NCAA will make ‘inquiry’ at Georgia (UPDATED)
(Last updated 1:05 a.m. Thursday)
HOOVER, Ala. –- The NCAA, in the midst of a crackdown on improper dealings between college football players and agents, informed the University of Georgia late Wednesday afternoon that it will send investigators to campus to conduct an “inquiry.”
The probe is believed to be the latest in a recent string of NCAA investigations looking into possible improper benefits received by college football players from agents.
Investigations are known to be underway at North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida and Alabama.
Georgia associate athletic director Claude Felton confirmed Wednesday’s call from the NCAA and said UGA Athletic Association officials responded by pledging full cooperation.
Felton said the NCAA requested that UGA officials, coaches and student-athletes refrain from further comment on the matter “until the inquiry is completed.” Georgia interim athletic director Frank Crumley declined to comment when reached by the AJC.
The NCAA’s call to Georgia officials in Athens came as the SEC was wrapping up the first session of its annual media days event in Hoover, Ala., where the hot topic was the widespread recent allegations of improper agent activity.
“It’s epidemic right now,” Florida coach Urban Meyer said. “I think it’s always been there, from what I understand. . . . But I think we’ve reached a point where the size of college football, the magnitude of college football right now, [it] is really overwhelming.”
The NCAA is investigating whether Alabama defensive lineman Marcell Dareus broke NCAA rules by attending a sports agent’s party on Miami’s South Beach during Memorial Day weekend, and NCAA investigators also have interviewed North Carolina players, including defensive tackle Marvin Austin, and South Carolina tight end Weslye Saunders about the same party.
In addition, the NCAA is looking into an allegation that former Florida offensive lineman Maurkice Pouncey accepted $100,000 from an agent’s representative between last season’s SEC Championship Game and the Sugar Bowl –- an allegation that Pouncey has strongly denied and called “absolutely ridiculous.”
Georgia’s highest-profile pro prospect, junior wide receiver A.J. Green, told SI.com on Tuesday, the day before the NCAA’s call to UGA, that he was not at the South Beach party that triggered investigations at three schools. Green said he spent Memorial Day weekend at home in Summerville, S.C., and that he was asked about the party by a Georgia compliance official on Tuesday.
“I never went to South Beach,” Green said.
Former Georgia wide receiver Michael Moore, Green’s teammate the past two seasons, said Wednesday night on Twitter: “Hahaha. This talk about A.J. is hilarious. That country boy ain’t never been to Miami!!! You can put those rumors to rest.”
It is not clear whether the NCAA informed Georgia which player or players it plans to interview.
NCAA rules prohibit college players from signing contracts with, or accepting benefits from, agents. If a player is found to have done so, he could face loss of college eligibility. If the NCAA finds that the school knew, or should have known, about the matter, the institution also could be penalized.
“At the conclusion of the process, when the facts are known, appropriate determinations will be made as to the amateurism status of the student-athlete and whether the institution was aware or should have been aware of the improper conduct based on existing NCAA rules,” SEC commissioner Mike Slive said Wednesday, speaking in generalities and not about any specific case.
Slive added: “Given the surreptitious nature of these matters, it is difficult, if not impossible, for institutions to know what might have taken place. . . . My point is, this isn’t done on Main Street at noon with a compliance officer sitting there. Our schools work very hard. We’ve talked about this issue over and over. We’ve brought experts in. Our schools do everything they can to educate student-athletes about what they should and shouldn’t do.”
Georgia coach Mark Richt and three players -– Green, punter Drew Butler and fullback Shaun Chapas -– are scheduled to arrive at media days Thursday morning for appearances before almost 1,000 media members here.
The NCAA’s recent focus on agent activity, dubbed AgentGate by some, was much-discussed during the opening session of the SEC’s annual three-day media event Wednesday.
Alabama coach Nick Saban was most outspoken on the topic, exuding anger from the podium at the Wynfrey Hotel.
Although not excluding players from responsibility, Saban said agents are “entrapping and taking advantage of young people at a difficult time in their life” and should be banned from the agent business for a year if they endanger college players’ eligibility with improper inducements.
“I don’t think it’s anything but greed that is creating it right now on behalf of the agents,” Saban said. “Agents that do this, I hate to say this, but how are they any better than a pimp? I have no respect for people who do that to young people -– none. I mean, none. How would you feel if they did it to your child?”
Slive called for a national re-examination of the agent issue, saying: “This is a national problem that calls for a national agent strategy for college athletics.” He said an NCAA committee should take an outside-the-box look at the issue.
“Dealing with improper agent conduct has been a challenge for a long time,” Slive said. “Not only for intercollegiate athletics, but also for the many good agents who try to follow the rules. It is time to reexamine the NCAA rules that relate to agents.”
After the story broke late Wednesday of the NCAA’s inquiry at Georgia, former Bulldogs linebacker Rennie Curran, who gave up his final season of college eligibility to enter this year’s NFL draft, addressed the matter on his Twitter account.
“Can’t believe how hard the ncaa is trying to crack down on college athletes,” Curran tweeted. “How can [you] expect someone not to look to outside sources…”
Continuing on his next tweet, Curran wrote: “… when there are video games being made of you, your jerseys getting sold, your family is struggling [and] you don’t even get a dime except pell [grant].”
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First
July 21st, 2010
6:30 pm
first
Frank Lane
July 21st, 2010
6:32 pm
Did we have players at South Beach party. If so, whom?
Luckie
July 21st, 2010
6:33 pm
I think they may ask if they’ve seen a particular agent around campus.
Remarkable
July 21st, 2010
6:33 pm
This is about that picture that was taken at Dawg Night last Friday. Not a big deal.
Thomp
July 21st, 2010
6:33 pm
AJ close all those checking accounts! Put the money under the mattress! Pay cash for everything!
STUDENT ATHLETE
July 21st, 2010
6:35 pm
SURPRISE. SURPISE.
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July 21st, 2010
6:35 pm
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Luckie
July 21st, 2010
6:36 pm
Who was in the picture?
TDone
July 21st, 2010
6:36 pm
I am shocked, shocked I tell you, to hear that the NCAA is inquiring about some shenanigans going on at Georgia! Get out the red panties, boys, it’s going to be a bumpy night!
TheStinger
July 21st, 2010
6:38 pm
Looks like Chip Towers (aka big recruiter for UGA) may have finally stepped out too far.
Doyle Hargraves
July 21st, 2010
6:40 pm
Damon’s Revenge!
Buzz Me
July 21st, 2010
6:42 pm
I didn’t realize uga had any players of that caliber to talk to big time agents.
Vick=Dog killing Thug
July 21st, 2010
6:42 pm
Keep moving people, nothing to see here.
boots
July 21st, 2010
6:44 pm
Good Lord, here goes the AJC again – trying to whip up controversy so more people log on to their free web site. Give it a rest.
BowWow
July 21st, 2010
6:44 pm
Surely you jest. Misconduct in the athletic department at UGA? It’s not like they’re making a run at the Fulmer Cup or anything…
UGA should seriously considering disbanding their Football program. Their actions are a blemish not only on the university but on the entire State of Georgia.
dd
July 21st, 2010
6:45 pm
Hey, it could be worse. We could be tech or florida.
Rich
July 21st, 2010
6:45 pm
If there is smoke, there is fire.
Asylum13
July 21st, 2010
6:45 pm
We did have players there and they were all graduated from what I understand.
Fred the shoe is on the other foot
July 21st, 2010
6:45 pm
Fred
July 21st, 2010
8:29 am
If this happened to Georgia, Dareus would be suspended for 4 games by the NCAA. The bias is blatant it’s comical. But because it’s media darling “Alabama Crimson Tide”, the NCAA will look the other way.
Saban’s attacking agents, instead of the spotlight resting on Dareus, who should be suspended, regardless of Saban’s attempts to deflect attention.
How bout Saban suspending Dareus for a year, like he’s suggesting for the agents? Is he really as tough as he talks, or that a bunch of hot air?
LinkReport this comment.Fred
July 21st, 2010
8:33 am
Let me get this straight, is Saban saying Dareus is the “victim” here? You’ve got to be kidding? If Dareus went to the Miami party, all expenses paid by the agent, then Dareus didn’t know that going to a all expense paid party in Miami was against the rules?
come on, Dareus isn’t a helpless victim.
If coaches got tougher on players, this sort of thing would stop happening.
Saban’s light way of dealing with his player here, is more of the problem, than the agents.
Coach’s and players should be suspended for a year when this happens, that would stop this kind of thing from happening.
GTFan since 1990
July 21st, 2010
6:48 pm
Take that UGA!!!! YAYYYYYYYY! YAYYYYYYYYY GT! Buzz em JACKETZZZZ!!! We OWN UGA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Monroe's first Redcoat
July 21st, 2010
6:49 pm
These a$$hole agents are nothing but vampires. Why not let the DL take the ones seen cruising the UGA campus out to Oconee Hills Cemetery behind the stadium and just beat the crap out of them??
GT79
July 21st, 2010
6:52 pm
Ha Ha Ha…..Rumor has it that many UGA athletes were carousing with agents with red panties on…..Georgia football is such a cesspool……Go Tech…..we will kick your leg humping butts in Athens this year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
DTC
July 21st, 2010
6:53 pm
If there is anything here at all, you can bet that Tennessee people are the ones that sicked the NCAA on GA. Whatever happened to the investigation, last year, with Tennessee, not Darick, last year? They always turn yellow and turn the NCAA on to Georgia, Alabama or someone else, no matter whether it is true or not, and then they get off. This has been going on since the 70’s.
And people wonder why I cannot stand Tennessee? They defame the name Volunteers, of which they are named after Davey Crockett and his Volunteers, who went to the Alama and died, so that others may live in peace.
Freak
July 21st, 2010
6:53 pm
How come there are so many Green Bay Packers fans in Georgia??
JB
July 21st, 2010
6:53 pm
I strongly doubt we had anyone there. We’ve also been squeaky clean, of anything serious, for a very, very long time. Frankly, not concerned in the least.
The only thing I’m presently concerned about is the state of mind of GTFan. “We own UGA”? Really???
HBTD!!!
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DTC
July 21st, 2010
6:54 pm
And, you Georgia Tech fans, insult the integrity of your fantastic Educational Institution.
DTC
July 21st, 2010
6:54 pm
and after all of this, I think I need to keep my real opinion – to myself.
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Kirby Smart
July 21st, 2010
6:57 pm
Bring me back to UGA and I will solve all of these problems.
SEC Fact Finder
July 21st, 2010
6:57 pm
From numerous reports, true or untrue, there was up to 45 players at this party, many of these players were led there by other players aka..recruited. Many players showed up and left immediatley upon finding out it was an Agent behind the party.
There will be numerous schools, hit with this….LSU, FL. ALA. SC, NC, and the list is just starting as each player interviewed is giving up other players in attendance.
At SEC Media days, Saban stated that the players on campus have been instructed and taught not to accept anything, go anywhere, contact, communicate or do anything to implicate they are doing things illlegally. That Marcel is not just a victim, he knew better, and has to pay the price if he did anything wrong, so some moron stating that coaches being suspended is just that..a suspended idiot….
At UGA we have players and AD’s drinking like sailors on leave….and committing minor crimes…we need to get into a better state of mind to get our on ship righted….to my fellow UGA alumni, fans, supporters….do not throw rocks,,,this investigation is just got going and I am afraid it will turn on us and many other schools to be named later….
Breaking News: NCAA to make Inquiry at Georgia | Dawn of the Dawg | A Georgia Bulldogs blog
July 21st, 2010
6:59 pm
[...] The University of Georgia confirmed today that it had received a call from the NCAA “requesting permission to send investigators onto campus to conduct an inquiry”. Associate Athletic Director Claude Felton confirmed the call to the AJC but didn’t comment saying that the NCAA had asked that no UGA Officials, Coaches, or Student Athletes comment on the matter until the inquiry was made. [...]
