Evans’ settlement: 3 months salary plus previously earned $100,000 bonus

We all tend to respond the same way to success, what separates men of character is how they respond to failure. Mr. Evans has a lot of failure in his life right now, hopefully, he responds to the challenge and rights his realtionship with his God, family and community. All joking aside, I will be praying for him.

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Its time for UGA to clean up its act!!!!!!!

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Saint Simons was stupid a year ago and as Ron White says, “There ain’t no cure for stupid.”

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St. Simons, Tech still sucks at football.

Richt is 8-1 against the Nerds.

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With the current circumstances as they are, maybe the Board will take this opportunity to vote to remove the name of that other notorious womanizing drunk adjacent to that of the great Harry Mehre from the front of the building.

Or, maybe not.

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Yeah, I suppose you could pray for him. That, or give him a few million dollars.

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As sad as the situtation is concening David Evans, I agree on the fact that he must leave the
University. In the AJC article this morning it implied that Evans would be negotiate a seperation
settlement with the University. My question is why is there any negotiations? Will the university
pay him a partial years salary???Due to the clause in his contract about behavior, it seems to me
that the university could have just fired him and said goodby. Why would he expect any extra money?

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How much money will he get to keep all he knows buried?

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So much to give and to offer, wasted and gone. Life offers the test first and experience is what we make of it. Damon is a broken man right now. He must demonstrate now what he lacked on June 30, character and resolve. To retain him would be a slap in the face of any pretense of order and integrity by the athetic board. Het him move on, and rebuild his life, but not at UGA.

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I believe this is the same process they use in selecting a Pope. If red smoke is seen Damon like the devil is a goner, white smoke we have a new AD….

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Adams must be in the villa in Costa Rica that he bought with Foundation money and treats as his own, or is he at the villa in Italy. Way to ruin his vacation, State Patrol and AJC!

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I wonder if they’ll discuss other candidates today also. There are a some quality, competent people currently on the administration staff – Arthur Johnson, who’s worked at Texas and Cal, is well thought of across the country as an up and comer and Carla Williams is well credentialed and has a steady unflappable demeanor. There are others in the administration that are not very well qualified for their current positions and really need to go.

Damon, maybe at Adam’s behest, let some talented people go when he took over from Coach Dooley. No doubt there was some dead wood there at the time, primarily because of Coach Dooley’s loyality to folks who’d been around awhile but Damon’s cuts went beyond that. There hasn’t been a lot of independent thinking in the Butts-Mehre building for some time now and I think that’s exactly how President Adams wants it.

I’ve had to interact with President Adams directly from time to time and his arrogance is overwhelming. It’s easy for some to trot out the “you only care about sports not academics” line but that is not the case. My wife and I, as well as two of our children, are alums and proud of the progress UGA has made academically. We support athletics financially but we also give significant money to the Terry College of Business (which is doing an outstanding job of educating students). The academic progress at UGA is more a product of the HOPE scholarship than Michael Adams, though he and the “yes men” on his staff would never admit that.

I have friends on the Board of Regents but I just don’t understand their support of Adams. He is a detriment, not an asset, to UGA. You can rest assured the next AD will be someone Adams thinks he can control.

One last point, the recent AJC article about how much (or how little) is spent on football at UGA should be telling. There is almost an animosity between the administration and the football program. Our coaches salaries are competitive but we are spendthrifts in so many other things like lack of clerical support for coaches. New assistant coaches are shocked when they get here to find out the entire staff must share one administrative assistant.

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father garducci, you are all wrong. If REP PANTIES are seen Damom like the devil is a goner…..

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an ajc article yesterday brought a good point….did UGA have any clue what Damon had done when they let him hold his press conference. I cannot imagine they did. UGA fans should feel more disrespected about that press confernce than anything. I mean he sat on stage and made it seem like an average DUI arrest, all the while knowing that a damning ploice report was just hours from being released. Or maybe he is pompous enough to believe that his poor behavior would all be swept under the rug and he could continue his high-profile life. Either way I think he is a joke of a man and I hope UGA doesn’t give him a penny.

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Who is already Drunk at the Board Meeting? Good now lets get down to paying Damon to keep his mouth shut.

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loyaldog….this business is not always about liking someone (thank god)…at the end of the day can you sit down with a person and have a laugh…most can obviously do that.

