Details of McGarity’s agreement with UGA spelled out
ATHENS — Greg McGarity’s agreement with the University of Georgia calls for him to receive one year’s pay as severance if he is fired without cause as the school’s athletic director.
A three-page memorandum of understanding, signed by McGarity and UGA President Michael Adams, and obtained Friday by the AJC in response to an open-records request, also spells out conditions under which McGarity could be fired for cause.
Those conditions include “certain violations” of NCAA, SEC or UGA rules and failure “to act at all times on and off the campus with appropriate recognition of the fact that the reputation of the University also depends in part on public respect for and approval of those persons associated with its athletics program.”
In the case of termination for cause, no further payments would be made.
McGarity was hired last week to succeed Damon Evans, who resigned in the aftermath of a June 30 DUI arrest in Atlanta. Evans received a settlement of about $237,500 — three months salary and a previously earned $100,000 longevity bonus.
McGarity’s agreement also calls for him to be provided two cars.
Other provisions in the memorandum of understanding were previously reported: a starting base salary of $420,000; raises of $20,000 each of the four subsequent years, making McGarity’s salary $440,000 in fiscal year 2012, $460,000 in fiscal 2013, $480,000 in 2014 and $500,000 in 2015; plus $25,000 per year as a “longevity bonus,” payable in a lump sum at the end of the contract.
If fired without cause, McGarity would get a pro-rata share of the longevity bonus based on the numbers of years worked, as well as his base salary for the next year remaining on his contract.
The memo states that additional and related terms will be included in a more definitive contract to be drafted and signed within 60 days. If such a document is not signed within that time, the memorandum of understanding will serve as the contract.
McGarity is scheduled to officially begin his new job on Sept. 1.
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Delbert D.
August 20th, 2010
9:10 pm
Thursday is a sacred night in Athens? I thought it would be Friday night, if anything, due to the Sabbath. But then they wouldn’t be able to play until Saturday night. Hmm.
But you know, ESPN will send out their goons, and they will try to persuade Mr. McGarity with $$$$$$$$$$, and if that don’t work, breaking those fingers, one at a time.
shannon1776
August 20th, 2010
9:24 pm
Fred, your mom controls everything
WestOfAthens
August 20th, 2010
9:26 pm
Dawg, AKA First!, and Glory Glory, thank you for disclosing facts.
I almost cozied up with the remaining banter.
LISTEN AJC
Delbert D.
August 20th, 2010
9:27 pm
Then someday in the near future, the commisioner will call and say, “You wouldn’t switch the game to Thursday because you’d have a short week for Tennessee Tech? You freaking idiot!!! They are going to pick up Clemson vs. Virginia Tech! You just cost the SE-freaking-C 150 million dollars! Did you grow up in a vacant lot???? It’s hard enough getting the officiating buttons pushed right, and morons like you waste my time having to deal with this garbage??? Next thing you know, the ACC is gonna get 3 BCS spots. I swear, I’m going to start dealing directly with the equipment staff at your place.”
The above is a work of fiction. Any resemblance to actual people, living or dead, or any specific situations, is purely coincidental.
Delbert D.
August 20th, 2010
9:35 pm
Dang. I knew I should have gone with “da Commish.” I spelled it like some French flambe’ chef. “Com-is-ion e’ .”
WesH
August 20th, 2010
9:39 pm
I wish people that complain about the “first” thing would realize that their complaining is as annoying or more annoying then people that say first. It doesn’t hurt you, and for some its fun. Move on to the next comment and stop complaining.
Delbert D.
August 20th, 2010
9:42 pm
It’s been ingrained since kindergarten. It’s like a Jason Bourne automatic reaction.
Juggling topics with A.J. Green | UGA sports blog
August 21st, 2010
12:41 am
[...] Also: McGarity contract terms spelled out. [...]
12-2
August 21st, 2010
5:34 am
What nothing about Red Panties ?
What nothing about not tell GSP that you are not pulling rank or nothing on him, but does he know you are the AD at UGA ?
What nothing about picking up girls when you are married ?
What nothing about leaving the office at 4 pm for errands ?
What nothing about holding press conferences still drunk as a skunk ?
What nothing about whining to the press days later that you want to keep your job ?
