UGA aware of accusations in Columbus that could affect eligibility of Jarvis Jones, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope
A police investigation in Columbus has uncovered alleged illegal activity in the parks and recreation department there that may or may not affect the eligibility of Georgia football player Jarvis Jones and basketball signee Kentavious Caldwell-Pope.
The Columbus Ledger-Enquirer reported Sunday that an unauthorized bank account controlled by the parks director and one of his associates was used to pay for flights to and from Los Angeles for Jones while he was playing football for Southern Cal, and for the cell phone bill of Caldwell-Pope’s mother. Both Jones and Caldwell-Pope played AAU basketball for the Georgia Blazers, a “city-funded, Nike-sponsored” group overseen by parks director Tony Adams and Herman Porter.
Adams allegedly used the team’s credit card to pay for four flights for Jones to or from Los Angeles worth a total of $828 from June to October of 2009, according to the police investigation. Also, police allege Porter paid the $280 Verizon phone bill of Rhonda Caldwell in July of 2009 with some of the money coming out of the team’s account.
Eric Baumgartner, Georgia’s compliance director, told the Ledger-Enquirer, “I have not received or heard of anything” from the NCAA regarding the matter.
Reached Sunday, athletic association spokesman Claude Felton told the AJC, “We are aware of it and will do our due diligence in looking into the matter.”
Jones, a sophomore linebacker out of Carver High, transferred to UGA last year and is slated to start at outside linebacker this season. Caldwell-Pope, a five-star shooting guard, signed with the Bulldogs out of Greenville High last November and is scheduled to enroll at UGA this summer.
Whether or not this activity would affect either players’ eligibility at UGA is unclear. The newspaper cited a similar case with a Baylor basketball this past spring. Forward Perry Jones was declared ineligible after an investigation determined that, while he was in high school, an AAU coach provided his mother with three 15-day loans that did not total more than $1,000 and paid for the player to travel to a preseason pro football game in San Diego, which cost $4,100. Perry Jones was suspended from Baylor’s first-round Big 12 tournament game the first five games of the 2011-2012 season.
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Bigboy
June 26th, 2011
4:07 pm
Jones can say he didn’t know who paid for the tickets.He was with his legal guardian on each trip so it’s not implausible that he thought she paid for them.It looks like they got some good prices too.
honest_abe
June 26th, 2011
4:07 pm
that’s wack
UGAKev
June 26th, 2011
4:15 pm
Well the University of Georgia has absolutely nothing to do with this so no idiot should come in here trying to tie UGA to this situation.
UGAKev
June 26th, 2011
4:16 pm
Two to three game suspension I feel is the worst case scenario for Jarvis Jones
LilburnDawg
June 26th, 2011
4:16 pm
Jones just use the “Cam” alibi.
Michael
June 26th, 2011
4:17 pm
It really depends on exactly WHAT Jones was flying over for. If it was to get to school, then dang…give the guy a break. But, if it was to do something stupid like go to an event, like Perry Jones did, then I see where the NCAA could have a problem.
I really hate these situations though. So many of these players, who are put under intense pressure and on top of pedestals, come from poor backgrounds. It’s so difficult to turn down money. This is a free country…apparently…so it baffles me that these events are looked down upon.
Put the park and rec at fault, but don’t take these kids…who were amateurs at the time…and knock them down with a hammer. It’s not fair and it’s sickening. We heard T. Pryor’s attorney talk about how the college sports world in essence is slavery…and while that saying might be drastic, it has many truths. These players are the cornerstone of a multi billion dollar business….but when they get offered “HELP” in terms of their finances they get punished.
T Pryor wasnt getting help for his car. I dont feel bad for him. He’s at fault. But, players who are simply trying to find ways to make ends meet should not be punished.
Captain
June 26th, 2011
4:17 pm
Another classic case of the AJC’s headlines misrepresenting reality. Only happens when it’s Georgia athletics. Pattern? Intentional?
Whereas the “open records request” for GT athletics?
Chiefdawg
June 26th, 2011
4:26 pm
Won’t turn out good for UGA. You can bet your bottom dollar on that. Yet Cam Newton was ruled eligible. Amazing!
Brian F.
June 26th, 2011
4:34 pm
To lose Pope would be a disaster !!
Blake
June 26th, 2011
4:38 pm
Let the kids pay the money back and sweep it under the rug. Use the Cam rule. I DON”T KNOW NOTHING, IT WAS MY PARENTS!
DAWG FAN
June 26th, 2011
4:40 pm
THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS. THEY HAD NO KNOWLEDGE OR INVOLVEMENT WHATSOEVER. I’M NOT WORRIED.
DAWG FANS: DO YOU THINK UGA IS THE BEST TRADITION IN COLLEGE SPORTS? VOTE ON ESPNS TRADITIONS POLL AND ADVANCE US TO THE NEXT ROUND. DON’T LET OUR BELOVED MASCOT LOSE TO A STUPID NOTRE DAME SIGN!
http://espn.go.com/sportsnation/post/_/id/6681916/1-notre-dame-vs-8-georgia
GO DAWGS!
ryan
June 26th, 2011
4:45 pm
I agree this situation happened 3 years ago with USC and you know how dirty that program is this happened before they came to UGA should not hurt the football or basketball teams .
RabidDawgFan
June 26th, 2011
4:46 pm
Jarvis, we needed you on the field vs Boise buddy. Now it looks like Ray Drew better get ready to rock on from the 1st snap. Cornelius Washington is already one of the starters and it looks like Drew could start now. But this had NOTHING TO DO WITH UGA. I hope we don’t lose Jarvis because he showed promise, but we’ll see. One player won’t make us lose to Boise.
ryan
June 26th, 2011
4:49 pm
King was cleared a long time to play there has been nothing about Mason transferring were do you haters get these rumors .
easy now
June 26th, 2011
4:52 pm
just suspend him for one of the creampuff games, not boise st. the dawgs need him big in that game.
thom
June 26th, 2011
4:53 pm
Still love the Dawgs! http://www.wedgeorgia.com
RabidDawgFan
June 26th, 2011
4:53 pm
I know people are going to come on here to bash UGA, and to say they knew we couldn’t stay out of trouble but the truth is, UGA isn’t involved with this and nobody got arrested from our team. We are still in good shape if everyone can stay healthy and out of trouble. I like to hear nothing from our team that’s bad or in the headlines but you can’t expect it to be too peaceful. We’ll be just fine. Relax guys.
DAWG FAN
June 26th, 2011
4:53 pm
Jettie: Do you enjoy rumor mongering? Because that’s what you are doing. Richt has already came out and said Kings eligibility is not in question and Hutson Mason will never transfer. Hasn’t even mentioned it. He is a lifelong UGA fan and loves his team and school.
Your “big trouble” is a “big farce.”
Dawg4ever
June 26th, 2011
4:53 pm
NCAA hasn’t forgotten when UGA&Oklahoma sued them years ago. UGA should do exactly as Auburn did with SCAM, and ignore the NCAA and play the kid. But you can bet the house McGarity & Adams will panic and sit the guy forever until the NCAA finally decided to sit him. This is why UGA will never win an SEC title again. McGarity&Adams want UGA to become an academic powerhouse like Vandy, and as Adams said in his interview at the SEC meetings, he expects UGA to have a winning season every year. Not, he expects UGA to play for the SEC championship every year. This guy is killing UGA, and his hand picked puppet McGarity isn’t what UGA needed. He can’t make a decision on his own, and he will have UGA in the middle of the SEC as long as he is A.D., and the rest of the programs want prosper either under this guy. When will UGA be successful in football, basketball, or baseball again? After Adams is gone, and not before then.
Ga Peach
June 26th, 2011
4:55 pm
Coach Richt is the greatest http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxg1I1jA29c
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ryan
June 26th, 2011
4:58 pm
If something were to happen Murray then Mason would get the call he is not going anywhere jettie person is just stir up trouble .
MarineDog
June 26th, 2011
5:04 pm
If there’s an NCAA nvestigation, does the NCAA investigate UGA or USC? All this supposedly happened while he was playing at USC.
FACTS
June 26th, 2011
5:11 pm
Jones guardian will probably have to pay for the flights & there is no chance of tying Pope to his mother’s cellphone bill so forget it, if it is true , she is just like Newtons’ Dad she acted on her own accord without her son’s involvement.
RabidDawgFan
June 26th, 2011
5:22 pm
These are just accusations. Doesn’t mean that something has taken place. People are always trying to start stuff when nothing is going on. I knew it was too good to be true to have a quiet, peaceful off-season, not because we have bad boys, but because the media will always, and I mean ALWAYS, find something to bring up. It happens at every school. No such thing as a quiet off-season.
Captain sir
June 26th, 2011
5:32 pm
Um Captain, this is directed towards UGA athletics because it’s about UGA athletics, not GT Athletics. No personal agenda against UGA my friend. If it was GT, they would had done the same.
bigcalidawg
June 26th, 2011
5:40 pm
It really does begin to feel like a witchhunt after a while.
When’s the last time we had all our boys eligible for the 1st 3 games? And it’s never like the backup kicker, or 3rd string corner….it’s always a rush DE, star wideout, or tailback.
Seems we always begin the season with one hand tied behind our backs.
If Caleb is ineligible, I believe we can survive that, with Boo and Crowell.
If Jarvis is ineligible, we have Drew and Stripling, but it does mess up the chemistry.
I wonder if Auburn’s reach is stronger than we think, cuz we always get nailed, and they get straight up caught with their junk in the puddin’ and just walk……………
Common Sense
June 26th, 2011
5:47 pm
Screw Lane Kiffin and USC. Bitch deserves everything he and that homo Pat Hayden have coming to them.
And while I’m at it, Pete Carroll is a cheating douche.
bigcalidawg
June 26th, 2011
5:54 pm
Thanks for keepin’ it real common. You know it’s gone get deleted though, bruh
Captain Justice
June 26th, 2011
6:01 pm
As usual the gagers are already getting the excuses ready. If there were illegal payments, there is a chance of suspensions. How many point do you get in the Fulmer Cup race for this?