Harry Box
July 21st, 2010
6:59 pm
Word on the street, is a certain UGA stud was seen wearing red panties down in South Beach back in May.
Beast from the East
July 21st, 2010
6:59 pm
To those that were throwing stones at Bama and UF, it’s okay to remove your foot from your mouth now. No one is immune this stuff. Hopefully, nothing is found out about any of our programs except may be one or two individual players received some benefits. Discipline them and let’s move on to some football.
lojak777
July 21st, 2010
7:00 pm
HEY DTC, you just hate UT cause we have beaten you like a rag doll 3 of the past 4 years. I mean hanging 50 on you in Athens, leading 28-0 in Knoxville. You may make up crap about the NCAA, but you are like all UGA fans–wanting to win so bad that you put down everyone else in your way. Pathetic
TUCK FECH
July 21st, 2010
7:03 pm
GEORGIA 60 wins over Techs 39 ..How does Tech own UGA?
I think UGA had a player at the party in Miami and of course No Techies are invited to great Parties!
GO DAWGS!
96 dawg
July 21st, 2010
7:06 pm
According to TMZ:
A source closely connected to Georgia’s athletic department tells TMZ the wide receiver allegedly attended a party at the Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami Beach on Memorial Day weekend. Partying alone isn’t a crime under NCAA rules — Green is 21 years old — but if someone (like an agent or financial advisor) paid for anything related to Green’s trip … that could be a violation.
Bama fan
July 21st, 2010
7:06 pm
Looks like everyone is getting caught up a little in this. Word out of Bama is that Dareus showed up and like some of the other players realized an agent was behind it and left. I’m hearing the same thing as SEC fact checker that there were up to 45 different players from a lot of different schools.
Nobody is really going to get hit though. What are they gonna do? Put all 40 schools on probation that had a player show up at a party? They’ll come down on the agent pretty hard and some players will get suspensions and lose eligibility. Marvin Austin at UNC his case is a little more serious since it appears he may have accepted gifts and that he may have been recruiting other players to come. Looks like he might be gone at UNC.
Bama fan
July 21st, 2010
7:08 pm
Beast,
I just checked the other blog Tony Barnharts. They sure were throwing a lot of stones. Glass houses and all applies here.
wiley
July 21st, 2010
7:08 pm
I hope they dont call Tech. We had two top players leave last year but we dont have any highly projected guys this year…I hope that means we are in the clear.
Chuy Dawg
July 21st, 2010
7:08 pm
Hey Guys,
Take it for what it’s worth, TMZ sports is citing a confidential source. Word is that AJ is under this investigation.
I hope its not true.
oldmikey
July 21st, 2010
7:10 pm
So nobody thinks they should go after the agent(s)??
Harry Box
July 21st, 2010
7:12 pm
Marcel Dareus said that he and another 15 players left soon after they realized that an agent, or agents, had lured them their via other players. What about all the players that stayed? Did any of those players sign anything?
Coach Paul Johnson
July 21st, 2010
7:14 pm
Our performance on the football field has been a blemish on the entire state of Georgia for decades.
AJ Green
July 21st, 2010
7:14 pm
Deny, deny, deny….I shredded my bank statement, threw my cell in the ocean – er, I mean creek, and that limo was an Auburn limo. I just happened to be there.
George Stein
July 21st, 2010
7:14 pm
I’d encourage my fellow Tech fans to proceed with caution when making fun of this situation at UGA for a couple of reasons.
- First, and most importantly, they could be completely false. It’s just an inquiry
- Second, there will be plenty of time to make fun if they are proven true. Patience is a virtue. We can have fun with Damon Evans, and that should be enough for now.
- Third, we just had four guys taken in the draft. Who knows if Bay Bay or someone had illegal contact. Show some restraint here and may be when we’re under the microscope one day, the UGA fans will do the same.
George Stein
July 21st, 2010
7:15 pm
And most importantly, hopefully Tommy Hanson will pitch well tonight.
Sgt. Shultz
July 21st, 2010
7:16 pm
I know Nothing! I see Nothing colonel Hogan!
sparky
July 21st, 2010
7:17 pm
Marcel made it all the way down to South Beach only to turn around when he “heard” an agent was behind it. Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiight…….
Coach Hewitt..
July 21st, 2010
7:18 pm
A source said one potential interview subject is junior receiver A.J. Green, but if enforcement officials plan to ask Green about the now-infamous party in Miami Beach, Fla., on Memorial Day weekend that prompted the inquiries at North Carolina and South Carolina and an internal investigation at Alabama, they won’t learn much.
Reached by phone Tuesday night — almost a day before the NCAA contacted Georgia — Green told SI.com that he did not attend the party. Green, who is considered on of the nation’s best receivers, said a Georgia compliance official asked him Tuesday if he attended the party. Green said he spent Memorial Day weekend at home in Summerville, S.C.
“I never went to South Beach,” Green told SI.com.
This should be easy to verify….
Dr. Phil
July 21st, 2010
7:18 pm
Hold athletes to the same admission standards as regular students. Too many coaches are like Calimari at UK: come here for a year and get a big pro contract. College presidents could put a stop to this, but most of them are opportunistic politicians, like our dear Mike Adams. If universities tightened their standards, we would have fewer criminal/athletes, and play on the field would not suffer. High school kids are treated like Lebron James at his coming out party.
SE GA Resident
July 21st, 2010
7:19 pm
Maybe it should become illegal for an agent to do this. This blog just tells me that there are too many people out there dealing offers they shouldn’t be doing. One of the classes my son took in a sports management major was dealing with legals issues in sports. Some of these agents need to do a retake of that class.
Tom
July 21st, 2010
7:19 pm
Bye Bye AJ Green.
wiley
July 21st, 2010
7:19 pm
Yes George good points…the Braves are special this year…may be the only thing GT and UGA fans can agree on. I hope Tech kept its nose clean…our compliance office is full of great people…I hope they are doing their own investigation and are ready if the NCAA were to call. I interned in the compliance office…great people…free field passes for every 2009 home game…it was a great experience.
TUCK FECH
July 21st, 2010
7:19 pm
George Stein …Tech is THE JOKE by COKE. Can’t fill a high school stadium in the middle of Atlanta, hasn’t won a Bowl game in years, and representing the ACC in getting beat by IOWA! Oh Yeah 30-24
dog789xyz
July 21st, 2010
7:22 pm
No! Please. Take Green. Take Mark Richt also. Please. Let us make a fresh start with a smart coach.
Derke
July 21st, 2010
7:22 pm
Uga stole the G from Green Bay. Losers.
George Stein
July 21st, 2010
7:24 pm
Stay classy, Tuck Fech.
Yep
July 21st, 2010
7:24 pm
No investigations at GT. All their studs left. haha. I can;t wait 2 c how many dopes get suspended this season.
makai
July 21st, 2010
7:25 pm
Will someone give the Techsters their blog URL so maybe they will not be on ours. Wait—maybe there is no one on their blog so they have to go somewhere else. Maybe it is like high school or every Friday/Saturday night since college—4 lonely walls and a blow-up girl friend.
Birrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrd Man
July 21st, 2010
7:25 pm
IF THIS HAPPENED, I want that sports agent to serve as David Pollock’s punching bag for about a week. Would an agent really be that stupid if he had a chance of working for a top 10 NFL pick?
TUCK FECH
July 21st, 2010
7:26 pm
Stay on YOUR Blog George Stein.
SanDiegoJacket
July 21st, 2010
7:26 pm
This Jacket is going on record as keeping his mouth shut, just in case this comes back to haunt us.
SEC Fact Finder
July 21st, 2010
7:26 pm
The worst thing a player can do is lie, tell half truths, not cooperate….ask Dez Bryant….
George Stein
July 21st, 2010
7:27 pm
It’s a public forum, genius.
Jackets21
July 21st, 2010
7:29 pm
Hey George, all of our juniors went to the NFL. They can go to any damn party they wanted to after the season…unless they want to take away our Orange Bowl loss.
TMZ is reporting AJ Green was there. He had better fess up, because these other players are naming names.
Dawg Fan
July 21st, 2010
7:29 pm
I wonder if Joe Hamilton was at the party?
trey
July 21st, 2010
7:31 pm
I don’t think the North Ave Taliban will ever have to worry about anything like this. They don’t have any players that any agents would ever approach.
sparky
July 21st, 2010
7:32 pm
TMZ didn’t report he was there. They reported someone said he was there. They also reported AJ said he wasn’t.
Alabama Communist
July 21st, 2010
7:32 pm
More Breaking News On High Power NCAA 007 Investigation!
The Temp AD at UGA said today, it was not the NCAA that asked for access to the GA campus, but Homeland Security was the agency that inquire for access to the campus claiming that Muslin Agents were promising UGA players 77 Virgins if they sign with them……A Spokenperson with Homeland Security said if this was true, college football was funding the terrorism war by massive pep rallies and dumb supporters at the Southern Universities……..which flys into the face of Redneck Republican beliefs
HugoStiglitz
July 21st, 2010
7:32 pm
I hope for AJs sake that he is telling the truth about not being there. If he was there then its going to come out and the situation is going to get alot worse.
Painful Rectal Itch
July 21st, 2010
7:33 pm
Seriously, it itches and I can’t reach it. Would someone help a brother out?
Jackets21
July 21st, 2010
7:33 pm
I don’t know Dawg Fan.
Was Terreal “The Murderer” Bierra at the party? You know, the former UGA safety?
George Stein
July 21st, 2010
7:33 pm
Agreed, Jackets21. I was referring to when they were in school.
And you stay classy too, trey.
Jackets21
July 21st, 2010
7:35 pm
Sure trey, it’s not like they had 2 first round picks last year to UGay’s zero..Right?
jasont13
July 21st, 2010
7:36 pm
Jackets21, AJ Green was interviewed and said he was not there and has never been to Miami.
Ringleader
July 21st, 2010
7:37 pm
Let me see now………
1) No sex before marriage
2) No alcohol before 21
3) and No agents before you graduate
Sounds simple enough, but who is going to enforce it.
Hey Dogtards
July 21st, 2010
7:37 pm
@ trey – I don’t think the North Ave Taliban will ever have to worry about anything like this. They don’t have any players that any agents would ever approach.
Yeah not like GT had two first round players last year or the number 2 player taken in the draft a few years back. No agent would ever go near Calvin Johnson.
Stay classy Trey.
Reggie Ball
July 21st, 2010
7:38 pm
What down is it?
jasont13
July 21st, 2010
7:38 pm
I guarantee the NCAA will have inquiry into all schools that have an up and coming junior or senior that is a potential 1st round pick in next years draft. Was reported that 45 players were at this party.
Fill Phulmer
July 21st, 2010
7:39 pm
Mind if I dance wif yo date?
PDawg
July 21st, 2010
7:40 pm
Do you all realize how childish all these posts are?
George Stein
July 21st, 2010
7:41 pm
Indeed, PDawg.
Reuben Houston
July 21st, 2010
7:41 pm
Ask me who was there. I gots the dope.
Shaquandralishanickra
July 21st, 2010
7:46 pm
How childish is having a name “PDawg”?
We(UF) own UGA
July 21st, 2010
7:48 pm
Bye bye AJ Green! More excuses for Richt now….LOL
Quincy Carter
July 21st, 2010
7:49 pm
Anyone got some crack?
Randy McMichael
July 21st, 2010
7:51 pm
I’ll smack around any pregnant women…
Ed Tolley
July 21st, 2010
7:51 pm
I’m already on the case!
