, either way. Got dsome great WR’s, TE’s, and SE’s.
Joey
July 26th, 2010
4:10 pm
Amen to that Mark! Great pic too.
Heath
July 26th, 2010
4:12 pm
This is just the NCAA working to distract UGA so they can try to keep JortsNation In the SEC title game.
Josh Kinsey
July 26th, 2010
4:12 pm
Bville dog- wow you’re totally right. UGA is just better off without AJ “cause he’s just one guy”.
You have got to be kidding me. One guy matters so much if he’s the best guy!!!!
ScoutDawg
July 26th, 2010
4:12 pm
Damn, the Bradley rule being in effect means we are wrong, SO wrong. Somehow we are now guilty and may find ourselves on 20 years probation or maybe THE Dealth Penalty. Thanks Mark.
cptzzggyy
July 26th, 2010
4:13 pm
The “NCAA sleuth” looks a lot like a guy that lived down the hall in my dorm at UGA back in the early sixties.
F-105 Thunderchief
July 26th, 2010
4:14 pm
Basil Rathbone is my favorite Holmes, followed by Jeremy Brett and Peter Cushing.
insider
July 26th, 2010
4:14 pm
This article is also much ado about nothing. Do some research and have some info about something before writing such useless articles.
Mark Bradley
July 26th, 2010
4:16 pm
SavannahDawg, if we’re requiring rational thought here … well, that rules me out.
Mike Adams
July 26th, 2010
4:17 pm
Did I just hear the SNAP of a Rubber Glove behind me? Hey! Hey! HEY NCAA do be doing that to me I am Mike Adams I get away with everything.
Who Cares
July 26th, 2010
4:18 pm
I think the best explanation offered is that the NCAA wants to ask AJ Green about the agent party in Miami. It would make sense that he would have been invited. If he turned it down (which I believe he did), it would make sense for the NCAA to ask what was offered in the way of transportation, entertainment, gifts, etc.
They will probably also ask other general questions as long as they have him. Such things as even though he didn’t attend, did the agenct send AJ any gifts.
This is all speculation. It might not even be AJ they speak with, but that would make the most sense. I believe AJ values is honor and eligibility too much to have engaged in questionable activity.
Time Out
July 26th, 2010
4:20 pm
So the NCAA wants AJ to turn on his boys?
Steve
July 26th, 2010
4:21 pm
Savannah Dawg I love the Billy Madison reference. Other topics include: My Wife the Cheating Tramp.
Mark Bradley
July 26th, 2010
4:23 pm
Think Basil Rathbone is everyone’s favorite Holmes, F-105.
Gravy Train
July 26th, 2010
4:24 pm
I think Florida, Bama and S. Carolina have more to be worried about. They have players that got caught on the take. Spurrier and Meyer looked and sounded fully prepared to endure the stuff hitting the fan in the very near future, while Saban would rather deflect the blame on the agents in question. The NCAA is talking to AJ to get more info for building a case against the other guys, Cell phone cameras are a mofo, huh?
Thank God for CMR.
POAD
July 26th, 2010
4:25 pm
The NCAA makes a lot out of nothing. Then it takes them long enough for the SAINTS the SAINTS to win a Superbowl before they bust Reggie Bush, OJ MAYO, and USC. Come on this is a joke.
Will
July 26th, 2010
4:25 pm
The NCAA is about as transparent as the Obama Administration…. Be careful what you say AJ, and bring an attorney on your behalf!
F-105 Thunderchief
July 26th, 2010
4:26 pm
Nigel Bruce’s comic muttering makes him the only Watson worth mentioning in my opinion.
POAD
July 26th, 2010
4:27 pm
Mark saw The Hounds of Baskerville at the FOX for their Summer Movie Series when I was like 8. Love Basil he was so classy.
Gravy Train
July 26th, 2010
4:29 pm
The Hon. Turkey Neck, aka, Captain Moobies the Fish Fry King is really missing Chan’s recruits. What does it say about Nesbitt and his NFL stock if he didn’t get invited to the shin-dig in Miami? Heisman candidate only in the minds of delusional Techmites.
Mark Bradley
July 26th, 2010
4:30 pm
And let’s not forget Dennis Hoey as Insp. Lestrade.
POAD
July 26th, 2010
4:33 pm
Mark are you a TCM fan? You are pulling out names now. I think we should pull an Ole Yeller on the DAWGS. They got the Hyrdaphobi. AHHAHA
JDDawg
July 26th, 2010
4:34 pm
best way to get an honest answer about what the athletes who were invited were told in advance about the involvement of an agent and what was offered to them would be to ask someone who was invited but can prove he didn’t go.
