Monetary gifts from Richt among secondary NCAA violations reported by UGA

No good deed. . .

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That ole Mark Richt is a good dude.

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Not much to see here, except for the Richt payments. He may have acted out of generosity, but the payments were obvious rule violations. Definitely secondary violations that were reported, so no real story.

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I am guessing that the sibling rule came about because of 15-16 year old brothers that also played football, rather than 5-year olds. Without the rule, coaches could obtain an impermissible advantage in recruiting two-for-ones. I think the same problem occurs with eligible twins. You cannot provide housing or food for a recruit’s brother to escape the limitations on official visits/contact.

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not much here except Mark Richt is a great guy.. not money motivated.. so extend him without a pay raise… Grantham too.. the best D.C. in college FB… Go Dawgs.. beat MSU..

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The man ” Walks the Walk ” no wonder he has the most stable coaching staff in the SEC,he takes care of his own.This is certainly the guy I would want coaching and teaching my son life lessons.

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How many coaches have a “Giving Account”? Mark Richt is a great example of “talking the talk and walking the walk”. My guess is he would never want anybody to know he did these things for his fellow associates. He is a good man and UGA is lucky to have him.

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[...] But once you cross that threshold, Mark Richt’s bound to be a repeat offender. [...]

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thats why mark Richt is a great recruiter… the kids and his asst’s trust him… he may not be tough enough to suit some of us.. like demote BoBo to QB’s and recruiting coordinator… for example ??

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This shows NCAA’s “federal govt” like beuracracy & how stupid it is. Can you imagine what it costs to have these attorneys investigate?! McGarity is such a wus too, he’s going to teach how UF does when he really had like zero control down there! I’m embarrassed for him to try & tell Richt these are items he needs to be careful about, they’re stupid rules to begin with!

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Integrity! The dude has integrity. As for the 5 year old brother, some rules are made to be broken.

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A non-story if there ever was one.

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This is why the NCAA can’t find evidence of wrongdoing at places like Auburn,, Alabama, Ohio State, Penn State , etc.!!! They’re too busy reviewing stuff like this to have time for serious matters.

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Sounds like Richt didn’t see eye to eye with Damon Evans. He needs to ensure he checks with the compliance office before making these decisions in the future. UGA is getting way too many secondary violations and they do not need the NCAA nosing around. No one does.

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Say what you wany about coach richt but I have nothing but respect for this man. How many people can honestly say that their boss gave them a raise out of their personal money? Im glad our coach is a man of integrity and will do the thing no matter what. I support Coach Mark Richt 1000%.

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want not wany (typo)

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Can’t believe that the NCAA does not allow generosity. Really? It’s a secondary violation to give people money for their work? Thats crap.

Glad CMR is willing to do what is right even if it breaks a rule.

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And yet nothing happens to Auburn or South Carolina. The NCAA is a joke.

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Amusing…What is the NCAA ruling on the passionate public kiss via Richt’s wife at a football game? Like Paul Johnson’s attitude toward NCAA regulations, even if it is expensive. Too much government (NCAA regulation) is the power to destroy. These NCAA violations could/should be considered extortion.

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Mark Richt is a credit to the human race and these secondary violations that he caused should be published everywhere so all can see his dedication to his staff, his heart warmed feelings for making things right, and his deep rooted Christian beliefs. If I was a parent of a young man deciding where to attend college and play football, I would want him to have such a coach that leads his staff and team by a great example of human kindness and squaring the things that he feels is just and fair. Go Coach Richt and the Dawgs and congratulations on a great season.

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All of these secondary violations are getting silly…how many man-hours are wasted trying to enforce and self-regulate these “rules”? Even as a Tech fan I find these recent “transgressions” in Athens VERY secondary in nature. Give me a break, NCAA.

Gotta love the face that Richt paid some of his assistants out of his own pocket when the Atthletic Association wouldn’t pony up.

GO JACKETS! Beat the Utes!

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What a load of manure for the NCAA to waste time and $ investigating a coach’s desire to help out his employees who need it. They should set up a fund to help lower paid staff of all the schools from the billions they rake in from TV etc.

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The difference between UGA and say Auburn is that Richt compensates his coaches. At Auburn they pay the players lol

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rules are rules,, no such thing as secondary violations,,, they are all wrong,,, the uga corruption history from Butts, Dooley, Harrick , Kemp continues

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These are the most admirable “violations” that I have ever heard of. I’m sure Coach Richt would prefer that this had not become public, but it shows great insight into the man.

Glad he’s ours- who would you prefer for your son to play for? No one. What an asset to UGA.

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Totally amazed . . . in a good way! When was the last time you heard of a boss stand up for his charges in this manner? I may from time to time have problems with his coaching and/or coaches but this is a man who “walks the talk”! No wonder kids want to play for him!

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The “Death Penalty” for UGA is just months away. They will catch us and when they do, it’s all over.