Randy McMichael
July 21st, 2010
7:52 pm
I’ll get my boy Sturdivant to head down too. He has a similiar skill set…
btgt69
July 21st, 2010
7:54 pm
Is Harrick back on campus ?
Bumpersticker
July 21st, 2010
7:54 pm
new bumpersticker in Athens today…..HONK IF YOU WERE AT THE MIAMI PARTY
SLim
July 21st, 2010
7:56 pm
Bad news for A.J. Green
Bill Clinton
July 21st, 2010
7:57 pm
It’s a right wing conspiracy! The NCAA is nothing but a bunch of Republican, goodie two shoes, know it all types. Rules were made to be broken! Go Dawgs! Hunker down, etc…..
Damon Evans
July 21st, 2010
7:58 pm
Being a married man driving around with girl other than his wife with her panties in his lap is not a crime! Pardon me, I’ve got to see if I can YouTube a copy of my pre-game introduction on the LegHumperTron before the football games.
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Jesse James
July 21st, 2010
8:01 pm
The NCAA will question all potential first and second round picks. Just to appease these other schools. It all goes back to the student athlete. It is their responsiblity. The integrity of college athletics is going down everyday. Go to a game and look how sloppy alot of these recruits look.
Jerrard Tarrant
July 21st, 2010
8:03 pm
There was some fine tail on South Beach. Don’t think I didn’t get mines.
Julio Jones
July 21st, 2010
8:03 pm
I had a blast in South Beach!!
SickandTired
July 21st, 2010
8:04 pm
Here we go. These NCAA guys might as well call a commercial real estate agent and find some office space to lease in Athens. They should be able to procure some pretty cheap because they’re gonna be down there awhile. There’s one business in Athens that if they stick their noses in they can turn Sanford Stadium into the nicest soccer venue in the entire United States.
Jesse James
July 21st, 2010
8:07 pm
There are no inquiries at Tech because there is a Sports Management Major Conference going on this month. 99% of the football team is there. Now they may question the 1% of players that are engineer majors.
Tim Tebow
July 21st, 2010
8:07 pm
I played with Paul Johnson’s moobies @ that party
Joe Hamilton
July 21st, 2010
8:08 pm
Even though I was hammered as a mofo, I’m positive AJ was in my backseat while I was cruising the South Beach strip.
jasont13
July 21st, 2010
8:14 pm
AJ Greren was become in Summerville, SC over Memorial Day weekend. He told Coach Richt that he even has pictutres and receipts from using his debit card. It was reported by another player that was at the party that he thinks he saw AJ Green there. The key word is THINKS he saw him there.
NORTH AUGUSTA
July 21st, 2010
8:14 pm
Hey you dweebs Tech Fans Nobody cares what you all think. So go back and play Dungeons and Dragons and your video games.
12-2
July 21st, 2010
8:14 pm
Oh, joy.
What’s next ?
GaDawg
July 21st, 2010
8:15 pm
Looks like all relevant programs will be investigated, those programs that are not have nothing to woory about
George P.
July 21st, 2010
8:17 pm
Why didn’t A.J. just have a few beers?
Fishawk
July 21st, 2010
8:17 pm
DTC; you are certifiable. Won’t be long before you are serving time with you’re players. BTW, learn how to spell, a UGA grad no doubt.
Tim
July 21st, 2010
8:26 pm
Auburn and Miss St. shouldn’t have to worry about the inquiry. They don’t have any players anyone would want either. Haven’t had since Dye was down there “keeping it down home cuz”, and Tuberville was keeping the grocery sacks full for them.
Gail in Acworth
July 21st, 2010
8:27 pm
Nothing that happens in Athens should surprise anyone. UGA is one big party school represented by semi-literate drunken thugs and goons, and the officials who work in the athletic office are no better.
The Cesspool of the South, a name that is richly deserved.
Bad Dawg, Bad Dawg
July 21st, 2010
8:29 pm
Hey Trey,
WR, RB, DE and DB left early for NFL. No talent? Enjoy 3rd place in SEC East this year!
SD
July 21st, 2010
8:29 pm
Well the joke is on you, Gail. You live in Acworth. And your name is Gail.
Shaquandralishanickra
July 21st, 2010
8:30 pm
Enter your comments here
Moron Mutts
July 21st, 2010
8:31 pm
Give it a rest with Joe Hamilton. You guys can keep on bringing up Houston, Joe Hamilton or Robert Hall but pails in comparison the thugs you guys have on that joke of a campus. Don’t get me started, the whole school is a joke!
SEC fan
July 21st, 2010
8:31 pm
guess this means the NCAA decided HoeStessGate at UT was okay.
HOG EATER
July 21st, 2010
8:33 pm
Sick and tired of so called “scholar athletes” They are just NFL farm team players. I love the DAWGS, but it is time to do away with scholarships in college football and basketball!
Ms. Chokesondick
July 21st, 2010
8:34 pm
I seen all them Tech players at da pardie! It wudn’t hard to spots dem. Dey awl had calcalaters in der pocket pretectors and dey wuz talkin bout whut ordur dey wuz gunna use der condom in.
SD
July 21st, 2010
8:34 pm
Mike Moore, who was at the party with a few other former UGA players, tweeted the following:
this talk bout AJ is hilarious..that country boy ain’t never been to Miami!!! You can put those rumors to rest.
aj never been to miami
July 21st, 2010
8:38 pm
Not about A.J. wishful thinking on rivals part.
Stephon Marbury
July 21st, 2010
8:39 pm
Yeah, leave my fellow Georgia Tech University brethren alone.
Damon & Courtney
July 21st, 2010
8:40 pm
This is how we roll!!
Dawgs sleeping with fleas LMFAO!!!!
kerryb
July 21st, 2010
8:40 pm
Well Rennie, the fact of the matter is the rules are the rules and you have to follow the rules whether you like it or not. The university took you out of your poverty and helped make you a success. If you damage the university because you just can’t wait to get your money then shame on you. The way to stop this is for states to make it a crime for agents to tamper with players until they declare for the draft, and the NFL should ban them as recognized agents that the teams will deal with. That would stop it.
McDawg
July 21st, 2010
8:41 pm
things are getting a bit perverse in college ball-the money, the recruiting, the criminalization of football by the ncaa-it is always the player that suffers the most in the end from the is hyper legalistic approach- i was looking forward to watching the kid from bama play
Ex Athlete
July 21st, 2010
8:46 pm
Do anyone remember months ago when UGA admitted to misdoings involving athletes? That was to prevent the NCAA from still investigating. So yeah this is a big problem and doesnt look good.
Jonathan Dwyer
July 21st, 2010
8:46 pm
AJ don’t need to be ballin in South Beach. Playa needs a Twinkie or something. Can’t have any of mines, though.
Bulldog59
July 21st, 2010
8:46 pm
As I said in Barhart’s article, at 12:03 this afternoon:
“It’s only a matter of time before this happens at your school or my school. Saban is right. There needs to be uniform accountability/punishment top to bottom”
kerryb
July 21st, 2010
8:48 pm
I like what USC did. Any player that hurts the university should be banished and his name mentioned no more. Bush was totally disowned.
Cuz
July 21st, 2010
8:56 pm
Bill Shakespeare has already done this one, “Much Ado About Nothing”.
kerryb
July 21st, 2010
8:58 pm
What it sounds like in most of these cases is that the universities probably did’nt and could’nt have know what was going on with these incidents. I think some stupid and naive kids are going to lose their eligibility.
Herschel Walker the Locker Room Stalker
July 21st, 2010
9:09 pm
I and the other Herschel’s were at the party in South Beach, but we ain’t talking. It’s no big deal, in my day you could get a shiny black Trans Am just after you committed to uga and nobody ax any questions.
JELLO JOCKITCH
July 21st, 2010
9:10 pm
GT FANS ARE JUST SO ENVIOUS OF ALL THESE PUBLICITY FOR UGA, GOOD OR BAD. HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Paul Has A Small Johnson
July 21st, 2010
9:12 pm
Well Bobo you need to go ahead and come up with a new scheme that doesnt include AJ
NCAA CONTACTED THUGA....IT NOT GOING TO ONLY GET WORSE MUTTS
July 21st, 2010
9:13 pm
TRAIN WRECK AHEAD MUTTS !! HAHA
Gratefuldawghead
July 21st, 2010
9:15 pm
I did not go to South Beach…AJ Green
GO DAWGS!
Tom Davis
July 21st, 2010
9:16 pm
NO. Did not happen.
FL Dawg
July 21st, 2010
9:17 pm
If any player was in South Beach, they need to come clean immediately and provide details of their travel arrangements. It would not suprise me if a UGA player or a player from any other school was present. This could be very big and very unfortunate for the players involved.
Noodle Arm Stafford
July 21st, 2010
9:18 pm
Yep me and NoShow Moreno took the money and ran. FU all you dumb redneck hillbillies!
bo Williams
July 21st, 2010
9:21 pm
I think it’s time to start holding the players and agents accountable, and stop castigating the universities, unless they are truly culpable.
dawgfanatic24-7
July 21st, 2010
9:26 pm
If these agents are knowingly breaking rules by luring student-athletes to parties just to make offers that can get sanctions put on schools then these agents need to get their a$$es sued by these schools. A bowl ban takes away millions of dollars in revenue. When players transfer and recruiting stinks for five years then a bowl game would seem impossible even after sanctions are lifted. I cannot stand USC or Lane Kiffen but they will pay dearly ($$$) for Reggie and the shady agent’s greed. The current players are the individuals to consider. They are being punished for a mistake made five years ago by someone else. Lawsuits on agencies will eliminate this problem once and for all.
Clevon Little
July 21st, 2010
9:27 pm
I think it’s funny how much time, effort & money the NCAA spends on trying to investigate 18-22 yr old guys to see which parties they go to. I could understand if they are driving a Bentley, but come on!! Who really gives a crap about where these guys go & who they spend time with??!!! Personally, I think the players should be able to earn $30-40K a yr, this way they wouldn’t be so tempted to listen to an agent. It’s gotta be hard to sit & watch your wife & kid stuggle to find money to eat on when you don’t have time to work because of football & school.
harold
July 21st, 2010
9:29 pm
THIS PLAYER NEEDS TO SHUT UP OR GEORGIA WILL GET IT!
Gatorbait
July 21st, 2010
9:31 pm
The Gator Nation is hoping this isn’t true. We want Richt to be coach at UGA for a long time
Gatorbait
July 21st, 2010
9:32 pm
Chris Martin a gator!! Leaving Cal before his first game. Powell, Floyd, Easley and Martin. Is this sick or what?
Luther Campbell
July 21st, 2010
9:33 pm
yo yo yo. Was AJ partying or what?
Harry Dixson
July 21st, 2010
9:34 pm
I see no real hard evidence yet. CMR just needs to win baby !
Gatorbait
July 21st, 2010
9:34 pm
Look at Schult’s article from 2 days ago. Hillarious. Like usual the gator nation has the last laugh.
Harry Peters
July 21st, 2010
9:36 pm
I totally concur with Mr. Dixon !
BigCaliDawg
July 21st, 2010
9:37 pm
Now, this is just my opinion.
GTU children that cannot win their own fights, become extremely excited when UGA faces adversity. Y’all would become much more respectable if you just STFU and posted on your own blogs.
CMR addresses issues quickly and appropriately. Our 2nd string (almost 1st) QB and an outstanding young DE/OLB are kickin’ cans right now cuz they messed up, while in our program.
I’m lookin’ forward to watching Nesbitt play this year, cuz he is a stud and runs the option very well. I am a DAWG and I’d rather play against your best. It’s not hard to feel this way. Maybe cuz I’m a man. Y’all should try it. Perhaps it can take you to another level of self-actualization. Maybe your technical school doesn’t offer courses in qualitative studies. Shame.