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Athletic Board goes into executive session?????????? What??? What could they be talking about. Maybe the Oil Leak, jobs or taxes. I thought this was Sports. Just fire him and play ball. It’s just a game. Hearing “this” will make you want to drink.

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It is proof that the sex drive in humans is indeed strong when in the midst of the Tiger Woods’ situation (and Evans resembles Woods) to say nothing of all the other recent and past sexual scandals, that a well educated, well paid man such as Evans would fall to such poor decision making. That said, there is simply no excuse for a grown man making such a “mistake.”

I recoil whenever I hear a celebrity or other notable person say that they made a mistake. Obviously, their mistake was in getting caught. For instance, as many times (now documented) that Tiger cheated on his wife, it was never referred to as a “mistake” until he was caught. Then, the “mistake” was applied retroactively. Puleeese!!!

Go Falcons!!!

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wow only 3 months and 100k. I thought it would be a lot more then that. Evans needs to get job quick. His beautiful wife will get the 100k in the divorce settlement.

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LoyalDog

You hit the nail on the head, especially in regards to the HOPE scholarship being a huge part of UGA’s success the last 15 years.

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$237,500. Not a bad sum to walk away with after this fiasco.

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.Deepdiver565

It would be great if Evans wanted to get back at UGA and aired its dirty laundry about paying players and having sham classes exposed to the world.

All that would do, is further make him,
look bad, after all he was the AD. Why does Damon Evans need to get back at UGA about? They have done nothing to him,he brought all this on himself.They don’t have much choice but to let him go.

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He probably never thought about the record revealing everything that happened.

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The DUI was doable-Low class woman, the red panties in his lap and the weeping meltdown as he was being cuffed was his undoing! Another fool….

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Wow, Damon’s WIFE got relly screwed. Damon will spend all that money on DUI fines, fees, and Lawyers. Don’t forget the cost to pay someone to drive him around for a year. Mrs. Evans you better file today and GATA. Get After Those Assets.

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OK, he’s been referred to by posters here as Mike Evans and David Evans. Do you guys ever think before you type?

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Jerry! Jerry! Jerry!………………..

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I do not feel sorry for him in the least. what an idiot.
Drinks with woman not your wife – $75
Gas for BMW – $55
Red panties – priceless

funniest line – officer, I am just holding the panties… LOL

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What do you think Adams, Morehead, Bishop or any of the rest of the UGAA would do if they were sitting next to her with no pantys on? What would you anonymous cowards and likely members of the KKK do?
The secret corrupt worthless cesspool UGAA is now going to rubber stamp an agreement their lawyer made on Sundae to pay millions of dollars to him for his misbehavior not because of anything that bad he did, but because he made them look bad in public. He exposed them to public ridicule which they rarely receive but badly deserve.
He now has a golden opportunity to raid their treasury and teach them a lesson they will never forget and possibly even shut them down at UGA. He is likely too stupid to do this and understand his strong position right now. Any organization which sends its lawyer to rush an agreement on a Sunday afternoon, possibly without his own council present, is obviously very very scared and afraid of a court fight and the ensuing bad publicity. Evans is holding the cards but is likely to cowardly and stupid to play his hand.

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Evans didn’t deserve anything but a boot in the ass. He is a disgrace. The UGA BOD are a bunch of clowns. $100k+, give me a break. He should have been fired for violation of moral turpitude clause. What the hell was he doing with her panties in his lap. Some lame crap from him. hopefully his wife will divorce him and take all his money. Glad he’s gone…maybe he can get a job sweeping streets..

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I wonder how comfortable that couch is?

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hire Daniel Carver

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We all know the real candidate for this job is Jeremy Elliott. Check out his page. http://tinyurl.com/35za7hw

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sad brotha…it happens when you the HBIC

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LoyalDog – Yep and CMR has been asking for an indoor practice field for years. I even think they officially pressured CMR to stop commenting on the indoor practice field.

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Bob…you think God could bless me 237,500 times if I drive drunk and screw my wifes worst nightmare.

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The University of Georgia, sadly, has fallen almost irretrievably beyond hope. The salaciousness of the charges against Evans are a sad embarrassment to all that is the University of Georgia. Stanford University wins the NACDA Director’s Cup every single year, with scholar-athletes, while the University of Georgia comes in, at best, number 17-18, or so. And Stanford is NOT engaged in all the sordid affairs, as UGA is. This is a sad moment and I sorely pray the University can somehow move beyond this. However, this will take leadership which I believe is sorely lacking!