UGAKev
June 26th, 2011
6:07 pm
Common sense that is true, but Its Tony Adams and Herman Porter that are the idiots in this situation. It makes me absolutely sick because I thought we had got rid of those two bums in columbus and yet they still end up biting someone in the A**. The comer parks and rec is basically in my backyard here in columbus so I have known these guys since I was a little kid and its no surprise if this is actually true, because they have been pricks since those days. Herman Porter is definitely the bigger prick of the two. I use to go shoot basketball when I was a kid back when the two worked at the Comer Rec center and I always remember how rude and unprofessional both men were. I have always knew both men were crooks as both were fired from parks and recs recently. I just hope Jarvis Jones is only suspended at worst.
bigcalidawg
June 26th, 2011
6:08 pm
Captain Buford T. Justice. These infractions occurred while Jarvis was at USC and Caldwell was still in high school. Why would UGA pay for Jarvis to fly to Los Angeles? Does USC serve as a JUCO for us now?
Interesting theory
Now pull your head out
Biff Pocoroba
June 26th, 2011
6:08 pm
AAU teams are all semi pro anyway. all of those guys get paid and you have to pay the crooked coaches if you want to recruit one of their players. Or you can just do like UCLA and give one a job
ryan
June 26th, 2011
6:09 pm
Captain Justice this happened at USC not UGA Jarvis Jones was in LA when this happened these tickets were purchased by the parks and rec of LA and with Pope it was AAU this way before they got to UGA .
Red
June 26th, 2011
6:10 pm
While UGA was not involved and did not know, it is still an athlete under their watch that could be ruled against. Like I told Auburn friends, had Cam been ruled ineligible, Barn’s season would have been nullified. These incidents are more reason to start looking more into the backgrounds and character of these kids…AND their families. Just like Cecil, some parents will pimp their kids out for a car, house, or some pocket cash. It’s a shame but family will sell children out like slaves for a buck.
VININGS DAWG
June 26th, 2011
6:10 pm
It won’t affect UGA but it will probably affect the players. This is different form the Cam situation. Technically Cam did not receive any benefits, in this case both players and/or families received some benefits. The problem is Tony Adams and Proter are well known “street agents” and as you know the NCAA is currently on street agent rundown. Both players are looking at some kind of suspensions.
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Fox is a Con Man
June 26th, 2011
6:16 pm
This will not affect Georgia for anything in the past. They did this outside of UGA, assuming it is true. Where it will hurt UGA is in the next season where these players would certainly receive some type of suspension.
ryan
June 26th, 2011
6:18 pm
My guess it wont be the the Boise game most likely Coastal Carolina game you know the non televised games .
Preston
June 26th, 2011
6:26 pm
Probably much ado about nothing. Jones hasn’t done anything wrong during his tenure at UGA so this should be a non-issue. Maybe USC will get the boom lowered on them some more but the NCAA shouldn’t hold UGA accountable for this. Besides, one player doesn’t make a team. Looking forward to watching JJ crack skulls this season. But if he’s suspended for a couple of games, we’ll still be fine.
St. Richt
June 26th, 2011
6:28 pm
Yep, keep those rose-colored glasses on Georgia fans, NOTHING TO SEE HERE! Do not pay any attention to this, it will all go away in due time. Keep living the lie. From this non-Georgia fan’s perspective, it doesn’t look like Jarvis Jones will ever see the field in AThens.
Poopdawg
June 26th, 2011
6:35 pm
Both deserve Tuesday suspensions just like Scam.
Poopdawg
June 26th, 2011
6:37 pm
Maybe even multiple Tuesdays. Or maybe this Tuesday and next.
seriously?
June 26th, 2011
6:44 pm
Here we go again! Is Richt still in Honduras?
seriously?
June 26th, 2011
6:45 pm
To Preston.. It’s much ado about a hair do! C. McKinney loves Georgia. They keep her out of the news!
Garnett
June 26th, 2011
6:57 pm
Paul and Al paid for those tickets and gave cell phones to recruits at a fish fry.
bitter scam newton
June 26th, 2011
6:57 pm
call me, my dad can handle this—–duh!!–admitt nothing—yo—1st round pick—hahahahahaha
———————f—-pay for play———————-10 years probee coming soon for ALL-BURN
AltamahaDawg
June 26th, 2011
6:58 pm
ryan, you would guess that based on what?
SatchelBuzz
June 26th, 2011
6:59 pm
Not surprising,….goinh to be fun to see how ugag spins it. Trash in,…trash out.
THWG!!!
bob
June 26th, 2011
7:00 pm
ITS BUSH’S FAULT
We (UF) own UGA
June 26th, 2011
7:03 pm
Gee I’m sure Saint Richt knew nothing about Jarvis Jones getting paid flights and pre-paid cards to mom…..Here comes the NCAA…Time to investigate…I’m sure they’ll find more dirt with the bag-man running the recruiting anyway. hahaha
Bigboy
June 26th, 2011
7:06 pm
Why would Richt know about something Jones did 3 years ago?He signed with USC out of HS not UGA.
John Galt
June 26th, 2011
7:09 pm
With what we know so far, UGA doesn’t seem to have anything to do with it.
DGDs, relax.
Jealous Haters, shut up.
fpice
June 26th, 2011
7:11 pm
Dont blame Mark Richt. He is never to blame in anything. A good man, you see. Lost seven games at UGA last season. Escapes fault for anything.
JB
June 26th, 2011
7:13 pm
Word has also leaked out of Tech that Johnson has been caught frying fish out of illegal restricted waters………and when he said he had bigger fish to fry, he wasn’t joking.
These are experimental fish and grow really large. I’m been told this hot shot QB they signed from North Carolina. It’s his Daddy’s first cousin on his mama’s side. You didn’t hear from me.
AltamahaDawg
June 26th, 2011
7:15 pm
dawg4life, what exactly did you expect Auburn to do in November when that all hit the fan? He’d already played. They didn’t bluff the NCAA. We’re Not going to either. UGA handled the AJ thing perfectly and if there is any reason to suspect that Jarvis might have to serve a game suspension, I’ll be damn if I would agree to forfeit any games over it. They BETTER sit him out till it resolved if there looks like anything to it.
Had the Newton investigation been earlier in the summer you can bet your butt Auburn would have sat Cam till they knew, too. I will always believe that the SEC office and the NCAA would have suspended Cam for at least one game had it been the start of the season and not the week before the SECCG.
realizing that trashing Georgia is your own personal proof of awesomeness, but at least come up with something remotely etched in reality.
JB
June 26th, 2011
7:16 pm
And Auburn is clean?…..LMAO
MarineDog
June 26th, 2011
7:18 pm
@fpice,
I’m interested in how you determined that Richt is responsible for this. The story clearly states that this happened while he was at USC. What reason would UGA have for paying for a ticket for him to go to L.A.?
Monger
June 26th, 2011
7:19 pm
Jettie, are you insane?? Have you heard (read) yourself at all??? You sound like a lunatic bro…seriously
FIRST….You say Jarvis Jones missing 5 games, will ruin our season. Yes he is a great OLB, but linebacker is one of the deepest positions for UGA, so that doesnt make sense on two levels. We are too deep, and losing an outside linebacker for 5 games, and playing the final 7, will not “ruin the season”, if he is out and even gets suspended at all (sounds like a rather petty offense to me), the person we are going to plug in will be Ray Drew, or maybe Chase Vasser, and thats going from an agressive hard hitter to another agressive hard hitter- not much of a drop. With Alec Ogeltree, Christian Robinson, Richard Samuel, and newly arrived Kent Turene manning the inside, and Cornelius Washington, Jarvis Jones, Ray Drew, and Chase Vasser on the outside-that is a very fast, very hungry linebacking core. So it wont “ruin” our season-WRONG…
2nd-PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE stop perpetuating these stupid “caleb king is in academic trouble” stuff. There have been soo soo many…”this guy is going to transfer” “this guy is in academic trouble”, and the majority are made up by guys in their basements with tooo much time on their hands and are often 100 percent FALSE!!! This one is-NOBODY LISTEN TO THIS CLOWN, last I heard Richt at the preseason meet and greets said he KNOWS NOTHING of any of these rumors, and that Caleb is really turning into a leader his final year, and working hard and doing great both in practice and in the CLASSROOM. FAIL….YOU FAIL AT LIFE JETTIE!!!!!
JB
June 26th, 2011
7:20 pm
MarineDog…………This guy is a hater and piling on a story…or facts he/it knows anything about.
Joe Franks
June 26th, 2011
7:21 pm
Maybe Richt ought to come back from his trip and watch his boys!
Money Talks
June 26th, 2011
7:21 pm
because he’s good, richt will find a way to keep him eligible for the big games, like his mentor, the crooked bobby bowden.
Buzz Me
June 26th, 2011
7:22 pm
is anyone really surprised. It’s the crimeDAWG way!
MS Bully
June 26th, 2011
7:22 pm
Renaldo Sydney lost a full season plus 10 games the next season at Miss. State. The NCAA always screws the Mississippi teams.
JB
June 26th, 2011
7:23 pm
Money talks…… I believe Mark sat AJ before the NCAA told him to. Check it out hater.
Thomas Brown
June 26th, 2011
7:23 pm
10 players just quit the team and another 10 are injured and now, Jarvis Jones everyone said was our best LB recruited here after his strained issues at Southern Cal and now we know why that was strained out there.
Mark Richt knew all about all this, long ago.
BCS NC for us this season, obviously. We have quite a few who prefer we have a Christian head coach – send us your destitute. Send us your troubled. Brent Benedict was injured and Mark Richt said oh, yes, come on anyway. We have a roster full of these such personell decisions, and always have had with Mark Richt.
Stinger
June 26th, 2011
7:27 pm
Yeah you knew that I was coming !!! UGA should get the Death Penalty for all the violations they have committed in the past 10 years.
PJ's Saucer Nipples
June 26th, 2011
7:36 pm
Tech fans are stupid.