Go watch Jerry Springer. Sheesh….
Do we go to the Tech Blogs and post there? Seriously…..do we?
HBTD
70 Dawg
July 21st, 2010
9:39 pm
To all you GT fans and other haters, don’t get too happy. The college can’t police all the players all the time. You may be next on the NCAA tour. I agree with Saban. The bad guys here are the d___ agents who entice these young men. For the record, this doesn’t fit AJ’s profile at all so I think you haters will be disappointed in his regard
70 Dawg
July 21st, 2010
9:41 pm
BigCaliDawg…Ditto. Well said my friend.
RobertHallGTsmackshos
July 21st, 2010
9:45 pm
AJ was at the party!!!! several hos approached him and ROBERT HALL from GEORGIA TECH damn near beat the ho’s to death. Blood coming out of their mouths and nostrils. ROBERT HALL hasn’t been suspended yet. That’s OK, he doesn’t “RUN THIS STATE” and GEORGIA TECH players can really kick the crap out of women and fellow ACC competitors.
Coach Kiffin
July 21st, 2010
9:48 pm
I had a great time in Miami. It was crazy up in there.
twodawgs
July 21st, 2010
9:49 pm
Come on Rennie! You get FREE tuition, FREE room and board, FREE books, a chance to earn a FREE diploma from a major university, an opportunity to continue to play the sport you love in the pros and thus profit from all the endorsements, all the women you could possible want due to your big man on campus celebrity status, and you say you don’t make a dime? Poor, poor pitiful you, you unappreciative jerk. You will have your opportunity to make big bucks one day. But right now you are just paying your dues. You owe everything you have right now to UGA who gave you the opportunity so don’t bemoan your situation.
GT79
July 21st, 2010
9:54 pm
AJ Green can’t hold Calvin Johnson’s jockstrap. Now he is going to get suspended for partying with some agents – not the brightest bulb in the pack. He will be lucky to be a 2nd round draft choice. Maybe the Lions will take him and he can learn from a real pro. As soon as Dooley’s kid gets Tennessee turned around, Georgia will be an afterthought in the SEC – sort of like Kentucky or South Carolina, which will start beating the leg humpers regularly soon and Tech will own them for as long as CPJ is around. CMR should get out of Athens as soon as he can – this program is on the decline big time.
ajfdog
July 21st, 2010
9:54 pm
Rennie needs to STFU. Don’t recall the NCAA rule saying he had to have a child that young. Maybe it is the NCAA’s fault he could not afford a condom. I used to be a big fan of his, but now he seems like a whiner. He could have just gone to the real word and started a career after high school to support his family. True he did not get paid while at school (at least I hope), but because of the NCAA, he will make more at the end of three years (without a degree) than most with a degree after four or five years.
Just another with an attitude of “it is not my fault”. He had got the girl pregnant but it is the NCAA’s fault that he cannot support him/her.
Metro Coach
July 21st, 2010
9:55 pm
Many of the players were already in Miami for the Playboy All American Team Photo shoot. That’s how Marcel Dareus and probably most of the other players got there in the first place. I’ve also heard that many of them left when they realized the party was hosted by an agent. As far as Marvin Austin and Wesley Saunders, rumors are circulating that they are in much deeper trouble because they’ve been acting as runners for this agent, convincing other players to go to the party, accepting gifts, etc. This isn’t something that we should all be “hahaing” at our rivals about, this goes way beyond rivalries on the football field. 40+ players were involved in this deal, chances are a player at your school is going to be involved.
Micheals L.N.Y
July 21st, 2010
9:56 pm
Surprise, surprise. MORE trouble for the UGA DAWGS.
Color me chocked. NOT. The AD is gone down there. Who’s next?
Jan Kemp
July 21st, 2010
9:58 pm
They may never graduate, but we’ll make garbage men out of them. UGA, bringing in barely literate football recruits since 1970!
Ignorance is bliss
July 21st, 2010
9:59 pm
I hope you all realize how childish your comments are. 90% of you don’t know anything about what’s going on. Type on wanabees!
You Techies
July 21st, 2010
10:00 pm
are a pitiful bunch – I can only imagine what you are going through – it must be like penis envy – which is somethong I can only imagine.
DawgDad
July 21st, 2010
10:01 pm
What can the NCAA do to an agent?
Micheals L.N.Y
July 21st, 2010
10:02 pm
UGA will go 6-6 this fall and Richt will be looking
for work as an assistant by Mid Dec.
jimmymack
July 21st, 2010
10:07 pm
agents saban slime
Micheals L.N.Y
July 21st, 2010
10:08 pm
Where there is smoke, there is fire, red panties, and vodkatinis for all! I am amazed UGA can’t make it 1 week anymore without making
the negative section of the national news…
J
July 21st, 2010
10:12 pm
No Tech player, student, or graduated can be accused of partying. (Go to a Tech game if you doubt me)
Zach muttenberger
July 21st, 2010
10:17 pm
I was there too. I totally assaulted all the ladies there!
GT79
July 21st, 2010
10:18 pm
You techies – you are the one that brought up penis envy……i am betting you can more than just imagine it……you pencil d*cked leg humper……your program is so pathetic. I cannot believe a half decent guy like CMR hangs around this cesspool of a school…….I am sure there are plenty of more Damon Evans types in your athletic program…..I am so glad to be a proud Tech alum and fan and not in possession of a piece of toilet paper with UGa printed on it.
Time
July 21st, 2010
10:18 pm
I’ve got it on a strong source that Georgia Tech will be receiving a call from the NCAA within the next week about both it’s football and basketball programs.
What??
July 21st, 2010
10:19 pm
Help me to understand, who at UGA is under investigation??
Also, what the heck are the issues at UGA??
A lot of discussion but no HARD facts.
Zach muttenberger
July 21st, 2010
10:19 pm
Yeah J, just as no UGA fan can be accused of being a genius. Look back over your post, go read a remedial English book, then try again.
CANINE NONSENSE
July 21st, 2010
10:20 pm
ANYBODY IN THIER RIGHT MIND KNOW’S A.J. DIDN’T GO TO THAT PARTY!! THE ONLY PLAYER’S THERE WERE OF NFL QUALITY!!
GT79
July 21st, 2010
10:21 pm
Time – you are a so misguided or either have some really bad sources
QBskillsgrader
July 21st, 2010
10:22 pm
I called it this morning. Told ya so. You better hope A.J. was telling the truth, cause there was an ncaa agent at the party w/ a camera. If A.J. lied, he’s GONE.
LSU…you’re on the clock.
Time
July 21st, 2010
10:22 pm
Sorry GT79, my sources are legit. GT does in fact, on occasion, get big time athletes. And when you do, trouble can follow because the agents circle like vultures. Derrick Favors is at the center of the basketball inquiry.
GT79
July 21st, 2010
10:26 pm
Derrick who? He falls into same category as Chris Bosh, Javaris Crittenton and the rest of the bunch who really did not care about Ga Tech – just needed a year in college because of NBA rules. I hope you are wrong.
GT79
July 21st, 2010
10:30 pm
Time – lets check back in about a month and see how good your sources are.
Get a life
July 21st, 2010
10:33 pm
The people on these blogs never cease to amaze me. Everyone is already guilty before any charges are even made. My daughter dates a player and I know other people involved in the football program and everyone says A.J is one of the most down to earth people you will ever meet and it is comical to think that he would be at a party in Miami. Worry about your own school and quit trying to destroy other teams and players just because you can’t beat them on the field.
What??
July 21st, 2010
10:33 pm
Rennie Curran
You now have the courage to tweet, text, or whatever about the fact that schools are making money by using atheletes.
OK
Did you receive an education??
If not, aren’t you to blame??
Also, who made you play football at UGA?? You coul have tried out for the pro league right??
I am sick and tired of the black atheletes crying this BS!!
Get a real job!
ga gator
July 21st, 2010
10:35 pm
I’m convinced more now than ever that the football powers need to form 5 to 6 “Super conferences” and tell the NCAA to go to hell.
BigCaliDawg
July 21st, 2010
10:39 pm
PLEASE let’s keep this a football thing and not a race thing. There’s no room for that here.
One unfortunate thing I have noticed about both UGA and the North Avenue Trade School. One thing both schools have in common, is that they each have a select group of fans who are racist.
That’s Rennie Curran. His comments do not represent those of every black man, in college, playing division 1 sports, in the United States.
This is a football blog.
TechPhi97
July 21st, 2010
10:40 pm
Free tuition…….free books……free food……free place to live…….all not enough for Rennie Curran. His scholarship was worth $17K per year, so he got $51K in three years. If he was out of state, it would be $33K per year.
HBTD
July 21st, 2010
10:42 pm
It’s pretty standard practice for the ncaa to investigate the superior teams, ie. UGA, FL, Bama. None of these programs will have a problem with this particular probe.
GT79
July 21st, 2010
10:43 pm
Get a Life – better check your daughter’s lingerie drawer for red panties. I hear the UGA types have sort of a fetish about those things.
BigCaliDawg
July 21st, 2010
10:45 pm
I don’t know about the panties, but I bet Coach Johnson rocks a red bra.
Fact Checker
July 21st, 2010
10:45 pm
Got this from a Green Bay Packers web site…
The oval “G” logo was created in 1961 by Packers equipment manager George “Dad” Braisher. To most people’s minds, the “G” stands for “Green Bay”. However, when the logo was designed and adopted, it was determined the “G” would stand for “Greatness”. The team actually used a number of different logos prior to 1961, but the “G” is the only logo that has ever appeared on the helmet. Adopted in 1964, the Georgia “G”, though different in design and color, was similar to the Packers’ “G”. However, since its inception in 1961, the Packers’ “G” has been redesigned several times and now actually looks like Georgia’s original 1964 “G.”
Stone Mtn
July 21st, 2010
10:46 pm
I’m sure the NCAA has the UGA Athletics Dept. on speed dial…
P. Bull Terrier
July 21st, 2010
10:47 pm
This could be the year for GA Tech to win the real National Championship. With most of the usual Top 25 teams on probation, all the Jackets need to do is get past Duke and Lowndes H.S., then it’s smooth sailing straight to #1.
Baldemar Huerta
July 21st, 2010
10:47 pm
The G stands for Gay.
What??
July 21st, 2010
10:48 pm
BigCaliDawg
With all due respect that DAWG will not hunt!
You are right. This is a football blog. However, what seems to have been lost is the fact that first and foremost, these are STUDENT ATHELETES. They recieve an education while playing a game for pure competition, not monotary advancement.
That being said, IF the powers that be at the college levels are interested in discussing monotary advancement by said atehletes, we have an argument. Until that time, the athelete does not have a leg to stand on!!!
Spence
July 21st, 2010
10:49 pm
This must have been an agent for arena football or the canadian league or something. No NFL agent would have any interest in a UGA football player.
OEJ
July 21st, 2010
10:50 pm
Wow..its sad that people dislike UGA so much that they are disrespecting A.J Green. This kid is probably one of the best kids at Georgia. Guess we really are a threat if they want him to be suspended for something he didnt do. Its funny and sad how stupid and scared people really are of Georgia.
Technophobia
July 21st, 2010
10:50 pm
Uh Oh! No, really, I’m sure you have nothing to worry about. UGA players would never do anything to get into trouble or embarass the school. (Walks away whistling) Sleep well. lol
GT79
July 21st, 2010
10:53 pm
its a stupid logo…..totally stolen from Green Bay. UGa has the worst uniforms in college football. Georgia Tech has always had super classy looking uniforms. Just another reason to be a Yellow Jacket
Mirror
July 21st, 2010
10:53 pm
Baldemar would know…
Chad Cookler
July 21st, 2010
10:56 pm
Rennie Curran needs to STFU. There are plenty of people who would gladly accept getting their education, books, meals and living expenses paid for. It probably amounts to well over $100K for a four year student. These athletes also get plenty of perks like clothing, shoes, gear, tutoring etc.