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That sly fox Damon already has a new gig – Damon’s Taxi Service – We help those with red panties get home safely – Special preferance given to white women under thirty.

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Hey….at least he is gone!

Let’s be in no rush to name a successor and get the right person this time. Unfortunately, Damon is no different than a lot of people in power; the inflated ego gets you everytime and you trhink you are above reproach. What a shame all of these peolpe are so-called role models for our youth.

UGA fans will take a lot of kidding from our rivals, and if the shoe were on the other foot, we would be doing the ribbing as well. it’s all just talk anyway, so it amounts to nothing.

GO DAWGS!!!!!!!

P.S. I bet St. Simons wears red panties.

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Nice parachute Damon, was it red too?

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3 months severance for being stupid…. anoher fine example of
UGA judgement.
Goes to show the leadership/elite in this country are screwed up…..MCCHRYSTAL….CLINTON….EVANS….ADAMS….TIGER. and on and on….

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Evans probably has a million or two banked from all the previous salary–so he’ll be living large for awhile, unless his wife’s divorce attorney cleans him out.

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drinks on me! come see me at my bar damon. i got some fine split-tail for you to gander at hehehe yea cmon

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I agree with Techmaninathens – he said it very well.

I really feel for his family.

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ok .. break it up boys… the excitements over (for now)… y’all go on home (or back to work)

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All the Techies on here are such haters you want our entire program to fail off the field. Ya’ll are pitiful! I would never wish anything like this on another school. I would just rather beat you on the field……….Oh wait……..we already do that……….Losers!

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$237,500! What kind of “firing” is that?

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The higher you go… the higher the standards!
Evans didn’t realize that and LOST (his words on the jumbotron at Sanford Stadium). His fault period? He KNEW BETTER yet chose the easy path. He has had it made, his THIN RESUME for AD was overlooked by his skin color. The “dumbing down” and low standards are the end results and an ugly black eye on the “Bull Dog Nation” is minimal comparing to what the fallout would have been if he was allowed to continue the “Big Lie.”

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I cannot even come close to containing how much I hate FUGA, and I constantly expect this “quality of character” from a high school that only copies what others have done (logo comes from Green Bay, song is a hymn, etc). The people that come to mind are “The Runaway Bride”, the guy that ran “up the down escalator” and shut down Atlanta airport, the guy with TB that caused an international scare when he uld boarded a plane, and I could go on but the subject discusts and bores me. FUGA is like having a child that cries constantly. They’re CHEAP – and they don’t care if they are.

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that BMW be going back to UGA, along with car that his wife drives, I guess. Be hitting the car lots this afternoon.

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Actually, who ever let this guy in front of the UGA/DELTA logo should be fired also! What an idiot.

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Tech fans love to imply that UGA has some wide-spread integrity issues. Our guys must be going to class and doing the work as the UGA athletic group outscored the weenies in recent academic qualification ratings.

Hello, Mr. Potato Head. Knock knock, anybody home? The academic requirements at Tech are so much higher than they are at The Cesspool of the South that there’s no comparison, even 25 years after Jan Kemp exposed UGA.

And would you like to talk about the arrest records of UGA thugs, both the players AND the employees in the athletic department?

Some advice: don’t bother going to your mailbox to look for your unemployment check today. It’s a holiday for the post office.

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No reason to blame that other woman for Damon’s stupidity. DE made out nicely in this economy. Hope his wife gets it all and he gets a bachelor pad closer to Johnny’s Hideaway.

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Wow did this turn into a bunch of hateful jackasses bringing their trash . Can we not have a discussion without the redneck bs. God. This is why a country boy like me can’t catch a break . Y’all are trash.

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again, i say, time to move on. time to put up the flags again. time to reembrace uga as alma mater. this stupid man can’t take down the tradition and the future of georgia — and neither can michael adams. georgia lives on beyond all of us, and we as alumni are known by its life and excellence. and so are our families, and so the good people of this state. thanks be that the ‘pompous’ president at least had the good sense to solve this quickly and with as little pain as possible. now, let the games begin! who replaces this evil little man is not nearly as important as the fact that he is gone.

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Damon should be starting a website for advice for scoring with the ladies. A man that can get the panties off a chick that quick in the car has some real skills that he could market.

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“You can rest assured the next AD will be someone Adams thinks he can control.”