JB
June 26th, 2011
7:37 pm
If Dawgs get the death penalty…………..I’ll risk my personal safety and go to a Tech home game and wear one of those gay yellow wigs……………………….Dream on Nerds.
JB
June 26th, 2011
7:40 pm
Speaking of Tech………..This will be Johnson’s fourth year coming up. Most new hires really have their systems in by now and their own recruits. How’s the program over at the Flats looking in 2011? Most Mags I’ve read have them 4th in their division in the cupcake conference.
JB
June 26th, 2011
7:42 pm
Has it really been 9 of the last 10?
Sandman
June 26th, 2011
7:43 pm
Still no proof Cam or family actually got anything…
JB
June 26th, 2011
7:44 pm
No proof needed……………Just the cloud will do………….and the cheating at Florida in class and the Lap Top incident…………Good character type guy.
tim
June 26th, 2011
7:48 pm
He is as good as done at UGA…..the NCAA will declare him ineligible without a doubt regardless of UGA’s involvement/non-involvement…the kid will be punished. and not just a game or 2
UGA '05
June 26th, 2011
7:50 pm
Stinger, Buzz me, and Boola Boola,
I thought tech fans were supposed to be smart, but obviously you guys can’t even read or comprehend anything. Richt and UGA had nothing to do with this. This all happened when Jones was at USC and he wasn’t even a thought at UGA. 9 out of 10.
Sandman
June 26th, 2011
7:50 pm
Would have fit in well with your guys…
Another moron dawg fan
June 26th, 2011
7:50 pm
A big deal about nothing. Everyone knows we are the cleanest, pureset, most respected program in the country! UGA football…..31 years and counting!
GoinToAintree
June 26th, 2011
7:52 pm
Death, taxes, and lack of institutional control in Athens.
JB
June 26th, 2011
7:52 pm
tim……………….And watch, the NCAA won’t let Richt know till about 24 hours before kickoff with Boise…….if Then, and then Richt will have to sit him if he doesn’t hear anything. You can’t risk playing him and have to give the win back.
JB
June 26th, 2011
7:53 pm
The death part would be equal to attending a Tech game.
Larry Wayne Jones Jr.
June 26th, 2011
7:55 pm
I wasn’t aware the UGA still had a football team.
Sandman
June 26th, 2011
7:55 pm
Auburn is made of rubber…
Nothing will ever come of the Cam situation… it’s over…. really.
The cloud doesn’t seem to be hurting our recruiting.
daddo
June 26th, 2011
7:56 pm
None of this matters. Yall will still suck regardless.
JB
June 26th, 2011
7:57 pm
That Tech/ Western Carolina opening game will be one big homecoming. Most of those guys were recruited by both schools. Ought to be a barn burner.
just the truth
June 26th, 2011
7:57 pm
Rules are rules. You can’t pick and choose the ones you like or disagree with. Abide by them or face the consequences !
JB
June 26th, 2011
7:58 pm
As long as the “cloud” keep raining cash, all’s good.
bigcalidawg
June 26th, 2011
7:59 pm
I guess I can pardon the non-DAWG fans posting on here.
If you are illiterate, how can your posts be based on an article you cannot read.
I forgive you.
Sandman
June 26th, 2011
7:59 pm
LoL
JB
June 26th, 2011
8:01 pm
Is the media guide out for Tech yet? Will it be Pizza of hot dogs this year to try and fill the stands?
DAWG ONE
June 26th, 2011
8:02 pm
The NCAA should not have anything to do with Caldwell-Pope’s mother or him. This happened long before he signed with UGA. The NCAA, if they get involved, would be like a gestapo. This is not their business with C-P and has nothing to do with UGA.
I am disappointed in you, Chip, by not taking a stand and a shot at the NCAA.
JB
June 26th, 2011
8:05 pm
Gator fan on here talking trash. Rich. I remember when they were good. Way back when Tebow was there and a full time committed coach. Last year was ugly. So was Brantley. Hard to watch. Lost 5 I believe. Maybe i read that wrong. Any Gators on here to verify those 5 loses?
Sandman
June 26th, 2011
8:05 pm
Tech games are sloop lame…
Never been heckled by opposing fans in Spock ears before.
JB
June 26th, 2011
8:08 pm
Sandman………………25,000 future I.T. guys howling in yellow wigs is pretty funny.
Sandman
June 26th, 2011
8:09 pm
No… I think we (Auburn) set the record this year.
on a mission
June 26th, 2011
8:10 pm
richt be cleaning up everything when he get back from his mission—he got free pub and want his people to know—now don’t be botherin him with more player payoffs–he be tired from the missionary work and need to unwind at his mansion.
KeepCalmAndCarryOn
June 26th, 2011
8:12 pm
If you’re going to fill your rosters with felons year in and year out (worthy of the venerable Fulmer Cup), whilst surrendering any institutional dignity by operating a football factory, one would expect to exhibit some iota of national relevance.
Sandman
June 26th, 2011
8:14 pm
This story has nothing to do with UGA or the coaches.
This is what kids did I’m high school.
Sandman
June 26th, 2011
8:15 pm
This story has nothing to do with UGA or the coaches.
This is about what kids did in high school.
lcheatherly
June 26th, 2011
8:19 pm
as far as UGA’s complicity is concerned, the question may be whether or not the “Parks Director and one of his associates” are considered UGA boosters? For these two persons, there may be criminal questions as to the fund source of the expenditures.
ryan
June 26th, 2011
8:19 pm
You want to talk about school that is trouble UNC is in much worst shape then everyone else also there players has 317 parking tickets that goes beyond the Fulmer Cup .
ryan
June 26th, 2011
8:22 pm
I have heard none them were UGA boosters that were involved its mostly a USC situation this happened before they got to UGA .
MarineDog
June 26th, 2011
8:24 pm
If this happened in 2009, then wouldn’t that make him ineligible in 2010? I don’t think he played in 2010?
Not sure on this. Maybe someone can chime in on this question?
old time dog
June 26th, 2011
8:25 pm
going to end up, lame attempt…..BAHAHAHAHAHAHABAHAHAHAHA!!!!! Thanks for reminding us that you are regular patients in the butt ward of the hospital. BAHAHAHAHA!!!!BAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! 3 hot dogs and a coke. BAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
phillip
June 26th, 2011
8:33 pm
I’m a Bama fan and am beginning to have a grudging admiration for the way Auburn can take a situation like this, or the Cam Newton affair and just say …”*&%$ it. Let the chips fall where they may.” Auburn can look innuendo, accusations, negative publicity, and controversy in the eye and roll the dice. I think Georgia just ought to grew an Auburn sized set of balls and use the same philosophy. Everyone else is so afraid of the NCAA, but Auburn just pees on their face and farts on their nose. Roll Tide, but grudgingly……I admire Auburn.
Mr. Tony Geinzer
June 26th, 2011
8:38 pm
I fear Georgia will fall on their face even more severely in SEC Football and Basketball and I think people will remember when Kentucky won their 1st SEC Title Game in History.
Jarvis Jones
June 26th, 2011
8:39 pm
Should have transfered to Auburn and claimed ignorance!
UGAKev
June 26th, 2011
8:41 pm
People like Lobo above have showed their complete stupidity. Some of you are so hopeful UGA had something to do with this that you actually believe what you are saying and are about to jizz in your pants over it. Let’s try to simplify this for all you retards posting nonsense on here… In Columbus Georgia 3 years ago two men may of paid for a flight to and from Los Angeles where Jarvis Jones committed to play football at USC. Read that sentence and PLZ tell me how in the world could The University of Georgia Football program register in your mind when reading that. I would never let any of you idiots ever post a comment again on any AJC blog after spilling such BS on here about UGA.
MarineDog
June 26th, 2011
8:42 pm
phillip,
I understand what you’re saying. It makes sense. If Auburn had to forfeit all of those games last season, I think that the Auburn fan base would have been behind the coaches for continuing to play him. On the other hand, if this happens at UGA, the haters would be calling for his head. I don’t think that he could survive that negative publicity and the AD would have eventually fired him. I do, however, like your thinking.
ryan
June 26th, 2011
8:45 pm
What ever happens will happens if Richt looses he is out but if gets off to a good start then you haters will have egg on your face i am just wait to see what happens with first 2 big games before i decide on CMR ’s future .
chickenman
June 26th, 2011
8:46 pm
this has nothing to do with uga so i could care less.. he went to USC obviously those guys get paid there so im not surprised as for the basketball recruit.. its unfortunate but then again we suck so bad our best 2 players left early to be drafted in the 2nd round
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john
June 26th, 2011
8:59 pm
Enter your comments here
Blackoutanyone?
June 26th, 2011
9:02 pm
Kids will be required to pay back whatever benefit they received. Maybe a two game suspension. Losing O-linemen much bigger issue.
wolfman
June 26th, 2011
9:03 pm
Sounds like he should try the Cam Newton defense!
david
June 26th, 2011
9:04 pm
here we go again
wolfman
June 26th, 2011
9:06 pm
What’s the saying? Garbage in, garbage out?
ryan
June 26th, 2011
9:11 pm
I agree Blackout O-line thing is much worst then this i am just going to wait to what happens with first 2 big games i have to admit my patients is starting to ware thin seems like Richt taking that trip was not a good idea and all hell has broken loose .
call AU
June 26th, 2011
9:14 pm
richt needs to call the crooks running the AU program and find out how to cover up payoffs to keep good players eligible for the big games!!!
MarineDog
June 26th, 2011
9:19 pm
@ryan,
I don’t think that Richt’s trip had anything to do with what happened. The issue with Jones took place 2 years ago. The thing with Benedict didn’t all of sudden just happen. It had to be an issue already.
You are right about the O-line issue. We are already thin at depth for the O-line. However, to lose Jarvis for the first 2 games would be huge. That LB corps is pretty much built around Jarvis. A good defense can mask some of the issues we have on offense.
Warhorse
June 26th, 2011
9:23 pm
The ignorance on this thread is remarkable. It is about UGA because it is about eligibility of two players. Nothing is going to happen to the poodles, except they may be denied the services of two players.