As far as Georgia goes…would it really surprise you if AJ Green or any other goofball Dawg was involved in these shenanigans?? They don’t recruit character to Athens.
GT79
July 21st, 2010
10:56 pm
OEJ – believe me…nobody is afraid of UGa….and haven’t been since Herschel left.
Matchmaker
July 21st, 2010
10:57 pm
Baldemar meet GT79 – you have the makings for a great couple.
GT79
July 21st, 2010
11:00 pm
I have several hot girlfriends….no need for anything else. Thanks anyway
doo doo ley
July 21st, 2010
11:00 pm
hahahahahahahaha, now the dog idiots can join the bama idiots..self rightous hypocrites all of you.
TUCK FECH
July 21st, 2010
11:06 pm
GT79 mutard yellow is horrible..The JOKE by COKE..can’t fill your high school stadium in down town Atlanta, representing the ACC in an IOWA beat down, Not winning a bowl in forever, and How bout 30-24.
DAWGS 60 wins Tech 39 ..DAWGS OWN YOU!
Chad Cookler
July 21st, 2010
11:09 pm
Oh noes! Tuck is saying bad things about Georgia Tech. Whatever will we do?? Enjoy probation. Will be great cutting up the hedges again in November, just like 2008.
Naive in Athens
July 21st, 2010
11:11 pm
Leave the kid alone, he said he was not there. That should be enough and should do away with any investigation. No one, when threatened with suspension, has ever lied. So there!! He stayed in Athens studying for a tough test coming up… How many points for a three point basket???
Harold Bare
July 21st, 2010
11:12 pm
Hey Dawg fans. I hear Richt ordered red panties for all his players. Is this true. I forgot. Its UTs fought.
Harold
Get a life
July 21st, 2010
11:13 pm
Chad Cookler, once again the stupidity here is amazing labeling the whole team for the actions of a few. There are a lot of players with character they just don’t write about them, you only see the 5 percent that do something stupid. Do you really think Georgia is the only school that recruited these players? Amazing, how do most of you on here find your way to work in the mornings?
NCAA cops
July 21st, 2010
11:14 pm
Reading Rennie Curran’s comments make it sound like he was justifying guys dealing with agents. His comments sounded like weak justifications for what is about to ensue. Sounds like he knows something is up.
clickdawg
July 21st, 2010
11:14 pm
Baldemar Huerta, Someone from tech calling someone from UGA gay, that’s funny,
TUCK FECH
July 21st, 2010
11:15 pm
Once again the DAWG blogs are filled with Techies that can’t fill thier own stadium. Stop OBSESSING!
60-39 NERDS!
GO DAWGS!
Dawg 1
July 21st, 2010
11:22 pm
Cannot help but to find it interesting that right after USC is ‘buried’ that suddenly the SEC is being investigated in several schools. Maybe it is CLK’S ‘pay back’…
GT for life
July 21st, 2010
11:24 pm
I thought this was the convict blog-oh but it is-georgias most wanted
Robert
July 21st, 2010
11:24 pm
Schools who have 40+ arrests in the last 3 yrs and an AD getting a DUI w/a hooker in tow is much worse than a few players “in contact” with NFL agents……discipline should come down on criminal activity purely from the actions of players rather than those involving agents acting in shady ways to entice players, though those players should know better!
majordawg
July 21st, 2010
11:25 pm
Every time I read one of these blogs I wonder how you people manage to get your pants on every morning without help.
GT for life
July 21st, 2010
11:27 pm
they should-but its hard to stop tradition
BigCaliDawg
July 21st, 2010
11:28 pm
BigCaliDawg
“With all due respect that DAWG will not hunt!
You are right. This is a football blog. However, what seems to have been lost is the fact that first and foremost, these are STUDENT ATHELETES. They recieve an education while playing a game for pure competition, not monotary advancement.
That being said, IF the powers that be at the college levels are interested in discussing monotary advancement by said atehletes, we have an argument. Until that time, the athelete does not have a leg to stand on!!!”
(Shakes hand through screen.)
Personally, I believe athletes who participate in a sport that profits the university should be paid university employees.
How in the world do we seriously expect to police a young man that comes from dirt, who is offered more money at one time than he has ever seen in his life?
There are kids in high school that buy clothes and gifts for their friends on their team on a regular basis. No one cares cuz it’s high school. They do it cuz they care about the kid, cuz he’s their friend.
Jimmie wears Hilfiger and Lacoste, while his friend wears the same clothes every day. Do that in college and it’s a violation.
These rules are not realistic. IT IS EXPLOITATION!
LeBron was a cajillionairre while he was still in High School……..from Nike. Not the Cavs.
Every one of those kids on UGA, Tech, Bama, and Fla has a draft grade and a price tag hangin’ outta his butt.
No tellin’ how many of these kids are being paid, but not saying anything. It only gets exposed due to 2 things:
1) The kids career didn’t pan out and he’s lookin’ to score some quick cash for a story, or
2) The kid takes cash from agent A, but actually signs with agent B and stiffs agent A (ala Reggie Bush)
The current structure is basically a set-up for kids to fail…….
(steps down from soap box, but slips on a screwdriver left behind by some nerd)
coach smith
July 21st, 2010
11:31 pm
LMAO at how everyone (rival jealous schools that is) are immediately connecting this to AJ Green!!!!!!!!! NO NAMES HAVE BEEN MENTIONED AND AJ HAS PROOF HE WAS IN SC at the time!!!!!!!!!!!!!
stop dreaming dawg haters, this is only happening because Saban and Meyer cried about being investigated
Mike Jay
July 21st, 2010
11:34 pm
I weep for the future of America after reading this blog. You Tech boys are supposed to be smart but the posting here by some of you just belittles the whole university. My Mom always said “you can learn all you want from a book, but you damn well better learn some common sense to go with it.”
jim
July 21st, 2010
11:39 pm
most asked question for uga players-whos the babys daddy
Grim Reaper
July 21st, 2010
11:39 pm
When the NCAA starts sniffing around the garbage in Athens, they will end up finding a mountain of gold. UGA is a program and institution that is completely out of control. SMU has nothing on the Junkyard Dawgs. The Death Penalty is a comin.
coach smith
July 21st, 2010
11:44 pm
Grim Reaper
get a life TECHIE
BigCaliDawg
July 21st, 2010
11:45 pm
LOL @ The Grim Tweeker
jim
July 21st, 2010
11:51 pm
Typical mutts-blame someone else-i have never seen such a pathetic program-this is why uga still has no takers for the vacated AD job
Grim Reaper
July 21st, 2010
11:58 pm
Makin a list, checkin it twice…
The University of Kentucky basketball program for the 1952–53 season.
The basketball program at the University of Southwestern Louisiana (now the University of Louisiana at Lafayette) for the 1973-74 and 1974-75 seasons
The Southern Methodist University football program for the 1987 season.
The college soccer program at Morehouse College for the 2004 and 2005 seasons.
The Division III MacMurray College Men’s Tennis program for the 2006 and 2007 seasons
The Dirty Dawgs from Athens…
BUZZ SAWYER
July 22nd, 2010
12:07 am
I told you flea bag mutts at UGA your troubles were just beginning, get ready to be taken down!
wiley
July 22nd, 2010
12:27 am
Has Rennie ever heard of self incrimination? I know he is a former player but remarks like that will not ease the heat on UGA…wow.
BigGAdawg
July 22nd, 2010
12:27 am
Agents who violate the NCAA rules and jepordize the eligibility of a player and put an entire program at risk should be taken out to the practice field and strapped to a tackling dummy–then let the interior linemen have a long practice session. As my company commander in boot camp used to say: “Pain teaches dummies,” a philosophy he lived by.
It worked.
Flo-Ri-Duh!
July 22nd, 2010
12:37 am
All agents that are caught giving ANY gifts to college players should be banned from recruiting for LIFE. That should clean things up in a hurry.
TampaDawg
July 22nd, 2010
12:44 am
To Rennie Curran:
You got paid for playing college football. Think about how much it cost to send your @$$ to school for three years? What about all of your gear, uniforms, xtra dawg apparrel, meal plan, workout facilities? What happened to playing for what’s on your helmet?
wiley
July 22nd, 2010
12:48 am
Flo-Ri-Duh!…recruiting? Do you mean they should be banned from legal and contractual practice?…they are lawyers typically with occasional “agents” who dont have JDs and are just glorified businessmen who invest money into a player by handling his well business…they dont recruit anyone…they represent people’s financial and professional interests. They should be banned from the BAR for unethical business practices if anything or punished by the NFL…but I get what you were saying.
joe robby
July 22nd, 2010
1:16 am
Hey Rennie, LOTS of families struggle. But very few have members that get to go to college for free and work hard at a high level on something that they love to do. So don’t play the victim.
CC
July 22nd, 2010
1:55 am
Fred – take a history lesson. “Darling” Alabama has been more than slapped on the hand in the recent past for NCAA violations. Get your facts straight. The NCAA isn’t looking the other way for anybody – not USC, not Alabama, not Florida, not anybody.
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12-2
July 22nd, 2010
4:54 am
Rennie Curran
Oh, boy what an idiot saying all that.
benny
July 22nd, 2010
4:58 am
Well Gollllllllllllllly. Soopriise, soopriise, soopriise. Duh SEC roools agin. Dah pay em to play em SEC. I played at a major school and was thrilled to have a scholarship. The players are not victims. They are just greedy and the athletic departments are looking the other way. College fotball was once about sports. Now, it is like the NFL and not about sports. It is a business. The bottom line. Almost like wrasslin is a bidness and not sports. Must be Bush’s fault.
tdog
July 22nd, 2010
6:17 am
Nothing like more bad press. We seem to be the clown in the room and the joke is always on us. UGA has become a laughingstock.
bamaguy
July 22nd, 2010
6:25 am
The NCAA needs to investigate Rennie Curran and possible benefits received from agents while he was a student at UGA like they did Reggie Bush. He must have had a couple of beers before posting that. It’s the only logical explanation unless he has the “Reggie Bush Syndrome” of I don’t care if I throw my old school under the bus now that I have MY millions.
General Neyland
July 22nd, 2010
6:34 am
Why all this about the NCAA suspending a player for a few games. The NCAA has no power to suspend a player. All they can do is revoke amateur status.
Spike
July 22nd, 2010
6:43 am
If this is all the NCAA has on UGA they haven’t got much.
Jim Tavegia
July 22nd, 2010
6:47 am
Until the agents face stiff penalties none of this will matter and the only people hurt will be the student athlete. The NCAA is an enforcement joke. As in the USC matter bush and Carroll are long gone and people with no involvement are the only ones left to suffer. I have no respect for the NCAA anymore. Of course if Florida and Alabama are involved, the NCAA MUST add GA to the list. Why? Seems suspecious to me.
SC Boy
July 22nd, 2010
6:48 am
Is AJ that stupid to deny he went to the party? He better be telling the truth (ask Dez Bryant). A simple no comment would have done the job. Too bad TMZ is right so often.
GTpak
July 22nd, 2010
6:48 am
Rennie makes a good point about games featuring you, schools selling jerseys with your name, etc. Royalties should be paid into at least a trust fund that they can access once they reach a certain age, or some monthly stipend while in school.
Their talents are being exploited significantly. Just look at the ticket prices and the donations required, the budgets of the atheletic departments, not to mention without these kids, we would not have so much to look forward to each fall. Nor all of the fun talking about about recruiting.