Well, of course. “Let’s see, who can I hire? I know, the loose cannon!” Duh

And Evans won’t get 237,500. He’s see 1/2 of that after taxes.

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Widespread cheating and coverups under Evans will lead to the death penalty

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There ain’t no MOVING ON. UGA is to fun to poke fun at. TECH people still hear from Dawgs about O’leary, Hamilton, and others that happened years ago. So, just live with it DAWGS. Your school ain’t that great. UGA is the “flagship Institute for Benge Drinking and Fake Blonde Bimbos”. Drunk and Stupid is $237,500.00 worth of OK @ UGA.

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Student-Athletes you need to RUN from this train wreck that is UGA

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This is indeed a sad story; however, let me explain who it is sad for. It is sad for Evans’ wife and daughters, who must deal with the ramifications of their dad’s “DOG” gone wild for many more years to come. I am sad for Bulldog Nation and the thousands of fans who accepted Evans and were very supportive of the job he was doing. I am sorry for my African American community. Over the last few years, we’ve seen the likes of McNair, Tiger, and now Evans, all share something so morally and irresponsibly incomprehensible: An inability (and arrogant unwillingness) to separate right from wrong. Unfortunately, it cost McNair his life; it will ultimately cost Tiger millions of dollars; and it has now cost Evans a lucrative job and most likely a wonderful and supportive wife. Say what you will, but too often we make excuses for this type of behavior, just as Evans did that night. I will not do that. It is an insult to all of us. YES, Evans must go. As when I myself was an impressionable young college students, we looked for those in leadership positions to serve as an example of what “NOT” to do. Nobody expected Evans to be perfect, but we did expect him to heed his own words: “You drink and drive, you lose!” Well, that makes him a loser. Thank God that he only killed his career and family that night, and no innocent drivers on the road. As a happily married mother, I will not blame the young lady with the red panties. She too fell prey to the appeal of an older well-paid guy with “clout” in the community. They will both pay dearly for their decisions that night, but let us not forget that she is not obligated to a spouse or university. And that is why Evans is the biggest loser! So long, to another young, promising brother who has disappointed us all.

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Kris,
Ya’ll Southerns are so screwed!

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please, please don’t bring race into this! let’s not go down that old, tired road. it demeans everybody, especially those in the uga community, real alumni, who seek fairness and dignity for their alma mater. please, leave it out, because it is not an issue. the issue is a sad one, almost a classic tragedy: a person with everything and so much to live for tosses it all away. some people are threatened by success, you know. the tragedy here is not uga or damon evans; it is his wife, and kids, and the minds of the young who will be damaged by this. and for those who would make fun and wave red panties? grow up.

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Panties on your seat, panties on your seat…
lookin’ like a fool with panties on your seat.
Drinkin’ too much, caught DUI…
lookin’ like a fool with panties on your seat.
Askin’ for a warnin’, crying like a babe…
lookin’ like a fool with dem panties on your seat.

Sorry… after reading all of this for 4 days, I couldn’t help myself.
I truly do hope Damon gets his life back in order. His family deserves that.
Although he may not deserve his family.

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Not trying to rub salt in these wounds, but everyone seems to forget, the friend was a UGA graduate. I agree she may be a little lose, but the more you trash her, the worst
the worse it looks for her a, UGA grad.

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Anyone know where my UGA red panties are? I need them bad—I got more men to see this week!

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$237K of taxpayer money … and probably also the car as a parting gift. Just makes me sick to think that my money is helping for for the ineptitude of Adams and the legal staff at UGA. THere should be a zero-tolerance clause in every contract job in the state university system. I

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“I accepted his resignation” – what a lie! He did not want to resign! Same as last week with McChrystal. What a bunch of garbage in corporate America! We all have gone through that. “I really do not want to resign, sir”. “Well, the decision HAS BEEN ALREADY MADE”.
Meaning: “We fire you, but to the public we will just say that you resigned. For that, you will get your little bonus $$, and we all look good.” I am not defending him at all, (he got what he deserved), but my point is the lie to all of us. Does not matter it comes from UGA, or the prez.

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kabco101, tuition does not pay salaries, state money (taxes and and other state funds) do.

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GaGAtor you fool. The Girl was from Ga. Southern. The Athens area chicks Damon messed with ain’t going to say a word. The Bulldawg Nation would eat her/them alive and they would have a hardtime getting a job.