What nothing about another of Michael F. Adam$ hires, hired to REPLACE VINCENT J. DOOLEY, disgracing Michael F. Adam$ ?
12-2
August 21st, 2010
5:36 am
What nothing about excuse me Occifer, but could you just take me and my Pantiless Skank to a motel so we can get on with that and forget all this ?
12-2
August 21st, 2010
5:37 am
RED DOG 77 said nothing would EVER be said about any of this after just a day or 2 at the most.
12-2
August 21st, 2010
5:45 am
Florida has a better record than Coach Richt in Coach Richt’s tenure.
LSU has a better record than Coach Richt in Coach Richt’s tenure.
Nick Saban at Alabama has a better record in his tenure at Alabama than Coach Richt does during that same timeframe too.
In fact, there are 18 teams the last 4 years whom Coach Richt does
NOT
have a better record than.
These are just 3 of them in our own DAMNED conference.
12-2
August 21st, 2010
5:48 am
The real dawg stephen is VERY OBVIOUS.
12-2
August 21st, 2010
5:50 am
You WENT to Georgia tek, and now you work there
God Help You
Get a friqin’ life
12-2
August 21st, 2010
5:52 am
Whatever those 2 things are you listed, I doubt VERY SERIOUSLY that Georgia tek could beat us at them, either whatever the hell they are.
12-2
August 21st, 2010
6:03 am
GO JACKETS ?
What’s that ?
You mean YELLOWjackets ?
Burdell
sir
any Georgia tek fan (either of the 2 there only are) who wants to discuss
BOWL GAMES
is absolutely barking up the wrong tree with Georgia
What is the difference between Coach Richt Era at Georgia and Georgia tek ?
8-1 UGA over Georgia tek.
Georgia tek has Lost the Last Five (5) Bowl Games in a ROW.
Georgia tek has Lost EVERY Major Bowl Game since 1955.
It has been 55 years in a Row Georgia tek has NOT won a Major Bowl game.
Georgia tek has Lost 8 of its last 11 bowl games dating back to 1999.
Besides last year, Georgia tek has not even been to a Major Bowl game since 1966.
Georgia tek Lost that Major Bowl game 44 years ago.
22-16 Georgia tek bowl game record. .578 Winning Percentage.
26-16-3 UGA bowl game record. .611 Winning Percentage.
Georgia tek has been to 38 bowl games.
UGA has been to 45 bowl games.
UGA has Won our Bowl Games the last 4 years in a row.
UGA Last Won a Major Bowl Game 3 years ago.
UGA has been to 3 Major Bowl Games since just 2002.
UGA has Won 2 of the 3 Major Bowl Games since just 2002.
UGA has been to 8 Major Bowl Games since Georgia tek last even went to one before last year.
UGA has Won 7 of our Last 8 Bowl Games.
UGA has Won 11 of our Last 13 Bowl Games.
Georgia tek has Lost EVERY bowl game vs SEC since 1953.
Coach Richt is 7-2 in Bowl Games.
Did I mention Paul Johnson has LOST EVERY BOWL GAME ?
12-2
August 21st, 2010
6:19 am
Burdell,
Why don’t you stick to something you know anything about huh ?
Like, perhaps, Dungeons and Dragons (did I say that right ? )
Damon Evans perpetuated this JAX B.S.
Damon Evans DENUDED UGA fans from our tailgating
Damon Evans hired as yes man by Michael F. Adam$ to replace Vince disgraced Georgia
Damon Evans refused to spend 1 penny, unless it was giving the monies I and we gave the Athletics Department but NOT to Michael F. Adam$ specifically and by name, even written in that way on the FOR section of my checks, and then turned around and gave Michael F. Adam$ MILLIONS redirected for him to WASTE.
Damon Evans refused to build us an Indoor Practice Facility.
Damon Evans refused to add on to our Stadium seating when we could have sold another 10,000 seats every year easily.
Damon Evans refused to build us a gym that seats more than HALF what the gyms at Tennessee and Kentucky seat, for example.
Damon Evans NEVER COACHED tidily winks
Damon Evans had nothing but Coaches reporting to him.
Damon Evans let Coach Richt’s coaching staff to go to hell in a hand bucket
Damon Evans said that only at UGA would we have to have ALL the cash to pay for ANY improvement, no 30-year loans like the rest of the known world does in real estate
12-2
August 21st, 2010
6:25 am
Dawg Stephen, you were BANNED here ?