They provide us with lots of entertainment, plus all the jobs that are created at the Universities, ESPN, network TV’s, etc.
It is time to make this right.
King Gator
July 22nd, 2010
6:56 am
A small monthly check to all NCAA athletes would resolve a lot of the temptation and shady dealings in college sports; and it would be fair to the athlete too. Seems like the NCAA is trying to remain important and on a witchhunt.
kiffin is a narc
July 22nd, 2010
7:04 am
somehow this has to do with lane kiffin
dKnocker
July 22nd, 2010
7:17 am
It is clear that the rules are just too complicated for student-athletes at some schools to understand. Hmmmmmm…………..
SatchelBuzz
July 22nd, 2010
7:18 am
Paging the nadlickers,…….make your Shreveport reservations now. That’s where your headed,..with or without him.
THWG,….every way, every day!
dap01
July 22nd, 2010
7:21 am
The headline to this article is very misleading.
buzzforareason
July 22nd, 2010
7:27 am
Hey we’ll be ok if we go anywhere, but we’ll still own your drug dealing/ drug smoking losers azzes. 30-24 beotch. Just get old Reuben Houston to sell you some of his drugs or Lil Joe may light you up to lessen the pain of your constant azz fu*king by UGA. Still “stings” don’t it? LMAO LOSER!
buzzforareason
July 22nd, 2010
7:28 am
Oh and btw, THWGT and eat sh*t and die techmites, its the only way to make the world a truly better place
buzzforareason
July 22nd, 2010
7:29 am
Hey did you hear the one where the Tech fan blew his head off after the latest UGA pounding? I did, it was hilarious. Bug parts everywhere.
buzzforareason
July 22nd, 2010
7:30 am
I don’t brake for bugs, I smash them on my windshield.
buzzforareason
July 22nd, 2010
7:30 am
Did you know the only panties a Tech man ever sees are his own moms?
buzzforareason
July 22nd, 2010
7:30 am
When he’s sniffing them.
FORTY ONE POINTS to your seventeen points
July 22nd, 2010
7:31 am
Well, well, well…..got some “visitors” in cowtown mutties? BTW;
(((((((((((((((((((((41-17)))))))))))))))))))
buzzforareason
July 22nd, 2010
7:31 am
Did you know that bees eat their own excrement? It’s true, it’s true! (Literally, look it up)
buzzforareason
July 22nd, 2010
7:32 am
So once again, F*ck Tech, wreck tech, whatever the hell just see them die. See ya losers.
buzzedforareason
July 22nd, 2010
7:34 am
Just of few of our “gooduns”:
Michael Lemon (aggravated battery)
Justin Anderson (simple battery)
Trinton Sturvidant (simple battery)
Blake Barnes (furnishing alcohol to a minor)
Tripp Chandler (minor in possession of alcohol)
Brandon Wood (DUI)
Kelvin Perez (DUI)
Vince Vance (knowingly driving with a suspended license)
Donovan Baldwin (DUI, reckless driving)
Fred Munzenmaier (underage possession of alcohol)
Jeff Henson (public urination)
Clint Boling (DUI)
Jeremy Lomax (reckless driving, possession of a concealed weapon without a license)
Matthew Prick (underage alcohol possession)
Tanner Strickland (fake identification)
Paul Taylor (battery)
Shane McCleskey (battery)
Akeem Hebron (underage possession of alcohol)
Antonio Sims (DUI)
Ian Smith (public intoxication)
Marquis Elmore (driving with a suspended license)
Dannell Ellerbe (DUI)
Kedrick Golston (disorderly conduct, bar fight)
Derrick White (disorderly conduct, bar fight)
Tavares Kearney (simple battery)
Derrick White (DUI)
Zeb McKinzey (underage possession of alcohol)
Darrius Swain (driving with a suspended license)
Michael Turner (possession of less than an ounce of marijuana)
Rennie Curran (theft, taking a parking boot worth $350)
tiger7_88
July 22nd, 2010
7:46 am
Saban lecturing agents on greed is much like Satan lecturing preachers on sin.
HILARIOUS.
Rita in Mableton
July 22nd, 2010
7:50 am
After the story broke late Wednesday of the NCAA’s inquiry at Georgia, former Bulldogs linebacker Rennie Curran, who gave up his final season of college eligibility to enter this year’s NFL draft, addressed the matter on his Twitter account.
“Can’t believe how hard the ncaa is trying to crack down on college athletes,” Curran tweeted. “How can [you] expect someone not to look to outside sources…”
Continuing on his next tweet, Curran wrote: “… when there are video games being made of you, your jerseys getting sold, your family is struggling [and] you don’t even get a dime except pell [grant].”
Obviously Curran is admitting his own guilt. UGA should be investigated, then vacate all their wins for games that Curran played in.
Cheating, drunkeness, and thuggery. No surprise at the Cesspool of the South.
SuperB
July 22nd, 2010
7:51 am
Green says he was NOT at that South Beach party. For the Tekkies, I doubt you have a player that has ever been to South Beach or even knows where it is. But I’ll bet all the Beez can find the nearest Chuckie Cheese.
Damon Evans
July 22nd, 2010
7:52 am
why don’t we take em out drinking and hook em up with some white women…panty down…oops I mean party down
Soldhi
July 22nd, 2010
7:53 am
Is UGA more than just a big party school?
Sounds more like a training ground for delinquents.
Buz
July 22nd, 2010
7:55 am
I heard the NCAA is going to GT after they finish at UGA. Possibly 4 GT players at the Miami party.
Red Panties
July 22nd, 2010
7:56 am
RED PANTIES says it all!!!
FIREBUTTFACERICHT
July 22nd, 2010
7:56 am
SHOULD HAVE FIRED HIM 2 YEARS AGO.
FIRE MARK RICHT, ONE OF THE WORST HIRES WE HAVE EVER MADE
We ruin this state
July 22nd, 2010
7:56 am
WE ARE THUG-U!
Axel
July 22nd, 2010
7:58 am
Now that we’re in the off-season, wouldn’t this be the perfect time to take an in-depth look at UGA and have a serious discussion about the problems at UGA and why the arrest rate of players is the highest in the country? it’s common knowledge that UGA is a party school, but have any football players every actually graduated with a real degree? Jan Kemp exposed the school and the coaches almost three decades ago, but there is no sign that anything has improved; if anything, the arrest rate shows that things are getting more outrageous every year while the clueless Mark Richt has absolutely no control over his players. And then there is the infamous “red panties” incident that will haunt UGA for decades.
UGA has a lot bigger problem than hiring a new AD.
UGA has become a major embarrassment to all Georgians, and we want some answers starting now.
Joe Hamilton GT Great
July 22nd, 2010
8:00 am
I hope no one brings up my DUI, hit & run, possession of marijuana convictions! And please don’t mention the GT athletes that have been arrested for rape and for physically assaulting women! Furthermore please don’t mention the fact that Georgia Tech recently came off NCAA probation for academic cheating involving 19 student athletes (11 starting football players) who had their grades raised so that they could remain academically eligible to play.
Please remember we don’t cheat at GT…LMAO
Rita in Mableton
July 22nd, 2010
8:00 am
Has anyone seen my pimp?
The Truth
July 22nd, 2010
8:07 am
Speaking of “cheaters”:
Cheating Hall of Fame
In the TOP 29 Div 1 teams in terms of all time major NCAA infractions cases:
1)Arizona State
2)SMU
aaaaannnndddd at NUMBER 11, you guessed it!
11) Georgia
Aren’t ya proud?
Ms. Chokesondick
July 22nd, 2010
8:07 am
Lane Kiffin funded the party. It was his parting shot at the SEC.
superDawg
July 22nd, 2010
8:08 am
tek did not have any players in Miami they were run out of town in january for posing as football players.
The Truth
July 22nd, 2010
8:08 am
BTW,
Source: ncaa.org (NCAA Legislative Database of major infractions)
dawggirl21
July 22nd, 2010
8:12 am
I don’t understand the negative commentary on here when there is absolutely no proof of wrong doing YET. There are rumors and hearsay but that’s it. How immature and classless is it to sit here behind a computer screen where no one can see you and be so rude and disrespectful to eachother. As a Dawg fan, I’m embarrassed for UGA and Tech (or Ugay and North Avenue Taliban for those of you so uneducated and classless you don’t know their names). Grow up people.
As far as the situation goes, the coaches don’t have monitoring devices on these guys. All they can do is lead by example (and no, Damon’s example wasn’t the shining decision making one hopes for. At the same time, can EVERYONE of you say you’ve never made a horrendous decision? Nope), drill proper behavior into these kids heads and let them live their lives. Much like parents of any college students. Once the kid is off the practice field or out of the classroom, it’s up to them. If coaches are unaware their players are heading out for Memorial Day weekend for wrongdoing, you can’t punish them. Should the player be punished? Yes. Should the agent be punished? Yes. But at the same time, would YOU know what an agent looked like when you met him? Probably not.
Nobody knows what they would do until presented with that particular situation so you can’t judge it after the fact when you weren’t involved. Let’s see how this investigation shakes down and go from there.
ckgator
July 22nd, 2010
8:13 am
Sounds like any school with any talent on the roster is facing the “agent” problem. All you can do to save yourself is “self-report” and perhaps be proactive with education for your student athletes.
Question
July 22nd, 2010
8:13 am
@The Truth that’s alltime right? Out of curiosity, what about the past decade? I’m curoious as to how many of the all-timers have kept their noses clean in recent years.
BG
July 22nd, 2010
8:16 am
AJ Green was not in South Beach!!! He went home over memorial day when the alleged party took place in south beach.
JB
July 22nd, 2010
8:19 am
Haters stirring pot…….A J is fine….was not near the place…not even in the State……Tech can also relax…..can’t see anyone on that roster who would get an invite…..These were all elite college players…
Grim Reaper
July 22nd, 2010
8:20 am
Gawja is headed to the Electric Chair. Shut this program down now, NCAA.
K-dawg
July 22nd, 2010
8:22 am
lets clean up the program CMR! Kick AJ off the team and set the tone, send a message!.
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Bride of Chucky Knapp
July 22nd, 2010
8:22 am
Buz: The GT attendees were just there to make sure the stage was structurally sound.
Frank Lane
July 22nd, 2010
8:23 am
the tweets by Curran are extremely damning. And I don’t agree at all. College players are being trained for the most lucrative off all out of school jobs. They can wait until after school just like all other college students do.
Weird...
July 22nd, 2010
8:25 am
@K-dawg were you there?
Oh, no? Well then you can’t call for kicking someone off the team on conjecture. Until it’s proven then he remains.
Perhaps you’ve forgotten but here in AMERICA it’s INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY.
ckgator
July 22nd, 2010
8:27 am
If your school has not experienced problems with agents, it either means that 1. there is not enough talent on the roster to attract them; or 2. it has not happened yet but is about to.
The more blue-chippers you have, the greater the exposure.
Dawghater
July 22nd, 2010
8:41 am
Here is a Tweet to Rennie Curran! Your getting a college education for FREE. Yes, FREE. Stop complaining about all the money you should be getting. However, UGA players never consider that college is for a education not football. And Rennie, you sound guilty!
David Johnson
July 22nd, 2010
8:53 am
Mr. Rennie Curran,
you are getting paid. i.e., free college education worth approximately $40,000 per year. Sure it’s not pocket money but it’s fringe benefits worth that much. That’s a lot more than most people make in this country.
How2fish
July 22nd, 2010
8:59 am
Axel good morning! Yesterday you were Coraline the day before “Harry the Hat”…everyday your a LOSER..troll on big mama troll on !