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The racist were so sure that Rev Al and Jesse Jackson were coming in to save Damon’s lame ass. They were told repeatedly this would not happen. Now they are insistent that Damon was an Affirmative Action hire even though Dooley hand picked him and groomed him for the job. Damon had the appropriate educational credentials from UGA. Now whether or not the credentials are worth anything is another story. I dislike Damon Evans for what he did to his Nubian bride and children but he was responsible for a lot of good things in the athletic department. But I am sure the ignorant redneck trailer park racist that didn’t finish 7th grade portion of the UGA fanbase can’t understand that as it would actually require them to read and make a knowledge based comment.

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I think the thing that strikes me the most is how easily you can lose your job by doing something stupid in your personal life. It’s unfortunate that he worked for a college where we are supposed to be teaching our young people good morals as well as teaching them to use their full potential in life. But somewhere in the back of his head, he should have known that he did not work for an accounting firm or a law firm or some other private company where an episode like this probably wouldn’t cost you your job (much less end up in the news). It’s just sad that he let his idiot side come out the way it did.

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Look people, at this level even in the “real” business world execs get lovely departing gifts except most of theirs include stock options and other amenities. Don’t begrudge his wife and kids the 3 months & bonus already earned because if she and her lawyer are smart they will be the ones getting it anyway. Besides that I’m sure there were strings attached to the severance deal as well. Expect him to plead guilty or nolo and get out of town as quietly as possible.

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KA learn before you post. THE UGA ATHLETIC ASSCIOATION has nothing to do with UGA and the tax payers of the State. Athletic Asscioation money comes from sports and donations.

KA change your name to I am a DA$$. Read, Learn, and then POST.

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Failure…..and the need for “religion” tend to go hand ‘n hand…so I guess it is time for Mr. Evans to get “saved” by some right-wing evangelist on go on the speaking tour in all the churches around America telling how Jesus made a difference in his life…and everyone can feel better about him….and he can make tons of money. I tend to follow “spiritual” people like Bonhoffer (sp?), who was successful in mind, body, and spirit…..and therefore exhibited character in the face of true evil (Hitler) and paid the untimate price for that true character and true faith. He was not one of those modern day “Christians” that “prey” on people’s weaknesses (ever wonder why preachers and evangelists focus so much on human failure and weakness???…because focusing on “failure” brings out easily uncontrolled emotion, not controlled spirt or mind, and makes people easy prey.) Well, I guess I made the right wing religious on here angry again….and I am glad. It is easy to prey on the right wing….because those who follow someone else’s thinking blindly, instead of thinking clearly for themselves based on knowlege-based learning, are the easiest to rile to revolt….ask Hitler!!! Well…I guess it is time for a TEA PARTY! Or is it a facist party in development? Too bad Hitler isn’t here to lead the revolt. Oh, I forgot…this is a sports blog. SORRY!

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POAD, please learn to spell the word “association.”

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yes, i am out of this thread for good; because, like all of these ajc threads, they are taken over by people who don’t reason and have no real interest in the subject. i went to uga, graduated cum laude, went to all the games, played in the redcoat band when it was the ‘dixie redcoat band.’ sat through games when only 17000 showed up; in a stadium that sat no more than it did in 1929 — if any of you new fools remember any tradition at all. i sat through three seasons of 3-6; no bowls. remember and still love dean tate. saw adolph rupp beat uga in old woodruff hall, played in the band at the opening of the ’stegasaurus,’ which was a wonder of the world at its time. witnessed vince dooley’s first season and the wonder of the win over tech and the even greater honor of a bid to the sun bowl. and on, and on, and on. so stop dishing georgia, you idiots. i’m outta here.

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To FOAD:
When Vince Dooley became head coach for Ga he changed the G logo from the block G to the G we have today. Green Bay wanted to change thier G and had to get permission from UGA!

I am glad Evans resigned and we didnt have to pay him the $2million plus!

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If Damon and his wife have to return their beemers to Uga, how are they supposed to get around? They need expensive rides for their lifestyle and will not be seen in any low class ride like a honda accord or ford focus.

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I think the university did the right thing & letting damon go, however adam’s pre-historic ass need to go as well. Damon made a huge mistake, taking another woman out who he claim was his friend & only knew the woman for 2 weeks. There is no way I would take my panties off in my friends car, drunk or not & he’s holding them for me. Please how stupid of him to make such a dumb comment. Also for the uncle that brag about his nephew @ church, now brag on this.