You dawg posters need to get a grip on reality.
ryan
June 26th, 2011
9:27 pm
I agree MarineDog things right now look kind of dark just hope everything stays clean the rest of summer can’t afford anymore bad news .
MarineDog
June 26th, 2011
9:33 pm
@ryan,
It’s kind of disheartening that every-time we seem to be on track, something always happens. I knew that it was only a matter of time. Things were too positive. Hopefully it’s just a minor setback. Our defense was suppose to be one of our strong points this year. Hopefully, they (NCAA) won’t hit us too hard. But after the AJ thing, I’m not to confident on that.
Buzz2010
June 26th, 2011
9:36 pm
The spots on the Dawg never go away.. So sad!!!
Bulldog Arch
June 26th, 2011
9:37 pm
Relax,MarineDog,if they are declared ineligible,we didn’t do it.The infraction was with the local parks and recreation department where the young men are from.
Bulldog Arch
June 26th, 2011
9:42 pm
Please read and re-read if necessary and allow your brain to digest what you have read.Always wait 30 minutes before you post if you didn’t understand what you read.If after 30 minutes,you still do not understand what you’ve read,take a nap and try again later.
K from Da Wood
June 26th, 2011
9:43 pm
I’m a little confused? Is this really something that should matter to the NCAA? Is there nothing anyone else can do for a perspective student athlete outside of a blood relative? These kids have relationship with some of these coaches since they were 8 & 9 years old…they’re like uncles and surrogate fathers. This shouldn’t be a violation of anything! DAMN the NCAA!!!!!
MarineDog
June 26th, 2011
9:44 pm
@Bulldog Arch,
I agree. The problem is that it will affect us if we lose him for a few games. You’re right, we didn’t do it. It won’t affect USC as well.
Gator Trey
June 26th, 2011
9:45 pm
What a shocker! Not. Uga players involved with more illegal shenanigans
RamblinRed
June 26th, 2011
9:46 pm
Pope could be the more interesting one to watch here.
It was his personal cellphone that the bill was payed for. More interestingly, when the police managed to reach him at his dad’s in Atlanta, they tried to set up an interview with him and he hung up the phone on them. Not really how law enforcement tends to like to interact.
MarineDog
June 26th, 2011
9:52 pm
How do you get 4 flights from L.A. to Ga. for $828?
Poor UGAY sports
June 26th, 2011
9:56 pm
You UGAY losers are pathetic. As a WAR EAGLE I believe this situation also does not have anything to do with UGAY only that 1 player may get suspended for something outside of UGAY. Therefore there most likely would not be an investigation of UGAY in this situation with these 2 players.
That said this has nothing to do with Cam Newton, nor Auburn. You people are idiots because you are so blinded that this situation is not a UGAY issue, and it is pretty plain to see. If the 2 kids got caught up in something with these parks & rec losers then that will impact the 2 kids directly as they were involved to what extent is yet to be determined. I am not surprised more of this AAU stuff does not cause more problems for more athlets, and colleges than it currently does or has.
Get off Cam’s and Auburn’s back. The rumors and innuendo’s brought up by BSPN, and loser at Fox Sports that continue to dig for something that is not there is pathetic also.
How is it not possible to believe that Cam’s father did not tell him about Miss State offering money. Cam’s father may be a slime ball and was greedy, but that does not mean the father told the son. I bet your parents did things during your upbringing that they did not share with their children. Let’s see like adultery, DUI, falsifying expense reports, stealing, lying, possibly smoked a little pot while kids played outside?
Mark Richt is a fine man and I would like more people to try to be like him as a decent human being. Well, at Auburn our coach Gene Chizik has similiar qualities and you may be surprised to find out he is a good man, and an excellent football coach. I
I understand rivalry and all, but the hatred you spew is pathetic. Most of you probaly have kids, and would be very dissapointed if your kids acted this way in little league, or even school, yet this is how you act. Grow up!
Truth and Facts
June 26th, 2011
10:04 pm
This story is not about UGA. This story is about a young man and his “adviser” who did not report through the proper channels of their involvement with each other. However, with the knowledge that is now out there of the case, it seems more and more likely that at a minimum, if they tell the truth and do not lie, will lose games and will be forced to pay back the amounts. At some point the people surrounding these young men will be dealt with and by most historical counts will be banned from certain programs.
Cecil and Cam Newton Rule now will force the punishment for taking or requesting any form of compensation.
UGA needs to force the hand first or the cloud of doubt from these players will soon force the NCAA to place some focus on players on campus this summer and fall.
Truth and Facts
June 26th, 2011
10:08 pm
Poor UGay,
Lets ask and answer one question and one question only. Why has there been 2 different attorneys assigned from the NCAA attending the Bingogate trial in Montgomery? The reports have been verified by the television news, the newspaper and by radio sports talk in and around Montgomery. The latest report states that the two have been brought in separate doors and leave by separate doors to avoid conversations.
DOUG
June 26th, 2011
10:20 pm
Arrests,academic eligibility,cheating,scandal. Why follow this Sh… Not to mention the athletic programs are based in Liberal institutions that are driving the concept of Socialism into the minds of our youth.
To Hell with Georgia and every other College University on the map.
Chuck UGA
June 26th, 2011
10:20 pm
UGAKEV,
Problem is this newspaper and these blogs are full of idiots. Not just any kind of idiot, but idiots whose conditions are irreversible: Village Idiots. Yes, they will spin some sort of BS to try and blame UGA for this or say that UGA knew all about it all along.
Chuck UGA
June 26th, 2011
10:25 pm
Gaytor Trey, you fit the description above. How do you ties these two to UGA before they even uttered “UA” from their mouths. Typical as 90% of Gaytor fans either cannot read or cannot understand what they just read.
Dr. Phil
June 26th, 2011
10:25 pm
Carver High School is going to be a can of worms for UGA of increasing magnitude.
Chuck UGA
June 26th, 2011
10:28 pm
Icheatherly,
See your description above as well. Just call yourself VI. Parks & Recreation people UGA boosters paying for flights for a USC football player? Class A Retard.
john
June 26th, 2011
10:36 pm
For someone to say that Richt should not have taken that tgrip is asinine. The man can do on his own time what he damn well pleases.
Hammond
June 26th, 2011
11:07 pm
UGA = Cheaters
captguitarman
June 26th, 2011
11:34 pm
Paybacks are just pure hell, aren’t they, Puppies? Oh? UGA was not even involved, you say. It was another school. It was just the players, or it was the street agents, it wasn’t UGA, aand blah, blah, blah. Wonder how many of these loud whiners just ignored that same fact in the Cam Newton situation, where another school, not Auburn, that was involved. Not many of you, if any, I suspect. What goes around comes around, as they say, and now the shoe is on the other paw, and well, things are “different” now aren’t they? How do y’all like it? But still the jealous whiners take swipes at Cam Newton and Auburn, which now come off as more than lame. But, I see that as the green-eyed monster talking more than anything else. Let’s see now, the only major SEC football program not to win a national title since . . . . well, you know the sad story, and this won’t be the year either. Some say Bama again. But, I fully acknowledge that the Newton investigation is still open, as it should be, and if any credible evidence ever comes up that he was personlally involved, and not a relative, friend, or a street agent, or that Auburn was involved, they should burn for it. Too late for Newton to burn, but Auburn, like USC just did, can certainly give the title back if there is sound reason to do that. And it this case, so far, it looks like UGA was not involved, but only the players. Should we sit the players down for five or six months until the investigation is done? Oh my gosh, who would ever suggest such a thing without strong credile evidence? Oh gosh . . . let me think. How about every puppie in the Puppie nation? Instant Karma’s gonna get you, as a great philosopher once wrote. No worries, though. They’ll get right to the bottom of this, and the players will only miss a couple of meaningless games at the start of the season.
SickandTired
June 26th, 2011
11:45 pm
Time for the Dawg Fans to call for this to be swept right under that rug…..after all, it’s not about them, the NCAA however will penalize the players first and Georgia can keep their hands clean other than the fact it’s just another example of the type of player that’s getting recruited in Athens. Here we go, broom it away, broom it away. What’s that I hear coming down that track, another investigation of the red and black.
Richard Cranium
June 26th, 2011
11:52 pm
Considering UGAg’s squeeky clean record….. uh, … upon further review…
They average 11 arrest a year. Why would I think UGAg has anything to do with this??
Are you kidding me… ????
LA Dawg
June 27th, 2011
12:16 am
If they got four flights to LA from ATL for a “total of $828″ then it looks like the Airlines are in this too…but I guess the fed will bail the airlines out and the kids will get kicked out of school.
Professional Athletes David
June 27th, 2011
1:46 am
@UGAKev – Two to three game suspension? I think it would be too much,hehe
Columbus
June 27th, 2011
1:55 am
AAU basketball is all that is involved. No schools, no improper benefits. Taxpayer money being misspent for a mom’s cell phone bill(Pope) and tickets from a basketball(AAU not NCAA)coach/official. Nothing to do with college except Jones was under scholarship at an NCAA institution. I do not see how this is an NCAA violation unless USC is connected somehow. Pope’s seems like nothing. This scandal has been going on down here for over a year. Park n Rec guys put in positions they were not qualified to be in but the city did not want to pay for ones who were and these 2 got in trouble, spent taxpayer money on things that they were not supposed to, including this. Former mayor ordered a police investigation into the Park n Rec Dept and this is part of it. AAU/Nike league. I guess EVERYTHING is under the NCAA these days whether it’s college or not. But hey this seems like small potatoes. No school, coach or booster involvement. Just AAU guys spending some taxpayer money wrongly and with NO connection to UGA. Who knows, they might have been a relationship with the family(s). It sounds like an AAU problem, not an NCAA problem or no connection with the NCAA whatsoever in my opinion. But again, we are talking about the NCAA, EVERYTHING is a violation!