Delbert D.
July 26th, 2010
4:36 pm
It is “The Hound of the Baskervilles.”
SSIgator
July 26th, 2010
4:37 pm
Could this be the revenge of the red panties?
Linda Lovelace
July 26th, 2010
4:38 pm
Speak for yourself, Mark. My favorite Holmes is John Holmes.
OSCAR
July 26th, 2010
4:40 pm
AJ just looks guilty!!
hop
July 26th, 2010
4:43 pm
It is past time that we move on to the upcoming football season.it is been a very long time since uga was involved with any violations of ncaa rules.
this is going to be an awesome year for the dawgs and a bad year for the haters of ua football!
POAD
July 26th, 2010
4:43 pm
sorry Dilbert “S” in the wrong place. It did make me look at my Sheppard funny for a few weeks.
Reggie Ball
July 26th, 2010
4:45 pm
What happened to my comment?
Driver 8
July 26th, 2010
4:45 pm
Just back from my break….
Borrowing from “The Adventure of The Silver Blaze”, this one could be titled, “The Dawg That Didn’t Bark”
Andy
July 26th, 2010
4:46 pm
Sounds like a fishing expedition to me. Too bad AJ is getting dragged into this. Hopefully this will be resolved before the season starts so it doesn’t cause a distraction.
Reuben Houston
July 26th, 2010
4:47 pm
AJ Green wasn’t at the party… trust me.
Mark Bradley
July 26th, 2010
4:50 pm
Ha. Good one, Driver 8.
WDE
July 26th, 2010
4:50 pm
Mark- I’ve seen on a couple of the AJC blogs from other writers on the topic comments in which posters said AJ wasn’t at home at the time of the party. Is there anything to that? Obviously, that isn’t incriminating in itself, but its curious seeing it posted repeatedly on different blogs.
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July 26th, 2010
4:51 pm
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Mark Bradley
July 26th, 2010
4:51 pm
All I know, WDE, is that A.J. Green has maintained — forcefully and repeatedly — that he did not attend the party in Miami.
I myself will maintain the following: Neither did I.
Dawgwild
July 26th, 2010
4:51 pm
Savannah Dawg Wow love the Billy Madison quote. Perfect!
bjohndawg
July 26th, 2010
4:52 pm
I think Fulmer turned us in.
But nothing there. Like a phatom traffic jam on I-85.
sogadog
July 26th, 2010
4:53 pm
I am sick and tired of hearing about NCAA investigations, agents, bar brawls, DUIs, player arrests, AD arrests, red panties, coaches on hot seats (hot seats by virtue of poor coaching, not red panties.), conference expansion, conference shrinkage, conference realignment, Lane Kiffen, Derek Dooley’s mommy and daddy, SEC Media Days and ACC media Days. I AM READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL!
jimmymack
July 26th, 2010
4:53 pm
look’s like you ought to be able to go to any party any other student would the jock’s shouldn’t be treated any differently
gdawginkalamazoo
July 26th, 2010
4:53 pm
Mark,
Didn’t Watergate start out as a third rate burglary? Since you dismissed this one so easily you now have me worried.
Nachos
July 26th, 2010
4:54 pm
Take em down, NCAA!
Too tough 44
July 26th, 2010
4:54 pm
My goodness. NCAA and NFL the time has come to prosecute these agents or so called agents from tampering with college atheletes when they know it is against the policies….Catch the agents and ban them from contact DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY of these college atheletes…Lock um up to let them know the governing bodies NCAA and NFL are serious!
bufbox
July 26th, 2010
4:55 pm
The much ado eminates from the media and the blogs, Mark.
Mark Bradley
July 26th, 2010
4:55 pm
If anyone spots G. Gordon Liddy on Lumpkin Street, gdawginkalamazoo, it’s time to disband the Plumbers and burn the tapes.
Mark Bradley
July 26th, 2010
4:57 pm
I’ll disagree with you there, bufbox. It’s news when the NCAA announces its intent to visit a player on your campus.
Starring Kam Fong as Chin Ho
July 26th, 2010
4:58 pm
I hope you don’t run afoul of the NCAA by posting a photo of one their operatives. They take that type of thing very seriously. You have been warned.
Mark Bradley
July 26th, 2010
5:00 pm
I’ve probably committed a secondary violation with that photo, Kam Fong. Which puts me about 137 S.V.’s behind Lane Kiffin.
puppydawg
July 26th, 2010
5:03 pm
I wasn’t too worried to begin with but dismissed it entirely when media whore TMZ was cited as the story’s source.
gdawginkalamazoo
July 26th, 2010
5:05 pm
Al Green wasn’t at the party either.