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“It would be great if Evans wanted to get back at UGA and aired its dirty laundry about paying players and having sham classes exposed to the world”

I thought Tony Cole already did that!

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DaHood,

You make some good points and then go into a hate filled, racist diatribe of your own with your comments about redneck trailer trash. Sadly you negated your good comments with your hate filled comments.

I think we can all agree Damon did a good job as AD. However, looking back on when he got the job several years ago his resume was paper thin and no one disputes this. There were certainly many white men with far greater credentials as candidates for the job. But do I have a problem with Damon getting the job to begin with over them? Absolutely not. Why? Because one can always make an argument that there is someone more qualified of a different race.

Damon was selected because he was a Georgia man, Vince handpicked him and had confidence in him, and he seemed particularly bright which can compensate greatly for a resume that may be lacking. In any event fair or not the man had personal connections to important people at UGA and race really doesn’t matter in many cases. Its who you know that matters and black or white in this case it was who Damon knew that got him in. Not affirmative action and not his resume. A lot of people both black and white seem to forget this and that most jobs are landed through one’s network and not through a newspaper ad or blind application.

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Adams and UGa should immediately hire another minority to replace evans, since UGA is poorly represented on campus with very few minorities in high profile positions and on the faculty.

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I’ve lost count.

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Read my name, states my game!

I don’t want a less qualified doctor working on my deathly ill child. Unfortunately due to affirmative action, I look at people of color in a different light. Are they really qualified to do the job or just “color-qualified.”

Evans, who DID not graduate originally from UGA (Terry Business College) makes me suspect at the least with the “THIN RESUME” and job he was sent to ultimately fail in.

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daHood….your “nubian bride and children” comment tends to tell me you are not just a racist redneck yourself….but possibly the worst kind of white trailor trash to boot….the one that tries not to be that but actually is. Actually, I did not know his wife and children were from the area that is today known as Sudan. Thanks for enlightening me with your vast knowledge of the world geography.

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How come when somebody has a clear viewpoint and voices his opinion, that person’s referred to as a Tech fan? Typical Georgia. To defend Tech, who won the MOST recent championship? Hello?? Tech may be on some lean years but at least they don’t carry on about a fluke season from 30 YEARS AGO!

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UGA got off cheap and will better off for it.

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what if he is an atheist?

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OMG IF YOU GIVE ME A $550,000 ANNUAL SALARY. I WILL BE THE MOST PERFECT HUMAN BEING ON THE PLANET. I WILL MAKE MYSELF DO RIGHT WHEN I WANT TO DO WRONG. I WILL SPANK MYSELF AND MAKE MYSELF REMIND ME OF WHAT I WILL LOSE.
IF TEMPTATION IS AROUND ME I WILL BEAT MYSELF UTIL IT GO AWAY. I WILL DO EVERYTHING I CAN NOT TO MESS UP.

IS A 10 SECOND THRILL AND A $10.00 CAN OF BEER WORTH LOSING $550,000 A YEAR?
ARE YOU SERIOUS WITH THIS ECONOMY?
THIS MAN IS CRAZY

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P.S…..I was in Tampa this weekend…and being there made me proud by the communities response to a horrible tragedy…for two white cops were murdered in cold blood by a black man…and the white community did not come out in “hate” for the black race for the act of one evil man…no…the community of both blacks and whites came together to defeat evil…and hate. And the African-American community was mostly wonderful in its condemnation of the killer and support for the murdered cops family and the entire Tampa community as a whole. And I was exceptionally proud of the Tampa police force…that exhibited pure professionalism and emotional control in a time of immense pain and emotion. Mind controlling emotion….the way it should be. Maybe we are making progress still….at least in Tampa, Florida, they are still….

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George Wynn for AD! He is a UGA grad and has won a national title at Texas, do it now!!

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Shanky white….it isn’t about racism….of which you seem to be of full measure. Get a book and read it….and open up your mind to something other than hate, dude.

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I didn’t give all the information on the Laffer quote. His statement was made in reference to the economic policy and actions that have come out of Washington, DC in the last 3 years. Which, have been made in a panic and have had no positive outcomes. He wasn’t trying to be a psychologists, just making a statement based on, what I feel, is logical thought. Logical thought is something a lot of highly paid, powerful folks in the country have forgotten or never knew how to do. I am with jr…pay me that kind of money and I will beat the bad out of myself everyday!!!

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Stay on topic Tampa Gator, no one is discussing the kumbaya moment in Tampa.