Good Lord son, get a grip
Just when I was waiting to get back into it again with you (you wimp)
Does go to show you that BAN is NO WAY to operate a site.
You have to allow free speech
NOT & you are saying that you cannot come up with a COME-BACK.
ANYONE that cannot handle something someone else is saying and just SITS THERE and LET’S THEM HAVE THEIR WAY with NO REPLY and then LOGS OFF and BANS the person
is the lowest of LOW
12-2
August 21st, 2010
6:37 am
The DIFFERENCE in this forum and EVERY OTHER forum is that so many others actually are RUN BY a vocal few who think that the ONLY ACCEPTABLE statement from a fan are
HOMER STATEMENTS
This forum is ACTUALLY RUN by those who ALLOW FREE SPEECH
I’ve been on AccessAtlanta since I built my first PC back in 1977 with Double DOS and ran 2 BBS on dial-up.
I see all these Internet blogs they call their sites, and I go there read and like another said just now, you have to log in, and then you post and they HOLD THE MESSAGE to make sure they agree with you before they dare to put it up on their site like they are responsible for what someone ELSE says when they are NOT.
Or, you go to some low budget site where the Interface opens up another window all together and you post there and it gives you crazy error messages put posts it anyway, and all their posters go :
Oh, you cannot say that here.
We ONLY allow positive statements
Every REAL dawg would only say how GREAT we are at 10-10 vs SEC East the last 4 years.
Come in here and THOSE NERDS are given HELL daily by EVERY POSTER from Australia to New Zealand, California to Florida (yes, even Alabama.)
You might actually LEARN something in here instead of RAH RAH UGA.
I’d love to RAH RAH UGA, but right now I feel like the little piggy who went WEE WEE WEE all the way home
12-2
August 21st, 2010
6:42 am
BUZZ
excuse me son
But Georgia tek has
NEVER won a Heisman Trophy
that’s what you want to talk about BUZZ ?
Are you the real BUZZ from 35 years ago ?
12-2
August 21st, 2010
6:43 am
I disagree with Bill King every day.
He has NEVER banned me
12-2
August 21st, 2010
6:49 am
Glory Glory
I like getting riled up
It’s why I come in here in the mornings and drink my coffee (Altamahawdawg)
Nothing better than to come in here and read RED DOG 77 Altamahawdawg dawg stephen etc tell everyone to SHUT UP that they obviously are a Georgia tek fan saying that about Georgia Bulldogs who are doing so damn great with 18 teams Coach Richt does NOT have more wins than over the last 4 years.
Gives me something to test my knowledge about just what the state of our program is in after now this season as a DECADE Coach Richt Era – first half with Jim Donnan Recruits SURE WAS better than this crap the last half, huh ?
12-2
August 21st, 2010
6:54 am
Honestly,
Dawg Stephen
sir
The reason why YOU are in here is because the conversation is better than at your own site
Ok, I got caught up with all of you logging in from your Drive-Thru login during the day at Burger Doodle while I was working.
I left no one out
(as usual)
Andy in WR
August 21st, 2010
10:04 am
BULLDawg (aka 12-2) good Lord man get a life! I used to love reading your posts–can’t we look at things honestly and still remain positive–Yes Damon embaressed us and never should’ve replaced Dooley–Adams screwed up, however, Adams handled it correctly after the embaressment and appears to have made a great hire! Great Days ahead for our beloved Dawgs! Richt made the hard decisions after last year–also it appears made great hires! Who cares about the national title–got cheated out of it anyway a few years back with that one year exception it appears about having to win your conference crap! Let’s contend for the SEC on a yearly basis! Get behind the DAWGS and let them know we believe! And let’s hope Bobo grew as an OC last year–that he learned much from a tough year–Dang-quit throwing our boys under the bus–if he refuses to learn ala Willie–then bye-but for now, get in their faces Bobo and let’s win games GA DAWGS!!
12-2
August 21st, 2010
10:30 am
I’m POSITIVE.
What do you want ?
I said we are going to be 12-2 this 2010 season
We do lose 15 seniors and 4-5 juniors AFTER 2010, so we have a 1-year window
How POSITIVE do you want me to be ?