Neither was Mr. Green Jeans.
Mark Bradley
July 26th, 2010
5:07 pm
Al Green wasn’t at this party. But I understand he’s tired of being alone.
Bull
July 26th, 2010
5:10 pm
Is this a coddling article Mark Bradley?
nickj0321
July 26th, 2010
5:12 pm
bye bye aj
Bull
July 26th, 2010
5:14 pm
I’ve been saying it for the last couple days…NCAA is just gathering facts (inquiries) related to other issues that are being reviewed at other schools (investigations).
PIE IN FACE to Jeff Schultz and his UGA ugliness crap.
F-105 Thunderchief
July 26th, 2010
5:14 pm
Exactly, “We’ll make a detective out of you yet, old boy.”
Someone on the internet is WRONG!
July 26th, 2010
5:15 pm
Nice admission. Guess Schultz’s page hits trumpeting the “crisis in Athens” must have started to trail off.
Mark Bradley
July 26th, 2010
5:16 pm
Let me stress here: I’m just speculating, which can be dangerous. The NCAA has not informed me — or anyone, so far as I know — about the specifics of their inquiry involving UGA.
DOO DOO LEE
July 26th, 2010
5:20 pm
true the investigation could be much ado about nothing or could be the tip of the ICEBERG hahahahahahha
William Shakespeare Dawg
July 26th, 2010
5:24 pm
Much Ado About Nothing, methinks
Captain Kangaroo
July 26th, 2010
5:28 pm
I understand that Josh Nesbitt was not at home that weekend. Does that make him guilty by association? What ever happened to “innocent until proven guilty”?
ugag is irrelevant
July 26th, 2010
5:28 pm
folks it really doesn’t matter one way or the other …. nobody outside “god’s little acre” even knows there is a school over there and for good reason …. nothing of any consequence ever comes out of there, no matter what the self-inflation says
Remember Dez Bryant
July 26th, 2010
5:28 pm
Dez just went to dinner with someone. He got kicked out of the game because he lied about it to the NCAA. Always tell the truth, and always with your lawyer.
Bull
July 26th, 2010
5:30 pm
Hey Mark Bradley, here’s an interesting story to write up on college football that has been grossly neglected. Subjective penalty enforcement. They changed the rules in the offseason and creates even more harsher penalties for celebration and unsportsmanlike conduct. Remember the SEC last year and all those head scratching calls botch calls from the SEC officiating crews. Made me wonder. They took a bad rule and made it even worse. I’m surprised that topic was not brought up ONCE at the SEC media days last week. It will be an even greater storyline this year in the SEC and can really impact UGA.
The Dude
July 26th, 2010
5:34 pm
Celebration/Unsportsmanlike rules only impact teams with poor discipline.
Bull
July 26th, 2010
5:36 pm
It impacted bama and many other teams last year
The Dude
July 26th, 2010
5:41 pm
‘Bama didn’t lose a game last year. How did it impact them?
Tom Resident Georgia Fan
July 26th, 2010
5:46 pm
Savannah Dawg: What more need be said about yet another frivolous NCAA request. Lighten up on Mark and save that fervor for the real season. Good report Mark.
Smiling Jack
July 26th, 2010
5:50 pm
Sepculations!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
UGA Alumn
July 26th, 2010
5:50 pm
I was at the party and it rocked. GT doesn’t have to worry about things of this nature becuase no agents are interested in their D-1AA athletes!
It's a shame what he did to that dog
July 26th, 2010
5:58 pm
“NCAA probe of UGA could be much ado about not very much”
So why even write about it?
Athenian
July 26th, 2010
5:59 pm
A.J. Green is history. Trust me, he’s as good as gone.
I hope he had fun at the party.
It's a shame what he did to that dog
July 26th, 2010
6:00 pm
“Let me stress here: I’m just speculating, which can be dangerous.”
Again, so why even write about it?
Red Panties
July 26th, 2010
6:02 pm
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It's a shame what he did to that dog
July 26th, 2010
6:02 pm
How awesome would it be if UGA, Bama, UF and SC went on probation!!!!!! It would be LSU, Auburn, or Arkansas winning the SEC with the possibility of playing for a national title. Awesome.
Berzerk8dawg
July 26th, 2010
6:05 pm
Yea he probobly was not at home. Considering it was memorial day weekend I am sure he was out doing somthing like the rest of the country. Don’t get too worried yet.