Pat the UGA fan
June 27th, 2011
2:06 am
bite me
Columbus
June 27th, 2011
2:07 am
Dr. Phil….Carver High is not going to be can of worms. They have kids that come from some single parent families many of them. They have no role models. But they have a coach with integrity, heart and morals and values and he cares deeply for these kids(even if he did go to Auburn! He was born in Georgia and UGA had some awesome backs when he played). He is the male role model in many of their lives along with the other coaches. Only 3 football players under Mcgee has not graduated High School….3! If you knew how astonishing that is considering many of their backgrounds, you would applaud them and root for them. A few of them may be leading UGA to a shot at the National Championship the next few years. The coach is putting out some players and will be for many years most likely. He is young with NFL experience. he replaced a legend and has done so very well and has started turning out more college players than his predecessor. Watch Crowell do his thing. More Carver players going to be coming out more than ever. They are going to many schools. Auburn, Alabama, USC. If it is a can of worms, it will be spread around the country….Watch Jarvis Jones crack some heads too! I cant wait. he might miss a game, maybe not…
Gary
June 27th, 2011
2:17 am
NEITHER KID SHOULD HAVE GO THRU ANY GAMES LOST,THESE WAS SITUATION WHEREIN PEOPLE TRYING TO HELP SOMEONE WHO WAS LIKE FAMILY TO THEM BETTER THEMSELVES ,AND IT YET TO BE PROVEN THESE EVENTS EVEN HAPPEN,IF YOU LOOK AT PROGRAMS IN THE USA KIDS NEED HELP SOMETIMES BECAUSE OF THEIR INCOME AND AAU COACHES ARE LIKE FAMILY AND ARE NON-PROFIT PROGRAMS TO HELP KIDS TO BETTER THEMSELVES ,NOT LIKE AGENTS,ONCE IN THEY ARE OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL THE KIDS CAN’T PLAY AAU AND NO HELP FANANICAL WISE IS GIVEN.
Gary
June 27th, 2011
2:25 am
NONE OF AAU COACHES ARE UGA BOOTSTERS ANYWAY ,BUT LEAVE THESE KIDS ALONE
Eastside dawg
June 27th, 2011
2:39 am
Everyones talking about the football team. Jones can be replaced. Pope is the lone superstar recriut who is coming to a bare cupboard. without him, fox and crew dont stand a competitive chance
Stinger2
June 27th, 2011
3:57 am
After reading this blog and the responses, I see this as nothing.
I know…its a slow time for college football news.
More importantly, after reading the story about the Richt`s trip to Honduras, I believe it tells the real story about your Coach. UGA fans should rejoice that you have a man like this.
1962 Dawg
June 27th, 2011
4:23 am
Stinger2
I for one am extremely proud of our Coach and what he stands for.
As far as the Jarvis Jones situation, if taking a free trip to USC, shouldn’t this be a problem for USC instead of UGA?
I for one see no problem.
David Hoffman
June 27th, 2011
5:49 am
The phone bill payment seems to be the most serious violation. Unless they can prove it had something to do with supporting the entire city athletic program, that is going to be some form of misappropriation or embezzlement of funds. The round trips are curious. They may have had legitimate athletic program supporting features. $828/4=$207. $207 for a round trip is a low fare.
AlphaTiger
June 27th, 2011
6:22 am
Wow, sounds eerily similar to Cam Newton not knowing what his dad had done with Miss State while he was attending a completely different school. UGA should not be in trouble, just like Auburn in Cam’s case.
JKemp
June 27th, 2011
6:34 am
What are the player’s GPA’s? When are they planning to graduate?
AAU curious
June 27th, 2011
6:50 am
Don’t punish the kids check the adults, does Tony Adams and Herman Porter still coach AAU.
Bulldawg78
June 27th, 2011
6:58 am
This sounds like a set-up by other jealous SEC schools.
ace
June 27th, 2011
7:05 am
UGA pays the players, the bank tellers know. One day they will get burned.
GT
June 27th, 2011
7:06 am
Wasn’t it a Columbus crowd that rifled a few things out of the player’s lockers while being recruited by Georgia this year? Seems there is a lifesytle going on down there that requires a lot of money. But you know something I am starting not to care. As long as the kid has no physical enhancement on the field and is around the right age lets play some football. There is cheating like baseball and then there is cheating like college football. In this day and time none of them could qualify for the particular college they are playing for anyway. The colleges have gotten harder to get into and the players dumber if that is possible. What is a few bucks in this atmosphere. This paper should that the 1990 high school All American team and show what they are doing now. You talk about a front loaded life most of these kids live. This is all most of them will ever have even with the big pro contracts a few get. 80% of those guys are broke in 10 years. . .
JB
June 27th, 2011
7:15 am
Slow news day. This was two years ago and UGA was nowhere around. Now, the NCAA may go after Jarvis Jones but UGA has done nothing wrong. I hate it for Jarvis. Someone just trying to help him. Maybe USC got wind of this and pushed up the divorce between them, who knows. Georgia or any booster had anything to do with this.
KJ
June 27th, 2011
7:25 am
LOL…doesn’t matter if UGA had anything to do with it or not…they’re UGA’s program…just some more high character players that come to play at UGA…it’s no surprise that when CMR was at FSU they were known as the criminoles and he has brought that same tradition to UGA…argue if you want but the facts are the facts and it’s just one after another for this program, hell they should just make UGA part of the criminal justice system
12 CRIMINAL CHARGES, 6 wins, 7 LOSSES
June 27th, 2011
7:41 am
More questionable activity from a shady program.
collegeballfan
June 27th, 2011
7:50 am
“Well the University of Georgia has absolutely nothing to do with this so no idiot should come in here trying to tie UGA to this situation.”
Correct. This is entirely the players, not the university. But the university may need to hand out some suspensions without NCAA involvement just to show they are in charge of the situation.
Jay
June 27th, 2011
7:51 am
Looks like the big dawgs are being eaten. As they say, every dawg has his day. Beyond these two “people,” anybody else surprised about the coach’s having a$2 million lake house, as University System students are asked to pay higher tuition?
commonsense
June 27th, 2011
7:54 am
Doesn’t matter if UGA was involved or not. If the player is ruled ineligible, he still can’t play for UGA while he’s suspended.
Given the precedent of the Jones case, you can just about count on at least a 5-game suspension coming down for the basketball player and at least a couple of games for the football player.
JackDennis
June 27th, 2011
7:57 am
downward spiral. Bwahahahaha
Long Time Dawg Fan
June 27th, 2011
8:02 am
I agree with Red. It seems this program continuously attracks players of suspect character. I realize that we must obtain the best talent available in order to compete. However, looking at the 5 Star Athletes of the past 5 years, we haven’t accomplished a great deal in doing so. The list is long with 5 Star wrong doers and seems to be growing. I am beginning to wonder about the coaching ability of this staff. If we have to recruit 5 star athletes in order to compete or win where does coaching come in. There are teams in the Top 10 that don’t have many (if any) 5 Star athletes. Maybe those coaches actually know how to coach. Also, a comment on recruiting, are we evaluating the committment and heart of the player as much as the talent??
As much as I hate to say it, this is really beginning to look a lot like the Florida State teams of the ’90’s. As long as the kids continue to be treated like Hall of Famers in High School this will be an issue.
hobby
June 27th, 2011
8:09 am
Dawgs could have had A J Johnson…all they had to do was ask him….
The Mark Richt farewell tour
June 27th, 2011
8:18 am
haha typical reactions from dumb redneck uga fans. any other college school all you dumb rednecks be jumping all over it.
Paddy
June 27th, 2011
8:20 am
If anything this should be an investagation again of USC. UGA was not in the picture and seems to have no involvement. Maybe further reports will give us a better idea as to this revelation. Don’t know about the basketball players momma? That could be another story, but who knows!
Chong Li
June 27th, 2011
8:25 am
When in Rome
AltamahaDawg
June 27th, 2011
8:32 am
Long list of 5-star wrongdoings? Such as?
AltamahaDawg
June 27th, 2011
8:36 am
As far as recruiting evaluation, I can’t imagine a kid that was more well thought of, from a great family, and more committed to coming to Georgia, than AJ green. (who is really the only 5-star recruit I can name that ever got into any kind of trouble)
Gainesville Dawg
June 27th, 2011
8:38 am
Chip, you must stay up nights trying to connect anything to UGA. “Might or Might Not……” Yes, it is almost July, time for AJC attacks on UGA.
gcs
June 27th, 2011
8:50 am
Columbus-Carver, you say? Isn’t there a particular overhyped running back from that part of the world at UGA? You better hope he doesn’t play AAU basketball.
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JB
June 27th, 2011
8:50 am
Jay on here must be a Democrat coming from the school of if he can’t have a lake house, nobody should…or better yet, Obama ought to insure everyone has a lake house…..Geez.
JB
June 27th, 2011
8:54 am
Long time Dawg fan at 8:02……..RE: attracting certain players…..no, the answer is all these schools pull from the same pool. The difference is they don’t have a big city Liberal newspaper pointing out every sneeze UGA makes….In fact , just the opposite……every fish wrapper in Bama looks the other way.
Laugh if you want, but that is pretty dang close to the truth.
Tim Hired
June 27th, 2011
8:55 am
The momentum of the downward spiral continues. An O-lineman and now JJ. We just can’t catch a break!
cALEB THE kING
June 27th, 2011
8:57 am
Beware of Columbus. That’s a dirty town.
It Ain't Rocket Science
June 27th, 2011
8:58 am
A lot of these comments are typical of UGA haters that come onto these blogs and then accuse supporters of everything under the sun. Can you people not read? The football player might be, might be, involved in some shady activity involving trips to Los Angeles. Now haters, where exactly is USC located? I don’t care who you are, a college staff is not going to be able to control the actions of some AAU club, or an individual within that club if they do something illegal. Do you even know how the NCAA found out about it? Did it get revealed because some other member of the AAU club has a dislike of the individual? Did this AAU club report it upon an internal audit? Did the individual do this for a lot more athletes? In any case, I would believe it would be darn hard for a college, to have any knowledge of something that happened when this kid was in high school, over 2 years ago.