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ATLien, the south is all about racism from all side, way too much has happened here for it to be anything else. Most of the time we make nice like we were taught to do as good southerners but at other times like now, we let it all hang out..

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Why do I keep hearing about a “skank”? Evans is the one who is supposed to be making responsible decisions. He is the only skank in this situation. Stop blaming the woman and saying it is her fault. It is Evans’ fault totally and completely. He’s the one with everything to lose by doing this.

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The infamous Red Panties will never go away. Like Jan Kemp, their memory will linger for decades as a reminder of what a rotten joke UGA is.

So party on, you dawg imbeciles.

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Half of you yo yo’s don’t even know the guy’s name. It is Damon Evans. Not David Evans or the other incorrect names used. Evans did wrong and deserves punishment including being let go. But, he erred in my opinion by letting UGA off so easy. I really believe they would have paid him $500,000 to $1,000,000 to leave versus the $237,500 or so he got. Just saying.

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Let’s (UGA and friends) move on.

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To Jim, in regard to your 11:16 am note:

You’re probably right, and if UGA wanted to fight it they’d likely win in court. But then it’d be all drawn out and continue to create negative publicity. Even with a “morality clause” in a contract, it’s hard to fire someone for cause.
It’s far better for all concerned to reach an agreement, which lets both sides save a little face. If Damon had fought it in court, then his career would be OVER…even if he won the lawsuit. (And frankly, I don’t think he’d have had a chance.) At least now he can make a big production of going to a rehab clinic, say the right things, etc. (Pull a Tiger Woods, in other words) Then…in a few years…maybe he’s got a shot at another assistant AD position somewhere. Perhaps a smaller school, where his contacts might be worth them taking a chance on him?
I can’t say that he was my choice originally, but I have to admit that he’s done a good job for the university. Sad situation for both sides.

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$237,000 and unemployment checks. Who gets that? He can rebound after this and he knows it.

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Gimme a break POAD. Of course it is more about MONEY more than it is about race.

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Gimme a break! You can’t blame Mark Richt for the alcoholics that are churned out of UGA. in the thousands each year. Athens is nothing but a fertile breeding ground for future drunks. Now when one of Mark Richt’s kids get arrested for an alcohol related incident, blame him.

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$237,500 bought his silence from talking about what really goes on at that hellhole.

“He also agreed to a confidentiality provision regarding “all matters leading up to this Release Agreement,” and both parties — Evans and UGA — agreed to make “no statements . . . which are disparaging, critical or negative toward each other or any of their agents, employees or students.”

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Haha, the comments on here are amazing.

The fact is Evans had administrative skills that would make your white trash, bumpkin head spin.

The issue here is not race, it’s arrogance. Arrogance makes an AD think he can get away with it. And *arrogance* makes you UGA sidewalk fans think you’re somehow superior.

You know, it’s you UGA sidewalk fans that just poop on anything that would be good about UGA.

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I’ll be glad when August gets here and we can talk college football in lieu of drunk/stoned UGA ADs and Georgia State Patrol panty raids!

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I like to wish Damon the best for everything he did for UGA. For what happen last week, I was sorry to hear what happen. It really put a lope in my throat because I really care and we been like a family at UGA. Damon and Kerri and the two children Cameron and Kennedy have been very nice and special to my visits to UGA, SEC, Bowl games, and Athens. Again, Darren, I will always be your friend and again hope the best for you and your family in the future!

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David you forgot how to spell Damon’s name? Must be a real close friend.

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You can bet there will be tons of red panties being flown atop flag poles in JAX when the dawgs and gators get together. Matter of fact I reckon they will be waving those red panties at opposing stadiums all over the sec. How humiliating.

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Damon you should have said they were your wife’s panties. Say you keep them with you to smell to remember your wife at times you feel weak around other women.

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i think Damon would have been OK if he just said the panties were his! That’s what the pups wear instead of Jocks!!!! Goooooooooooooooo Gators, baby!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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POAD!! You are hilarious!! Keep slamming those panty sniffin pup fans!!!!

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rational dawg, you are a penis. you gay or something???

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If you haven’t noticed: Damon and Tiger look a lot alike.