Bobby Bowden
July 26th, 2010
6:19 pm
UGA suspends Tavarres King for one game for underage alcohol possession.
Notre Dame has 8 charged with underage possession and it appears NO game suspensions
GT has a player assault a female and gets a one game suspension.
Daggumit, my boy Mark is a tougher disciplinarian than Paul Johnson and Brian Kelly.
AltamahaDawg
July 26th, 2010
6:19 pm
Is that your way of saying, since you refused to panic despite our best efforts, nevermind?
todd grantham
July 26th, 2010
6:26 pm
mark, i can ASSURE you there is nothing to this little inquirey. just rumors started about one of our stars by a competing institution (florida).
ToccoaDawg
July 26th, 2010
6:39 pm
Mark when is the NCAA going to interview players from your beloved Kentucky?
{{{{{17-3}}}}}
July 26th, 2010
7:06 pm
it’s not AJ in Miami that the walmart dogs are afraid of. it’s AJ in Jacksonville!
only 3 months to your annual beatdown!
ugag is irrelevant
July 26th, 2010
7:23 pm
you don’t even show up on urban meyer’s radar cause he’s getting ready for bama so get over yourselves
sunny purdue
July 26th, 2010
7:39 pm
I was at that party. My advice to AJ – get lawyered up.
Josh Nesbitt
July 26th, 2010
7:49 pm
I wanted to go to the party but when I asked the agents, they just kept laughing.
Atlanta Sports fan...
July 26th, 2010
8:03 pm
Tech would have been happy to get one of those letters sent to big FB programs about the Agentgate thing.
They would have relevant. You know… Like we have arrived!!!!
Big Dawg
July 26th, 2010
8:09 pm
“ugag” is so irrelevant but some Nerd keeps blogging along anyway. Get a job loser!!
Big Dawg
July 26th, 2010
8:10 pm
Also love the virgin Nerds on this blog giggling about red panties. That is all they can think about.
Big Dawg
July 26th, 2010
8:13 pm
Anybody who says that AJ is a thug and a liar is ,themselves, a disgrace to this blog. The guy is nothing but a class act who is a hard worker, dedicated teamate and future 1st round draft pick You don’t know him so STFU haters!!
Damon Evans
July 26th, 2010
8:13 pm
Enter your comments here
Yellow Fuzz
July 26th, 2010
8:14 pm
who cares? I bet it was the BOOGIE MAN FROM HARTWELL that attended. Heard his kind hit the streets after dark down there. Hahahaha. Looking forward to the remake of 45-42 this November in that Shreveport, Septic Tank, of a Stadium you AH’s have there in cow town. Tech is loaded with cards it aint showing. You’ll see.
Eat and Tweet
July 26th, 2010
8:17 pm
Boy Ive always liked a dollop of sour cream and butter on my baked tater….. Dawgs will get baked in Columbia by them chickens though…..
Jim Doanan as in Doans Pills
July 26th, 2010
8:29 pm
Mark…..I sure hope UGA doesnt allow both the Gators and ole Rocky Top score a “dollop “of points on the Dawgs this year !
SHAWN
July 26th, 2010
8:35 pm
5% change of nothing. He be there partyin in SB.
NRBQ
July 26th, 2010
9:30 pm
Mark:
You appear to be a connoisseur of the colon.
Carry on.
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July 26th, 2010
9:38 pm
[...] As Mark Bradley points out today there is no need to panic yet. If Green is in fact the player and can prove that he didn’t attend the party and thus did not receive anything from an agent then Georgia will be fine. If it is another player then it doesn’t seemingly seem to have the same effect on the program that it would have if it was Green. [...]
Mark Bradley
July 26th, 2010
10:37 pm
Thanks, NRBQ. I think.
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12-2
July 27th, 2010
4:06 am
I don’t want Coach Richt fired, but for him to FIRE Mike Bobo.
Nick 10:33 pm last night, sir :
+ 20 points scoring advantage
How can you have a plus + 20 points scoring average when :
2002 we only scored :
27 pts vs Alabama
26 pts vs FSU
24 pts vs Auburn
18 pts vs vols
13 pts vs crocodiles
13 pts vs South Carolina
6 games in 2002, we averaged 20 points and Nick wants us to average more than + 20 points ADVANTAGE ?
What do you expect us to do on Defense Nick ?
Hold the other team to MINUS SCORE ?
E
July 27th, 2010
8:43 pm
Thanks for the restraint you showed last week on this topic Mark…
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