Now, when you folks tart showing some maturity, you will see how stupid your remarks truly look. I can’t see any reason to respond to such stupidity in the future. Get a summer job cutting grass or something you are suited for and if you are actually an adult, and typing this crap; You need help with some issues.
It Ain't Rocket Science
June 27th, 2011
9:00 am
Correction.
Tart=start, for all of you grammatically expert typist on here.
Golf Ray
June 27th, 2011
9:02 am
4X to and from L.A. for 800 bucks? Get me the name of the travel agent the Park and Rec uses.
JB
June 27th, 2011
9:03 am
It’s mostly under employed Tech Nerds working from home ( parents) in a yellow wig, in the basement, wearing spock ears, picking their nose, looking at their faded Farah Fawcett poster wondering if they need to go to the store and buy more coco puffs and milk. That’s the haters on here Mr. It ain’t rocket science.
The son of a preacher man
June 27th, 2011
9:13 am
The Columbus Ledger Auburn beat writer has enough to keep him busy with the NCAA investigations going on with his team, that he shouldn’t have enough time to dig up erronious findings at a rival SEC school.
CynicDawg
June 27th, 2011
9:15 am
Kentavious? Really? Even I want to slap his mom.
DC
June 27th, 2011
9:19 am
Im confused…is this article about UGA or AU? You UGA fans pass off all issues onto AU b/c you can’t face the issue at hand. Guess what UGA fans? Cam is gone. Guess what UGA fans? Nick Fairley is gone…you can’t blame him for this issue…
Heck its not like UGA is to even blame for this..they recruited knucklehead kids..they don’t know their past…
PS no money changed hands…
It is what it is
June 27th, 2011
9:19 am
No story here as usual folks. AJC and it’s tabloid headlines.. slow news day again.
DC
June 27th, 2011
9:25 am
It is a story…for the simple fact that the kids will probably have to sit games..thats why its an issue…
observer
June 27th, 2011
9:31 am
Just the beginning! The UGA house of cards will crumble before Boise State gets here.
just sayin'
June 27th, 2011
9:32 am
JB,
A little jealous are you? I bet you didn’t even go to college.
partisay
June 27th, 2011
9:35 am
JB…You convienently left out “2 million” out of your lake house comment regarding Jay’s post. His point is how can he afford a 2 million dollar lake house? Yet you want to turn it around somehow and insert Obama into it? I missed the part where he stated, or insinuated, that if he can’t have a lake house, nobody should. Talk about reading things into what people post! Oh, and i love how it’s a “liberal” newspaper that is causing all of UGA’s problems. That’s it! It’s all the liberals fault! Pathetic.
This is a sports blog. If you want to bash Obama, go over and continue kissing Wooten’s butt.
K from Da Wood
June 27th, 2011
9:35 am
These guys aren’t just AAU coaches. The scandal had more to do YBOA than AAU. The gentleman that ran the YBOAGA was involved as well. There were separate accounts, money being redirected from tournaments, and all kinds of thing that give this summer basketball a bad name. All those who aren’t familiar with these details and especially the summer basketball circuit should stop commenting. We have somehow turned all summer basketball activities into AAU and that is just a generalization. Most of the events and teams on participate in select events and a majority of the events have no affiliation with any organization. Please be careful with the generalities! This still should not be NCAA business, IMO!
BIG JOE
June 27th, 2011
9:37 am
Yeah, just follow Cam’s lead & say ‘I don’t know anything about it’. Worked for him.
partisay
June 27th, 2011
9:41 am
The Knoxville News Sentinel is about as conservative as it can get, as is all of east Tennessee. They report on ANY sneeze the University of Tennessee athletics does. Yet JB wants to blame the AJC? So JB, how is it that such a conservative newspaper would report on EVERYTHING going on at UT athletics? It’s called reporting. And it’s called how pathetic and partisan your argument of blaming the AJC for things going on in U of G athletics. JB – Just Babble
Reagan
June 27th, 2011
9:43 am
partisay
I agree that polotics should be left out of the sprots blog. Obama is a liar though
Fred Sanford
June 27th, 2011
9:48 am
Hey partisay, I want to know where the heck my moneys is at. I voted for him because I was supossed to get some checks in the mail, but they ain’t come yet. You tell that sucka that he ain’t getten my vote next time he run.
partisay
June 27th, 2011
9:49 am
Yeah…but not as big a liar than Ronald “I can’t recall” Reagan. And of course he’s a liar, he’s a politician!!
bitter lead georgia football recruiter
June 27th, 2011
9:50 am
alot of aau/personnel high school coach’s on usc and all-burn pay-rolls—————
——————-lay down with a down dog with flies and end up with flies——————-
————————–NCAA has been turning its back on pay for play for to long————-
————————————-death penalty coming for ALL-BURN——real soon
——————the dead oak trees dont count allburn will loose much more———crystal ball
——————————hahahahahahahahahahahahahahah———war crows stink
aprilglaspie
June 27th, 2011
9:51 am
How in God’s name was this a police matter? There aren’t real crimes to investigate in Columbus?
K from Da Wood
June 27th, 2011
10:01 am
@aprilglaspie There was some real large sums of money being stolen. Like $200-$300k or more from the Columbus Parks & Rec!
It Ain't Rocket Science
June 27th, 2011
10:01 am
Aprilglaspie,
It depends on how this director acquired those funds from the bank account. If he took those funds with the boards knowledge and knowingly put violated the law, then it could be called, embezzlement, fraud or theft.
JB
June 27th, 2011
10:10 am
yawn, Jarvis will be on the field against Boise. They are so bogged down with Ohio St., Auburn and North Carolina, this is chicken feed. No rules broken by UGA.
kevin
June 27th, 2011
10:14 am
People complain that the government is corrupt, but no organization is more corrupt than the NCAA. The NCAA is shameful.
GT BBall Fan
June 27th, 2011
10:18 am
Jan Kemp Lives! SEC’s motto – Let’s all cheat together!!!
partisay
June 27th, 2011
10:21 am
Yawn. It doesn’t matter if rules were broken by UGA. If the player broke the rules, they are ruled inelgible for a specific number of games. I’m sure that is why when schools recruit certain players, they ask them about their past to see if they have any of those issues on the table. If the kid lies about it and is caught later, then the school has to deal with signing a kid that was dishonest about an elgibility issue.
jimmy
June 27th, 2011
10:24 am
When will we ever learn? Stop recruiting South Georgia pulpwooders and look for players that have the ability to make it in the classroom as well as on the field. If you want universities to have pro football players then start paying them a salary plus expenses.
Kerryb
June 27th, 2011
10:29 am
How would a flight paid for by a parks and recreation director that has nothing to do with any college or college booster organization affect Jones’s eligibility? Was he a USC representative paying for him to go to USC? No. Was he a representative for some kind of agent? probably not. Did Jones have knowledge of where the money was coming from? Probably not. I mean this guy probably didn’t tell him,” I’m going to take some of this Nike money and pay for you to go to LA. So what does it mean? It means that they need to prosecute this man for using money for other purposes than it was suppose to be used and nothing else. Kinda of like Cecil Newton shopping his son around with him “not having any knowledge of it”.
AltamahaDawg
June 27th, 2011
10:36 am
Doesn’t matter if UGA did anything wrong. It’s a UGA game that gets forfeited if he plays and is found to have been retroactively suspended. Although I cannot imagine UGA/NCAA not being on the same page come Sept. 3 on this issue.
boots
June 27th, 2011
10:39 am
Cam’s dad did it.
hal combo
June 27th, 2011
10:44 am
You people are off the chain! You can blame Auburn and Cam and anyone else you want, but it’s obviously not making Georgia any better. Take care of your own business and maybe you’ll get your own National Championship. But don’t doubt for a second, AU will still have theirs:)
sr. citizen dawg
June 27th, 2011
10:57 am
“and there shall be wars and rumors of war”…………………does this stuff ever end ???????????
It Ain't Rocket Science
June 27th, 2011
10:57 am
If the UGA compliance dept. and CMR tie this whole mess into anything that could cause them problems, and they have to await a decision from the NCAA, this kid will not play. It is as simple as that. A.J. Green didn’t play until the NCAA handed down their ruling and he then missed 4 games. CMR will not let one player destroy or tarnish UGA. That is the difference between a lot of coach and UGA’s. Integrity still means something to this fine coach and person. Too bad, the haters are stupid enough to try and tie in UGA to something that was supposed to have happened two years ago, but for some, that is all they have to write about.
GO DAWGS
newnancoach
June 27th, 2011
11:01 am
the real issue here is simple, NONE of us know waht teh NCAA will do they have a history of random penalties and unrelated rulings. They have no real reasoning on their suspensions or punishments, just basically dole it out and force the school to deal with it. Simply put all we can all do unfortuantely is wait and see what the NCAA decides to do, if anything at all. Personally this seems to be a Coach situation and not a player issue, again who knows the randomness of the NCAA rulings are like the new tax codes
AltamahaDawg
June 27th, 2011
11:02 am
Yes Hal, along with the public perception, fair or not, that your team cheated to get it. So pardon us if we are all a bit less flippant than you about this sort of thing.
Buzzweiser
June 27th, 2011
11:15 am
Chip, will you ask the UGA Athletic Association if Herman Porter or Tony Adams are “boosters” under the NCAA’s guidelines?
Whiskey Breath
June 27th, 2011
11:15 am
The NCAA is going to have a problem with this. I know it would require effort, but Mark might want to check into this. Even if the coaching staff had nothing to do with it, paid players is against the rules.
Ask Reggie Bush. Free airline tickets, that is a problem.
AfghanHound
June 27th, 2011
11:16 am
If there were violations, then ajudicate
If there were violations, then deal with them judiciously. Don’t go overboard as has been done with UNC and Ohio State. Sanction the guilty parties accordingly, but don’t go over the top. UGa should not be under any scrutiny here. Just the providers and the receivers. The NCAA is becoming a Gestapo and we are letting them. Some fans even encourage them, particularly when they hate on the school that is being investigated.