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Alex Balashov,

Are you just dumb? Dispense with all the legalese crap and look at it from a common sense angle. Its not just the DUI. The man is in a highly visible role at a public institution and the details of the police report make him and UGA a laughing stock. You really think he should get paid more money for doing something so embarrassing it gets him fired? Are we going to reward people even more for doing bad? How idiotic are you? He shouldn’t have been given a freaking dime. And we don’t care about your legal crap point of view.Half the problems in this country are due to costs being run up from everything from health care to buying out this fool’s contract by these leech lawyers. Bug off you wanker!

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Anyone in the ‘public eye’ should know they will always be scrutinized, therfore there should be no excuses when something inexcuseable is done, they should be ready to face the consequences for their actions, we are adults and know right from wrong, so asking for forgiveness is a ‘crock’

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CDAWG

July 5th, 2010
2:25 pm
“I am curious as to why so many black men go after white women when there are so many attractive black women out there. I have seen some black men with some UGLY white women. I don’t get it.”

I don’t get it either. I’ve seen a lot of normal looking black dudes with the fattest, ugliest white women you can imagine. Once in awhile you see a black dude with a nice looking white girl but 95% of the time its the mega fat white women they go for. They could be dating a slender, nice looking black woman and instead they go for fat white women. Its the weirdest thing I’ve ever seen. White men don’t care since its mostly the fat white women but I would imagine its got to be very hurtful to the eligible black women. And with a shortage of young black men since some of them die early from crime, murder, etc and a lot are in prison the ones that are left have their choice of eligible black women. So what do they do every time? Go for the skanky and usually fat white woman. Truly bewildering.

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Legalese @ 2:27:

I think you are misinterpreting my comment. I am not suggesting that he should be paid more or less or insinuating any degree of justice or injustice to his settlement. I honestly can’t say whether he should be paid more or paid less; I just objectively find the figure surprisingly low for the situation, based on how these types of high-profile scandals usually play out, and based on my understanding of the contract.

I also agree with your general viewpoint on litigation and legal costs. However, no matter how resentful the topic of legal mechanics makes you, the devil in this situation is entirely in those details. Doing something embarrassing, politically inconvenient, or laughingstock-worthy is not in itself necessarily grounds for losing your job — there are technicalities that govern that. It’s not a “crap” angle from which to approach the matter. Your indignation, while understandable, doesn’t change that.

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Well, an unfortunate and sad chapter now closes at UGA; from what I heard he did a good job as athletic director but we are judged by the standards du jour. So unless you are self employed a successful man had better watch his back, because the system is not through with him. The next hurdle for him is settling up with his current wife who will probably strip him down to the bone like a piranha; his productive life is over and he might find a job at one of the historically black colleges when the recession is over but his Division 1 viability is done for; hell they might even have to bring back Vince Dooley and then everyone can be vindicated on all sides.

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Whitey you need to get faster or read my post before you repeat what I say.

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Poad,

The posts are 2 minutes apart. Nobody is going to refresh every single minute to make sure their point is not being also made by someone else. Near duplicative posts are going to happen.

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UGA is a JOKE and Brother Evans is an idiot. Everyone knows you kill witnesses and never cry like a bi**h when you are cuffed.

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If you’re an African-American man in a high profile position, you cannot afford any lapse in judgment. Damon Evans brought this upon himself. Yes this is 2010 and there is an African-American president, but race is still a factor in every aspect of our society. If I were making $500,000 a year at a prestigious White University, I would keep my Black behind at home every night, drink Coca Cola and rub my wife’s bunions. Mike Vic, Tiger Woods, and now Damon Evans have unfortunately fallen into the power and popularity trap. They get celebrated by society and forget their place and the reminder is always a mistake in moral judgment that society condemns them for.

So as Chris Rock would say, “Rich Black men, leave them White women alone!”

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lmao alrighty then@lawence so sad but VERY TRUE!

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[...] Richt is on the proverbial hot seat. If so, according to the Tennessean’s David Climer, the resignation of disgraced UGA athletic director Damon Evans this morning is an ominous sign for Richt’s job security if things go south again this fall: [...]

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[...] • I will agree with you by saying this, $200,000-plus in severance is always good. Outgoing Georgia athletic director Damon Evans will get three months’ salary on top of a $100,000 bonus he’d earned under his previous contract in exchange for his resignation, which he dutifully handed to UGA president Michael Adams on Monday morning. Evans’ much publicized DUI disgrace will likely make him persona non grata in the college ranks for the foreseeable future, but he may already have some interest from the pros. (The South Georgia Wildcats are pros, right?) [Atlanta Journal-Constitution] [...]

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