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dawggirl21
July 22nd, 2010
9:02 am
Ummm that college education does not cost $40K a year @David Johnson. FOUR years at UGA costs roughly $25K. Now if you want to say including education and other perks the University bestows upon the student athletes then we have something to talk about.
Pat
July 22nd, 2010
9:03 am
Somebody tell Curran to shut his f^(!^g mouth! WTF is wrong with some of these idiots? Keep your mouth shut.
Borodawg
July 22nd, 2010
9:06 am
Much ado about nothing and I refuse to join this inane conversation.
Bumpersticker….LMAO!
How2fish
July 22nd, 2010
9:06 am
Dawghater just for the record there is nothing free about that education its paid for in blood,sweat and pain..if you’ve ever walked on a football field you know that it true. How much does the school make off a players jersey’s etc ? I’m not defending the players that break the rules as they are today..just might be time to change the rules.King Gator your 6:56 post was spot on!
Orange Bowl
July 22nd, 2010
9:10 am
SuperB – maybe none of them had been to south beach before last year… but we went there twice as a team last year… thats where the Orange Bowl is… I can’t say with any confidence that any of our players have been to Shreveport, though
How2fish
July 22nd, 2010
9:11 am
Grim Reaper question for you bone face..if they were to give UGA the death penalty..wouldn’t they have to give it to the other schools who have committed the same infraction? Really bonehead you see that happening to this many schools ? Let the investigation runs its course it is either a mountain being made out of a molehill or its the tip of the iceberg.
How2fish
July 22nd, 2010
9:13 am
Orange Bowl you can say with the utmost confidence that NONE of your players have WON a bowl game ..can’t you Nancy??
GATOR DADDY!!!
July 22nd, 2010
9:15 am
While the NCAA is conducting its inquiry on the atheletics side, they should also check to see if basic academic standards are being enforced in UGA’s classrooms. If their recent academic graduates are anything to go by, then it seems like basically anyone with a pulse can get a degree at UGA – it is not worth the toilet paper it is printed on!!
Joe Pa
July 22nd, 2010
9:17 am
Nick Saban is presenting Himself (with an upper-case “H”, too!) as the moral compass for college kids? That is the funniest thing I’ve ever heard!
DawginLex
July 22nd, 2010
9:18 am
Rita,
It is not an NCAA violation for the university to sell jersies with players names on the back. It is not an NCAA violation to have UGA featured on a football video game.
Now go fix my dinner.
Eisendawg
July 22nd, 2010
9:18 am
Dawqgirl21, You’re wasting your time trying to convince the haters on here with ‘logic’. Most of the negative posts on here are little children trying to be cute. Some are Tech fans that salivate at the thought of the possibility of UGA having any kind of problem. Then, you have the imposters, who try to act like they are disgruntled UGA fans, when in reality, they hate UGA. In reality, UGA is a great school, in a great city, with great coaches, and great athletics! Go DAWGS!
Russ the wonder dawg!!
July 22nd, 2010
9:18 am
There should be an anti-tampering law for agents and their lynchmen, start holding them accountable for putting the players and universities into these situations. These agents should be held liable for the damage they do to the players and universities. I guarantee you wont see much of this nonsense anymore. Best solution to any problem is start with the source….the agents.
DawginLex
July 22nd, 2010
9:19 am
Gator daddy,
Another idiotic comment from a gator.
The diplomas from UGA are just fine. One of the top schools in the country. Everything in the world doesn’t revolve around Gainesville(muleville).
Dawg Gone It
July 22nd, 2010
9:23 am
thUg’s male mascot cannot naturally fertilize an egg – useless dawg indeed – a perfect mascot.
Compare average earnings at graduation, 10, 20 years out. There is no doubt GT whips thUGs more as time passes.
He who has all his toys at the end of the Great Recession wins. We win you thUGs sell your toys as your construction job is gone and is not coming back.
Enjoy that unemployment ck.
Since thUGs run this state it makes since GA is near last in education down there with Mississippi and Alabama. Great job thUGs.
You run most intelligence out of the state you “run”.
Morans!
So glad I am not a thUG. Your diploma becomes worth less everyday. Now go wipe butts for a living.
Enjoy sanford and sons stadium – can hold many drunks so the campus can be completely trashed like your single wide.
THWG!
Wolfman
July 22nd, 2010
9:26 am
Sounds like Curran thinks its o.k. to take payolla… Maybe the NCAA should start with him. Hope the DAWGS don’t have to write off the glorious win in Shreveport.
Pago Pago Dawg
July 22nd, 2010
9:26 am
So this Twitter thing…is it like e mail only very public?
GaTruth
July 22nd, 2010
9:28 am
Dawg Gone It you don’t know bee-squat. I am an exec recruiter. I talk to people every day that went to colleges you’ve never heard of and they make five times what either of us make – and I am an evil rich person according to Obama. The whole GT vs UGA academic arguement is pointless. UGA is filled with education, journalism, and literature majors because it has to serve those needs as a state school. GT is filled with EEs, MEs, CEs, and assorted other egg heads. Let’s compare GT earnings only to UGA business grads – more relevant. Better yet, let’s compare GT to MIT – oh crap! GT is a distant also-ran in that race. BTW, this is a football blog.
GaTruth
July 22nd, 2010
9:28 am
SC, FL, Bama and now UGA under investigation? Is Phil Fulmer back in town?
layinlow
July 22nd, 2010
9:29 am
This is a freakin NCCA problem and the players and schools shouldn’t be punished to harshly for this in my opinion. Predatory agents could be stopped in their tracks if the NCAA had any guts to do something. It’s a simple solution if you ask me. The NCAA and the NFL work together on this problem. The solution? If an agent is caught giving improper benefits to an NCAA athlete then he would be banned for life from representing players. The NFL has control over agents getting a license to be a player rep. Why can’t the NCAA put pressure on the NFL to punish agents? Hell, Roger Goddell sure loves punishing players!
The Truth
July 22nd, 2010
9:29 am
Rennie Curran? Wasn’t he the little “speed bump” on LSU’s Charles Scott’s game winning jaunt?
How2fish
July 22nd, 2010
9:31 am
Dawg Gone It please exactly what is a” Morans ” hint..take a look in a mirror..LMAO!!
Dwayne
July 22nd, 2010
9:31 am
Saban saying agents take advantage of the players? What? How much is he making off them? How much is the NCAA making off them?? What a joke. Curren is right, so is any other player being exploited by big business, and yes, this is a business.
Gratefuldawghead
July 22nd, 2010
9:33 am
I am standing behind my man AJ Green , who again today says he has never been to Miami. I could care less what the Techies think.
GO DAWGS!
Tosh.No
July 22nd, 2010
9:33 am
Wow, is there any UGA fans on this “blog”, or just loser trash with nothing to do? Oh wait, its the AJC, so I already know that answer.
Tosh.No
July 22nd, 2010
9:35 am
And yeah, bet there weren’t any tech guys there anyway, they usually don’t have World of Warcraft at parties, so it would be a waste of their time.
Can You Dig It
July 22nd, 2010
9:38 am
You Tech fans really do have inferiority complexes when it comes to Georgia…..all you have to do is read your blogs and the stupidity shows through.
TUCK FECH
July 22nd, 2010
9:38 am
I saw all the Tech players in Miami…getting beat down by IOWA!
UWGWolves
July 22nd, 2010
9:38 am
All kinds of idiotic posts. UGA is rated the second best Public University in the SEC behind Florida and is one of the top public universities in the Country. I did not go to UGA but attended another state school but am tired of everyone knocking the Georgia Flagship school. As a Bulldog fan I did not poke fun of Alabama, Florida, etc for this Agent Gate because I feared this may be more widespread and more big schools would be hit. When everything is over there will probably be wide spread Suspensions through the Colleges in the Southeast. At this point in Big Time College football there are a lot of glass houses around so I would be careful before I started throwing stones. These athletes generally stay connected and are coming from the same system that creates this mess.
LOL
July 22nd, 2010
9:44 am
With as much gloating as our fans were doing yesterday, you just had to know this would come back to bite us.
Hope there is nothing to this, but something tells me there is.
Gatorzone
July 22nd, 2010
9:45 am
Lets all hope this does not turn into another SW conference. These agents are predators that need to be sanctioned by the NFL!
Deepdiver
July 22nd, 2010
9:46 am
People are focusing their anger on the wrong person. They need to take their anger off agents and send it at the NCAA for being a joke and pimping players. Players are the ones who really bring in the money for college football. The NCAA tries to push forward the laughable joke that they only care about the student athletes when they extend the season by adding an extra game and allowing them to have conference championship games to make extra money for schools and conferences. The NCAA is the frickin joke. College athletes need to start their own conference for pay and stop the joke of the NCAA in its tracks.
Gatorzone
July 22nd, 2010
9:47 am
LOL, I have been there with you. Run my mouth and have it bite me big time. No school with a powerful program is beyond reproach (sp?)
Three that went ot the NFl, now hhmmmmm
July 22nd, 2010
9:51 am
Any school that had or has high profile athletes with NFL or NBA futures will be scrutinized and that does include the three techies that signed NFL contracts, recently. Yes, it does and you know it.
No one is immune …………… so before all of the UGA detractors start up …………..remember, your three did not earn diplomas and they did sign deals. Be careful ………..be very careful.
Go Dogs
DIT
July 22nd, 2010
9:52 am
I have to say that most of these tech people on here are so clueless. Several say that they “Own UGA”… That’s so comical. That would be as stupid as UGA people saying for the past 20 years we own UF.
For most techies your football ignorance and UGA envy stands out amoung all posters on any UGA blog.
I expect the UF and yes even UT’s (winners of last 3out of 4) to rub it in a bit, but TECH!! please. Go back under that rock you crawled out from little brother. Agian, thanks for the laughs!
tar and feathers party
July 22nd, 2010
9:52 am
Didn’t the ncaa tell ugay that if they git caught cheating just one more time, it is the COLLEGE FOOTBALL DEATH PENALTY? Here is hoping for a lynching of UGAY! Anyone with information about LYING, CHEATING, AND STEALING AT UGAY should step forward now and tell the ncaa everything!
TardDawg
July 22nd, 2010
9:52 am
Why would the NCAA bother investigating such a mediocre team?
Weird...
July 22nd, 2010
9:53 am
The commentary on here always turns to Tech v UGA education and moneymaking. It’s like apples and oranges people. Each school focuses their majors on different things. Each school has plenty of highly educated alums who make plenty of money. Quit wasting everyone’s time with stupid posts and have an intelligent conversation about the topic of the blog!
Jason
July 22nd, 2010
9:56 am
Fred the shoe is on the other foot…….The only thing on this web site concerns georgia, they don’t report anything else. Fact is, UA(Saban) immediately suspended Dareus as soon as he found out he was there. As I hear it, they then filed an appeal with the NCAA so that they can sort out whether any violations were broken. CYOA, yes, but it seems they did the proper thing and didn’t lie to the media about whether they had been contacted.
TardDawg
July 22nd, 2010
10:06 am
It’s one thing to investigate a football school like South Carolina, but why investigate an irrelevant women’s gymnastic school like UGA.
Schmeckdawg
July 22nd, 2010
10:07 am
Do you know what you call a good looking girl on the tech campus? A VISITOR.
What is the difference between a tech coed and the garbage? The garbage can get picked up!
What is the difference between a tech coed and a toilet? You flush a toilet after you use it.
All of you dirt daubers go back to your own site. You suck now and always will.