Chip Towers
June 27th, 2011
11:19 am
Kerryb: If the NCAA deems it was done because of Jones’ athletic reputation it could affect his individual eligibility.
dogforlife
June 27th, 2011
11:24 am
St Richt and the other morons: Worst case, Ga loses two athletes who were slated to play big roles in their respective sports, best case the NCAA forbids any athlete wanting to go to an NCAA school from having contact with the two crap piles from Columbus Rec. Either way, there is no way, from the facts presented in this article, that GA faces any punishment. USC, maybe. It involves student athletes enrolled at UGA, not UGA.
tide roll
June 27th, 2011
11:33 am
Your problem regarding Jarvis Jones is Richt, McGarity, and Adams. They’re lazy. What’s the easiest decision and requires the least amount of effort for these guys? (especially McGarity) Ans.: Self impose some 5 game suspension when, with a little effort, the kid would be eligible. It’s not worth it to them. It takes too much effort. It’s not Jarvis, it’s not the NCAA, it’s not the facts of the case. It’s the work ethic,or lack thereof, at UGA!
newnancoach
June 27th, 2011
11:34 am
Chip what seems to be the thought coming from those in the loop in Athens? interested to see how this plays out.
so let me pose a question: College athlete from lower income back ground offered scholarship from a school well beyond driving range wants to visit that school, so local family friend, coach, etc.. with no ties in any way to that or any other school pays for the athlete to go with no motive other than just helping the kid out, did a violation occur? If so what is the viloation? Say i pay for a athlete a prepaid phone card to call home just as a friend, violation?
Cam $$
June 27th, 2011
11:38 am
Cam’s dad cecil took the big money, Cam knew about it—the ncaa couldn’t trace the money, so they dropped the investigation. Now, au fans claim there was no money paid while they celebrate their tainted title!! Amazing.
AltamahaDawg
June 27th, 2011
11:47 am
And the answer that shows the most work ethic is what?
Anti AAU
June 27th, 2011
11:47 am
I have seen only one comment about the harm/damage which the hire and pay AAU organization is causing High School Athletics. It was mainly causing harm to basketball but now we are seeing how it effect the other sports which multi talent athelete participate. NCAA has no say over AAU.
NCAA cops
June 27th, 2011
11:48 am
looks like those dawg fans that are always bringing up cam newton and anyone else’s problems with the ncaa got their own new troubles with the ncaa. Those who live in glass houses!
Anti AAU
June 27th, 2011
11:52 am
This has nothing to do with Auburn, UGA or Ga Tech commting violations but everything to do with how AAU is reshaping the land scape for college athletics.
ryan
June 27th, 2011
12:05 pm
I don’t see these players getting sever punishment most likely 2 or 3 game suspension i don’t see this hurting UGA because this happen way before they came to Athens and UGA already out in front of the situation and has contacted the NCAA .
Reagan
June 27th, 2011
12:05 pm
partisay, you’re an idiot. Let’s see…. Reagan actually turned the economy around for the largest surge of growth in American history; Obama, on the other hand, has just MAXED out our dificite –we are now having to PRINT more money. Hhhhmmmm…. Doesn’t take a Genious to figure out which way to grow the economy… just someone smarter than a liberal. Good day.
mistertee
June 27th, 2011
12:07 pm
Newnancoach, if you don’t understand why both your questions are violations, I certainly hope you are NOT a real coach.
If you accept a scholarship, which pays for your college “education” of around $150K, certainly you should be able to afford to pay a phone card to call home.
BTW people like you are part of the problem.
JD
June 27th, 2011
12:13 pm
Nothing to worry about here UGA fans; the national sports media is far too concerned with getting Ohio State the death penalty. Having that sweet contract with ESPN doesn’t hurt either. Go Dawgs! Woof woof woof….
Hoopster
June 27th, 2011
12:21 pm
It doesn’t matter if UGa was involved or not. These players received improper benefits directly and in-directly and their personal eligibility will be effected.
AltamahaDawg
June 27th, 2011
12:22 pm
He said, good day!
Anti AAU
June 27th, 2011
12:26 pm
exactly Hoopster:
As I have commented previously the problem is AAU and it’s coaches. This will only get worst.
UGAgirlFAN
June 27th, 2011
12:31 pm
Personally I think these people should, I have to sensor myself, go jump in a lake, you all know what I really want to say! UGA is constantly being scrutinized and I am just plain sick of it! Leave our Dawgs alone and go pick on another team for once, I am so tired of this! This could very well be our year, we recruited great this year and if we can pull off the first 2 wins that should boost the team’s confidence tremendously and shut some people up! I believe in UGA all the way , I bleed red and black no matter what the case- win, lose or tie!!! I am just sick of all of this crap- Let’s play some football and you guys back off and let us!
Billie Page
June 27th, 2011
12:31 pm
A pleasant guiding principle from the context seems assured as a comparable adjective.
Dawgs1
June 27th, 2011
12:32 pm
Amazing how adults misusing Parks & Rec funds suddenly is a non-story while 2 kids who didn’t receive tangible goods take the headlines. Jones was going to USC?! Pope’s mom’s cellphone. And Cam is ok?
BG
June 27th, 2011
12:32 pm
These guy’s need to talk to Cam’s people.
AltamahaDawg
June 27th, 2011
12:46 pm
Just find the camera and smile.
DC
June 27th, 2011
12:47 pm
what an idiot…money can be traced…
Bang My Head Against the Wall
June 27th, 2011
12:50 pm
The facts are these two kids violated NCAA minor rules. If they lie and are proven to lie, the hammer of the NCAA will fall unkindly on them. Just ask Dez Bryant. Since Cecil and Cam Newton have created this major blowup the NCAA is getting more than serious about taking benefits from others and now the players who are caught will be dealt with accordingly. No one is saying that UGA had any involvement with this, and it seems apparent that someone in Columbus may lose their job over this spectacle.
But for any fan of UGA or anyone else to think these two knuckleheads will not recieve some form of discipline is just not living in the 2011 version of the NCAA and the new guidelines they are placing in the world of collegiate sports.
Black Mountain Bulldog
June 27th, 2011
12:52 pm
Why would this affect their status at UGA. The School had nothing to do with this. I guess if they knowingly accepted money, but why are some schools constantly punished and others, ND, Oregon, UF allowed to get away, with stuff?
Wreckmaniac
June 27th, 2011
12:54 pm
Dawg Fan: Oregon has the most profitable athletic program in the NCAA and UGA is 10th. So where do you think your “tradition” ranks
Buzzweiser
June 27th, 2011
12:58 pm
Black Mountain Bulldog, what if Herman Porter or Tony Adams is considered a booster?
Coach BoBo
June 27th, 2011
12:59 pm
Still more character issues surrounding UGA…
terry lamb
June 27th, 2011
1:03 pm
From my understanding this has nothing to do with the NCAA. It all haoppened when they were in Highschool not College. Its not like they went on recruiting trips with this money. This bull.
Black Mountain Bulldog
June 27th, 2011
1:11 pm
Yeah, if I was a Georgia Booster: the first thing I would do is pay for tickets, for the player, to visit USC.
Anti AAU
June 27th, 2011
1:12 pm
This is common of any kid that has played on a traveling AAU team. Them and their families get paid by the AAU coaches via sponsors and college alumni boosters. Any athlete that has played for a traveling AAU team has been paid. As I have said before this every college program problem. Question is who/whom will do any about these AAU teams and coaches.
Poor Blackmountain Humper
June 27th, 2011
1:18 pm
Everybody is always picking on Hump U. Don’t you think it is about time that these “me” kids get punished? No one is saying that UGA did anything wrong, but if a stupid punk does something knowingly then he needs to sit where ever he transfers to.
WDE
June 27th, 2011
1:30 pm
@Coach BoBo hey crackhead..what exactly issues has either of these young men shown..while enrolled at UGA….please we are waiting.
Bang My Head Against the Wall
June 27th, 2011
1:41 pm
First things First. The NCAA does not care about the schools role in this. This is about NCAA eligiblity for the individual. If any player knowing takes benefits not afforded to others it is a violation of NCAA amateurism bylaws. It does not matter when or where it happened, if the student athlete has eligiblity it is effected and the player and or school has to file for re-instatement if the SEC finds the student athlete recieved these benefits. The difference between Cecil and Cam is Cam lied about what he knew, Auburn did not offer information and the paper trail has been flushed by Bobby Lowder. These kids will lose games, how many? Who knows, the NCAA is getting serious about these allegations and after Cam, Ohio St, USC, Oregon, you can bet your bottom dollar that other schools will bear the brunt of those skating by.
Black Mountain Bulldog
June 27th, 2011
2:08 pm
Thanks for the clarification: BMHAW.
dawgfan
June 27th, 2011
2:17 pm
A HUGE problem in this story is the “Nike sponsorship” of any AAU program. Come on, this absolutely invites this type of behavior and Nike gets off scott free. They are offering incentives to these progrmas and the directors to build an early fan base for thier product. But in the end, it serves to show these kids that sports is a money game and there will be someone willing to pay the way if you can hit a jumpshot or run a 4.3 fourty. If the colleges can’t pay the athletes, then Nike or any other corp youth league sponsor should be acoountable for finacial improprieties within sponsored programs. At the very least, Nike should remove their support from these two bozo’s and the AAU program in question.
Will
June 27th, 2011
2:37 pm
Two unrelated sources with interest in this developing story have told me this has the potential for exploding onto the national sports scene.
Based on what I believe is to unfold, it may be best for UGA to go ahead and get ahead of this mess and cut ties with these young men. This will keep the athletic program above and away from a situation in Columbus that is going to quickly expand.
It will not be pretty.
jbdawg
June 27th, 2011
2:42 pm
The leather helmet blog has an interesting piece discussing reasons why Jones may not be penalized at all. Apparently, it has to do with “pre-existing relationships”. Here’s a link
It seems legitimate to me. There was obviously a pre-existing relationship with the two mean, and neither of the two men appear to have a relationship with USC. I’m hoping for the best….