Do you want me to stick my head out the window like the little piggy and go
WE WE WE
all the way home
I didn’t say 1 DAMN thing about any damn national title
Not a word
Adam$ however you and he both can STICK IT as far as I am concerned if you are running in here saying Michael F. Adam$ handled a DAMN thing correctly.
He has NOT
Contend for The SEC on a “YEARLY BASIS” you say ?
That’s B.S.
We have NOT even BEEN to the damn SEC Championship Game since DJ Shockley Graduated with Honors in 2005.
This is 2010
I ain’t hoping Mike Bobo grew crap
except maybe wings to fly the friq out of here
I am FED UP with LOSING
HOME GAMES
Boos reigning down from EVERY FAN on Mike Bobo play calls
WR did you know we have LOST 5 SEC games AT HOME the last 4 years ?
8-5
That’s our SEC record at HOME
(Includes, by the way, NO FLORIDA)
SEC East at HOME last 4 years, did you know we are 3-4 ?
3-4 at HOME last 4 years now vs SEC East
And, there are NO GOOD TEAMS among ANY of the 7 games LOSING RECORD
If you want to go Running
WE WE WE
all the way like the little piggy, have at it
I ain’t stopping you, or anyone else.
But, I will say I am FED UP WITH THIS CRAP
The last 4 years
ESPECIALLY on OFFENSE
12-2
August 21st, 2010
10:44 am
You know, it is interesting you say too : Get in their faces on Offense.
You want us to get in their faces on Offense.
That is
EXACTLY
PRECISELY
what I am doing.
If that doesn’t motivate them
Then, kissing their behinds, pampering them, playing favorites even when they are OUT-PERFORMED by those BURIED on the Offensive Depth Chart behind the FAVORITES, making up EXCUSES for them, telling them it’s ok it’s raining – we don’t need to practice or NOTHING on Offense, saying it’s the Police FAULT for being # 1 Fulmer Cup Standings today as we speak Warner Robins, and saying how great it is going to be in the FUTURE when we haven’t done a DAMN thing to fix NOTHING on Offense – not to mention losing all but a handful of the starters AFTER this 2010 season – how can the future be that great for God’s Sake : All that
IS
going to
MOTIVATE THEM ?
Which is it please ?
(1) Get in their FACES on Offense, like you say we need to do WR or
(2) Get after me for doing EXACTLY PRECISELY the same thing
Dawgtards ruin this state
August 21st, 2010
11:13 am
slawdawg – I’m still laughing at you. Good luck moving up to the chili dog station at the varsity jr!
12-2
August 21st, 2010
11:41 am
We are
# 6 in The SEC
in the AP Poll
# 23
Andy in WR
August 22nd, 2010
12:08 am
Well you didn’t deny your true identity that’s for sure. So you are saying we will go 12-2 this year–who are the two and do they keep us out of the SECCG? Not our job to get in players faces–Coaches job–I’m gathering you never played the game, I did and let me tell you bleacher sitters could kiss my backside as far as I was concerned. They all thought we should be undefeated yearly and it got old! I only cared what coaches and my dad thought–that was it. We didn’t exist for your glory or so you could brag. Now as far as Bobo, I sincerely wish only the best for him as that also lifts the team. Now as for you–drop the dawg cause you are full of the other!
Just an observer
August 22nd, 2010
10:24 am
Actually 12-2, the reason that dawg stephen isnt here, is what happened above and on Bill King’s blog. He tries to have resonable conversations, and cant do it. He has people using his name, and posting under his name.
I can see why he would want user names, and why he hasnt come back to have 4-5 yr old conversations with people like you. Have you seen how childish all of this is? I think I will join him on his blog, and let all the kids have their fun here in the sandbox. be careful here in the sandbox though, i think the cat was here earlier.
ugag is irrelevant
August 24th, 2010
5:36 pm
hope they wrote real slow so all the cow-milkers can read it
DAWGMAN
August 25th, 2010
2:20 pm
Let’s talk team, players, coach, games, expected results, match ups. This is also known as football. Good grief.
DAWGMAN
August 25th, 2010
2:22 pm
Let’s talk Football, friends.
mimbPerhoob
August 28th, 2010
11:54 pm
Yes, really.