Go DAWGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Richt on NCAA probe: ‘We’ll see what they gather’ | UGA sports blog
July 22nd, 2010
10:09 am
[...] delegation arrived here this morning for SEC Media Days and immediately faced questions about Wednesday’s news that the NCAA will send investigators to campus for an [...]
bitter scum bag agent
July 22nd, 2010
10:11 am
sh—t whats the problem heaa, playa this plya that, who cares i own these hera states!!! i do as i please, so tell coach satan to kisss this heaa , im on aulburn campus now shack up with the best they got doing shots, suckaols
Tech Nerd
July 22nd, 2010
10:12 am
Rest easy yellow jacket village. By my calculations, there is only a 1 in 50,000,000,000,000 chance that the NCAA will make “inquiry” here at Tech. It is my understanding that they only look for violations at big-time football programs with a history of winning. WE ARE SAFE!
Santa Cruz CA Dawg
July 22nd, 2010
10:13 am
It is tough for these kids. Many of these student Athletes are from humble backgrounds. And they attend school with many kids, from wealthy means. They can get caught up in wanting to be able to go out have fun and and also buy some nice things. Like their college peers can do. I am not making excuses, but my college life was like a lot of these athletes, from humble means, so I can relate.
That being said, they still should be held accountable if they break rules, and so should the agents.
If Green has lied about this topic. He should be punished, but the NCAA hypocrites should change some rules and help these young athletes who are making millions for their schools, even more.
Damon
July 22nd, 2010
10:19 am
Southwest Conference – Chapter 2
1. Arkansas and LSU fill the vacancies in the Big 12
2. Vanderbilt and Kentucky to the ACC
3. Ole Miss, Miss St., Auburn and Tennessee to the Big East
4. Georgia, Alabama, Florida and South Carolina – see ‘ya
I never said I would not tell.
bitter scum bag agent
July 22nd, 2010
10:20 am
people in glass house have a uh well dont throw stones if you have not uh a well!!! ps playa need 5000 quick cash, meet jasmen my ho, hahahah
Dawg H8R
July 22nd, 2010
10:27 am
Folks, pay no attention to the alien spacecraft to your left.
No reason to assume this is worth rubbernecking.
Jawja,I tried to tell you yesterday.My first post didn’t
make it.I told you it was more to come.Keep your
rose colored glasses on if you want.
How can Jawja have as many different personalities
as they do,and not have guys get into trouble.Why can’t
you guys see things for what they are. How can you guys
have as many dreadlocked guys since M Richt,and not have
guys fail drug tests? Not have questionable pasts or ties?
Someone in his recruiting classes(several actually)are guys that
don’t need to be on campus. Real talk.
Before THE DEFENDERS OF DAWG NATION try to take offense
to my comments,take note that I’m a BLACK MAN. That fact is
only important because I’m an expert on what’s behind certain
hairstyles and attire.Not Richt,not Tony Barnhart,not Larry Munson.
Don’t question my abilities to “call a spade a spade” when I
recognize what’s going on.
Florida,since Urban (what kind of damn name is that) got there, has
had a disturbing blend of sperry topsider wearing guys and dreadlocked,
gold front(teeth) sporting guys. Carlos Spikes ring a bell.Not the only example
but hopefully you get the point.
Circuitously speaking,all fans need to pay attention to our guys. Backgrounds
and pasts aside,all things should be equal on a college campus. Don’t make
exceptions for the purpose of winning football games.
junkyarddawg
July 22nd, 2010
10:28 am
It continues to amaze me how many gaters, vols, and bees spend time commenting on GA blogs. Mind your own d@mn biz!
Dawg H8R
July 22nd, 2010
10:39 am
Gatorzone, the SWC situation,if I recall correctly was Texas
exposing SMU.SMU went on the death penalty,which was
WRONG. Jealousy made someone drop dime on the near
dominant Mustangs. UGA/FLA/ALA/FSU/ND have all escaped
real punishment, should’ve been on a death penalty as well.
Agents-R-Scum
July 22nd, 2010
10:39 am
All sports agents should have to wear tracking devices like sexual predators. Head coaches could check their whereabouts on their computer.
Unfortunately, these scumbags have accomplices and delivery people that make it hard to catch them in the act.
EagleNationRising
July 22nd, 2010
10:39 am
Who cares if the NCAA makes an inquiry? The NCAA makes inquiries all of the time. Why have these inquiries received special attention? The real story will come when there is a formal investigation. By the way, for the clowns on this thread who believe that agents involvement rests only with football and men’s basketball, stop fooling yourselves. Any athlete who stands to make signficant money as a professional is approached by agents. Baseball agents are the most aggressive out there. If you can drive the heck out of a race car, agents are going to approach them. Go to a top junior college game. Those guys that do not look like parents or groupies are probably agents. Who do you think guided top MLB draft Bryce Harper pick and his family to leave high school at age 16? It was not his high school coach, folks. Who do you think is behind teenage tennis players? They are the same agents that are hiding in bushes on SEC campuses. It is a part of sports. Who is dumb enough to believe that it does not and has not happened in sports for years. The NCAA is finally catching on. Big deal!
WreckTech
July 22nd, 2010
10:43 am
Why does racism always come up on these blogs? I think we can all agree that it’s ridiculous and has no place here. If you don’t want to talk about football, simply go away!
What are all of these Tech fans smoking? “We own UGA” – Seriously? Has Tech beaten UGA more than once in like ten years? Wasn’t that win by 3 points? Isn’t UGA’s record against Tech like 60 – 39? I think you nerds need to go back to your own blog where you can talk about pocket protectors, your new calculator, and how you can’t get a date. I think all of this talk about red panties has gotten you way too excited. I’m sure that you can find some to look at online since you haven’t seen any real ones (besides your moms).
You nerds have fun talking about the problems that UGA is currently having. Anything to bring the focus away from your pathetic little high school football team, right?
EagleNationRising
July 22nd, 2010
10:45 am
Why are agents scum? Because they do not adhere to NCAA rules? Have you guys ever seen an NCAA rule book. It is larger than the Holy Bible. Universities make billions (with a B!) on the backs of unpaid athletes. Coaches make seven figure salaries. ADs, even the ones with patties between their legs while drunk driving, make six figure salaries. Stadiums & arenas are build. Sports like volleyball, baseball, track & field, golf, swimming, are funded on their backs. Now, agents are not supposed to reach out to them. I graduated from Virginia Law School in 2001. There were “representatives” from law firms across the globe just “hanging around” in an attempt to “talk.” How is this different? The same is the case at medical schools and top business schools. Agents have to abide by Federal and state laws, which will NEVER and should NEVER mirror the insanity of the NCAA. I guess you guys believe that only the NCAA has the right to manipulate athletes. Give me a break!
Gatorzone
July 22nd, 2010
10:56 am
junkyarddawg
July 22nd, 2010
10:28 am
It continues to amaze me how many gaters, vols, and bees spend time commenting on GA blogs. Mind your own d@mn biz!
G-A-T-O-R-S….
Also, it is an AJC Blog, not just UGA.
billdawg
July 22nd, 2010
11:28 am
GTFansince1990 needs to look at the entrance sign at the Institute to see who owns whom.
FORTY ONE POINTS to your seventeen points
July 22nd, 2010
11:49 am
Speaking of “since 1990…..
17 out of 20
7 out of 9
((((((((((((((((((((((41-17))))))))))))))))))
KPH
July 22nd, 2010
11:54 am
Wouldnt be surprised if Damon Evans is behind this considering the timing.
Dawg H8R
July 22nd, 2010
11:58 am
eagle nation rising is right on.
Dawg H8R
July 22nd, 2010
12:08 pm
FORTY ONE POINTS to your seventeen points
July 22nd, 2010
11:49 am
Speaking of “since 1990…..
17 out of 20
7 out of 9
((((((((((((((((((((((41-17))))))))))))))))))
All those numbers must mean you’re not a recent Jawja dawg.
Bill
July 22nd, 2010
12:28 pm
Rookie salary cap and this all goes away. The guaranteed money is way too high to not create incentive for agents to break rules.
How2fish
July 22nd, 2010
12:35 pm
Bill good point hadn’t really thought that one thru.
billdawg
July 22nd, 2010
1:02 pm
GTFansince1990 needs to check the entrance to the Institute if he can find his way. Then he will know who owns whom!
Weird...
July 22nd, 2010
1:49 pm
@Gatorzone, take a second to look at the top of the page. It is the Atlanta Journal Constitution’s UGA SPORTS blog. So yes, it is an AJC blog but it’s about UGA. Which I believe was junkyarddawg’s point.
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2:24 pm
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TruDawg
July 22nd, 2010
2:52 pm
There are some serious reh-tards on this blog.
Dawgtards ruin this state
July 22nd, 2010
4:23 pm
Mr. Adams, NCAA on Line #1 and Jim Harrick III is here for his AD interview.
BigDawg
July 22nd, 2010
4:46 pm
Jackets21 you need to get your facts straight, they TMZ reported that someone said Green was there, Which AJ denied it shouldn’t be too hard to prove whether he was there or not. As last time I checked a person couldn’t be in two p-laces at the same time.
wpww dawg
July 22nd, 2010
5:17 pm
call the NERD HERD hotline 478-228-0677
Pawel Johnson
July 22nd, 2010
8:16 pm
I can only wish we had players that were good enough to attract agents or even agents pimps. The best player we have will be lucky to get a free agent deal – much less an invite to South Beach.
I need to call coach CG and see if he can help me get some talent back on the flats – he left me a cupboard full but they are all gone now – WTF can we do? Hard to believe we suck so much we can’t even break a simple rule involving agents.
Oh yeah AJ seems to be completely innocent so would you tech fans STFU before you make the Dawgs mad and they really kick our ass. Keep it up and they may hang 75 on us.
tar and feathers party
July 22nd, 2010
8:51 pm
If anyone knows of any lying, cheating, or stealing at UGAY, please call the ncaa NOW. Ah think the ugly mutts git the death penalty if the ncaa catches them lying, cheating or stealing just one more time. Close UGA NOW, it is a waste of my tax dollars.
tar and feathers party
July 22nd, 2010
8:54 pm
Will Damon Evans turn States Evidence with the ncaa? Revenge is sweet! Please tell all Mr. Evans.
Devin
July 23rd, 2010
8:14 am
TMZ has a pretty high hit rate with their stories. My guess is that Green was in Miami at the party. If he’s lying to Richt, he can kiss his college career goodbye.
More bad news for the Cesspool of the South.
Devin
July 23rd, 2010
8:20 am
Close UGA NOW, it is a waste of my tax dollars.
I agree, but it’s fun to open the newspaper every morning and see who’s been arrested overnight at UGAy. With 42 players arrested in the last three years, the odds are pretty good.
And look… red panties are falling from the sky!!!
R G HIGHT
July 23rd, 2010
1:01 pm
When are you football players going to ban together and tell the NCAA to but out of your personal business. everyone has the right to make a living. As long as you dont fix games taking money is fine with me. The NCAA cares less what happens to you once you leave school. Everyone else in America gets to make deals that helps them to make money. When the opening kickoff at the start of the season gets here it would be great if everyone just kept their seat on the bench. what a statement that would make.
UGA SUXS:
July 24th, 2010
10:51 am
It’s a typical situation at typical times, too many excuses! It’s UGAG at their best! First Evan’s and now………………well, we will wait and see. All the blue chippers they have and all the talent and all the bragging, but at the end, it’s always the same BS! It’s either a rebuilding year, or next year is your year! THWG! GO GATORS!
Panties R Us:
July 24th, 2010
10:54 am
I say BJ Green, I mean AJ Green was there! yep, the Florida Patrol pulled him over and he had a pair of yellow panties between his legs. The patrol asked him what he was doing with them and he said ” I am trying to get him home” LMFAO!
robbie steele
September 4th, 2010
11:48 am
gt sucks ga bulldogs are # 1 go bulldogs kick gt ass