Anti AAU
June 27th, 2011
3:04 pm
Dawgfan and Will,
Glad someone beside myself see the real problem. It’s AAU peroid. And yes Will this is a national problem because traveling AAU programs are money making machines. The coaches of these programs are in it for the money. A great percentage of kids on these teams go on to play Pro ball (basketbal and football). This a list of the top Traveling teams in Ga. GA Stars
GA Blazers
Atlanta Celtics
GA Elite
Coastal Crew Rebels
AAU is the number one reason why community base basketball programs have fallen ( ex SW Macon, Douglas Atl, Griffin and Statesboro to name a few). The players are recruited from these community to bigger school in Atlanta ( ex Milton, Wheeler). The AAU coaches steer their players to high school and then to certain colleges for money.
CecilDawg
June 27th, 2011
3:04 pm
Some of you guys sound like you’re terrified that Adams and McGarrity might want to raise the academic standing of UGa. Would that be the end of the world? Braggin’ ’round the campfire about football success is fun, but if I had a UGa degree, I’d appreciate someone being concerned about perceptions and accomplishments. But that’s just me…
Bang My Head Against the Wall
June 27th, 2011
3:10 pm
Will,
Living just outside of Columbus, you have probably heard the same things I have heard and witnessed in one report that is turned over to The GHSAA and the NCAA. The situation is not pretty and it will effect a ton of players in 4 sports who are enrolled in college or about to enter college this fall. The amount of head turning figures I saw made it pretty evident players were paid and benefits were given and the players involved are not all from the Columbus and Muscogee County districts. The fact that players were “moved” to Columbus area schools from outside areas is what has caught the GHSAA’s eye. This is going to messy and the reporters on the case have been given full authority to investigate, interview and uncover many many damaging documents.
Once again, this as it stands today does not reflect any wrongdoing of any college or university but does raise some questions about High School coaches and administrators turning their heads to some major eligiblity violations at the high school and amateur level.
Bang My Head Against the Wall
June 27th, 2011
3:27 pm
jbdawg,
The pre-existing relationship is far far away from what the NCAA views in this instance as “acceptable” and according to one familiar with the CLE the report is not pretty and documents are going to published that will make this case one of those that changes the outcome of games played by many many high school players and athletes. The NCAA is going to go after some of these guys and from we saw on paper it is alot more than these two or three athletes.
WDE
June 27th, 2011
3:50 pm
I can see it now…NCAA..Young man were you aware your Mom’s cell phone bill was being illegally paid for ? Player…my Mom had a cell phone??
jbdawg
June 27th, 2011
4:00 pm
WDE… I hope that was supposed to be sarcasim, because we all know Cam played the ignorant card when it is highly unlikely that he had no idea.
WDE
June 27th, 2011
4:07 pm
@jbdawg nope I meant it for certain and for sure…but for the reason you mentioned…they all know to play dumb now.
AltamahaDawg
June 27th, 2011
4:13 pm
Soundes like we have a bunch of things getting mixed up in the discussion. GHSA issues aren’t nessesarily NCAA issues.
AAU might have broken its own rules, but the the NCAA would have to directly link that to recruiting voilations wouldnt they? I understand the potential, and it seems to me that AAU was cerainly trying to influence mama to dig them, and I suppose then they could leverage that later, but at the time 2009, they were only acting on thier own behalf weren’t they.
It would seem to me that in the Jones case, an argument could better be made it was on behalf of some college program. Although I’d question how smart that use of funds was since he was appearanlty already decided.
Back in the day
June 27th, 2011
4:24 pm
I flew on now defunct Eastern Airlines to the Bahamas from Miami back in 1970 as a UGA Junior. My Florida grad uncle from Arcadia Florida paid for it so that I could do a family reunion. Nice trip that was. NCAA cared less. I was only 5′11″ and weighed 165 lbs and was slow and had bad hands. I did not play ball either. Nobody cared then or now about my trip.
These young men are surrounded by folks that may not have ther best interests at heart. THAT is the numero uno problemo with today’s kids. Lack of good adult leadership and ………….. parenting.
Too bad ………….. it could cost these young men their shot.
Go Dogs.
Blind Loyalist
June 27th, 2011
4:59 pm
AltamahaDawg
It looks like you are having a hard time looking over the hill due to the mountain. Accepting any form of gratuaity is an NCAA violation and from is being reported on various locations in an around Columbus the Jones kid will lose games if what was reported today on sports talk is verified. The two clowns from the Recreation Department have cut deals and are trying to save themselves by revealing where the money went and Jones was apparently often “hands out” according to the last report.
Get past the fact he was not at UGA, he was not at USC during a portion of this time, he was in Columbus and accepted extra benefits from a source, and the source does not matter in the eyes of the NCAA. He will lose games and maybe more.
As for the GHSAA, they seem to be interested in recruiting players to schools more than anything else. I know you are hoping for the best, but games will be taken from these guys and no matter how hard we want them not be punished, it is going to happen and you and I have to get over it pretty quick and stop making excuses for players who knew money and benefits were being exchanged.
brandon
June 27th, 2011
6:42 pm
I don’t quite understand why it matters if they weren’t enrolled in an NCAA institution. At least, I don’t understand why it matters for Cladwell-Pope (I get that Jones was at USC). If Pope wasn’t even enrolled in college yet, why does it matter that an AAU coach paid a phone bill?
fpice
June 27th, 2011
6:50 pm
MarineDog, take off the blinders. Mark Richt must approve ALL recruits. CMR and his staff should be diligent at looking into backgrounds of potential signees.
I understand you do not think Richt can do wrong. This must be around episode 96 or so of stupid mistakes!
UGA fans and alumni deserve a top quality coach. $3 million approx. a year for this joke is idiotic.
ugab
June 27th, 2011
8:23 pm
How in the heck does Scam Cam Newton get away with recieving hundreds of thousands of dollars?
Blind Loyalist
June 27th, 2011
9:31 pm
It is all about eligiblity, and accepting anything in the eyes of the NCAA that is not offered to the average student is a violation.
etdawg
June 27th, 2011
10:50 pm
just suspend him for the boise state game-the dawgs can beat them easy without him.
59bulldawg
June 28th, 2011
12:14 pm
No the University of Georgia is not involved. But the suspension of one or both these players would hurt Georgia athletics. I smell an Auburn or Alabama rat in the sports office of the Columbus Ledger-Enqirer. Hmmmm!
Chip Towers
June 28th, 2011
12:45 pm
newnancoach: You pose very good questions. Anytime you see any athlete sign to go to school far away, it is reasonable to wonder how he plans to get back and forth. If the family can afford it, there are no questions. If there are extended family members that choose to pay for it, no problem, as long as the money comes from them and is not redirected through a source connected to the school. If there are friends of the family that choose to foot the bill, that’s not a problem either as long as a preexisting long-term relationship can be proven and that friend has no ties to the school the athlete attends.
We don’t know for certain just yet what Jones’ relationship or Caldwell-Pope’s relationship was to the men in question. That they were tied to the AAU team is problematic. But that is what UGA is starting to look into now. You can bet they’re fully investigating all those factors. Even though it’s not likely to result in any institutional infractions, that it affects the eligibility of their student-athletes makes it their problem to deal with. You can bet calls will be made to Southern California as well.
As for you question regarding visits, the school is permitted one official visit in which it can pay travel expenses. Other than that, the same rules apply.
Buzzzed
June 28th, 2011
10:38 pm
This is ugly. UGA gets off, each player out for a year. AAU criminals go to jail.
MarineDog
June 28th, 2011
10:40 pm
@Buzzzed,
I really don’t know how to call this one. So many variables.
Loyal Dawg
June 29th, 2011
4:38 pm
Hee, hee, hee! This is were the NCAA opened a can of worms with the Cam Newton thing. Really, how can they do anything if both kids deny having any knowledge?
Seadoggy
June 29th, 2011
5:46 pm
I agree that this has nothing to do with UGA, and the football and basketball programs at UGA should not be penalized. This happened while Jarvis Jones was attending USC, and that school is the one that should be penalized if any school is. They should have been policing their own players more closely. Maybe they should have to forfeit a win or two from the year he played there.
Seadoggy
June 29th, 2011
6:04 pm
Mark Richt self-reports A.J. Green’s sale of his jersey, and A.J. gets suspended for 4 games. The loss of Green for those games had a profoundly negative impact on Georgia’s season last year. Head Coach Jim Tressel of OSU hides the fact that five of his players did the same or worse than Green. When the violations are discovered, each of the players is only suspended for one more game than A.J. was. They should have been suspended for double the number of games as A.J. for Tressel’s failure to report the violations. I think the NCAA should tacitly reward Coach Richt for his honesty by calling this a de minimis, no foul situation and not impose any penalty on Jarvis Jones, which would have the effect of unfairly penalizing the UGA football program.
sweep
June 29th, 2011
9:32 pm
mcgarity got good at covering up player crimes at florida. He’ll figure a way to sweep this under the rug and keep the players eligible for the big games. They’ll get “suspended” for some creampuff type game—book it.
JayD
June 30th, 2011
11:56 am
Jarvis if fine – Won’t miss a game
JayD
June 30th, 2011
11:57 am
Not sure why Jones would be in trouble with the NCAA. When he received money or plane fare – He was in college, playing a different sport – Wouldn’t the loans or gifts just be coming from an friend?? And how would he know what kind or who’s bank account it came from?? I think his matter is a police matter, not an NCAA matter at all
MarineDog
June 30th, 2011
10:46 pm
Interesting fact: In all the games that UGA lost last year, the other team scored first, with the exception of UCF in which the infamous 4th and inches field goal was the first score of the game.
MikeP
July 1st, 2011
2:45 pm
Chiefdawg
June 26th, 2011
4:26 pm
“Won’t turn out good for UGA. You can bet your bottom dollar on that. Yet Cam Newton was ruled eligible. Amazing!”
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There’s a good reason for that. There is proof that these guys got extra benefits. There is no evidence that Cam Newton or anyone associated with him got anything extra.