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btgt69

December 20th, 2011
7:49 am

rules are rules,, no such thing as secondary violations,,, they are all wrong,,, the uga corruption history from Butts, Dooley, Harrick , Kemp continues,,,,,,,,

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Hey bug….Remind me again who’s on probation now?? UGA or the trade school?

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I suppose if you go to the mens restroom and stand at a stall urinating while mistakenly talk to a prospect you dont even know then that constitutes a violation.
The NCAA has too many rules like they have regulations up in Washington. Each is BS and designed to produce fines and money for that institution.
Doing a good deed will get you punished just as Washington does with Producers in society.

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The shame of it is Pres Michael Adams, as Chairman if the Athletic Asoc., and former Athletic Dir Damon Evans, were so damn CHEAP they weren’t willing to pay the going pay scale or do the right things in the case of Johnson and Eason. Anyone want to venture a guess how many paychecks, pay raises, or paid for bowl trips Adams and Evans missed? As history has shown us with Adams he gets every penny he can including $1.79 reimbursement for a soft drink at a speaking engagement and a $4.53 light bulb reimbursement. Thank goodness AD Greg McGarity is a professional who is running the athletic department in a much better businesslike manner.

Now that the AJC’s crack investigative team has filed their Open Records requests at The University of Georgia exposing these horrible violations CAN YOU APPLY THE SAME STANDARDS TO GEORGIA TECH? The same GT which is on NCAA probation AGAIN, the same GT which the AJC was clueless was under NCAA investigation because the AJC never files open records requests. The AJC is so busy being the Public Relations Dept for GT they won’t dare investigate them. Isn’t it about time to put the pom poms down and take off the GT cheerleader skirts and sweaters?

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Uga needs to reimburse Richt. What a half ass school. 31 years and counting. Is it any wonder? You’ve got an administration that refuses to create the type of chemistry that lends itself to winning a National Title.. And all this time we’ve been blaming Richt. How’d you like to have to compete in the SEC while at the same time having to compensate deserving coaches because your administration refuses to.Talk about lack of support. It can’t help but have a negative effect. What a school. What a program. Sheesh.

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The NCAA didn’t waste any time or money or lawyers on this one….this was an INTERNAL investigation that was self-reported.Yes,stupid rules,but they didn’t waste any time with it.

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Looks like we need to send some brown bags to UGA.

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Even the federal gov’t is not as anal as the NCAA. The NCAA needs to focus on the major violations and forget trying to regulate the minutiae.

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But that is the point, while the NCAA did not initiate the investigation, just the threat of it requires schools to retain very expensive, full time professionals to monitor the possible violation of these stupid rules.

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Give us a break NCAA! You can’t give your own monies to your coaching staff? Coach Richt obviously did this from his heart. Another plus for Coach Richt! He is a class act.

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@Captain….Dude, your take on the AJC and GT is out of left field. Do you know any of the facts in the GT case? The reason the AJC didn’t know about it was because it was so trivial to begin with. A definite case of NCAA overreaction. But hey, never let the facts get in the way of your fan(atical) attitude.

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Enter your comments here

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sure, go ahead

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One of the main reasons UGA refused to pay these coaches is due in large part to your President Adams, and your former Governor Sonny “Goober” Perdue, having this pipe dream of making UGA a “Research Institution” along the lines of The University of Chicago, Duke, UNC, and Stanford. It was an ill advised and more than anything an ARROGANT AND POORLY THOUGHT OUT DECISION.. Now, after committing millions to Capital Improvements and hiring “research” professors AT A PREMIUM, Adams is finding out it’s a little too competitive out there for research grants. Combine that with the lack of tax dollars and the competition for those dollars by other in state schools like President DAN PAPP’S up and coming KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY, and UGA has some financial challenges, to say the least. Now you see Adams and his cronies at the University desperately seeking research dollars by putting out hilarious press releases touting that UGA has discovered a cure for cancer! So typical. Adams and Goober owe the people of the State of Georgia an apology for their ARROGANCE. No wonder they can’t pay coaches. What a pipe dream.

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HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!

Saint Richt cheats

Happy Holidays flea bags!

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I’m with Captain. I still don’t understand how Georgia Tech was being investigated by the NCAA for TWO YEARS and we never heard a peep out of the AJC about it. Even the most delusional of Tech fans has to admit there is some kind of double standard at work here. Its just a matter of what that double standard is. Either the AJC scrutinizes UGA more or Georgia Tech isn’t as forthcoming about all of its transgressions. Its probably a little bit of both.

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Dogs Smell

December 20th, 2011
7:28 am

If this were any other SEC coach you homers would be slamming him. God only knows if this were Saban or Miles you Homers would be in a frenzy. This is the same coach that after an 0-2 start you wanted him gone.

Totally agree!

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It’s the set up for him to leave. Politics.

UGA is not days away from signing him to multiple years and they know it; so they need to discredit him.

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So according to the NCCA laws, 5 year old sibling’s must starve while everyone else eats a nice big meal? Does the 5 year old also have to sleep outside in the cold instead of receiving lodging? Was the child required to walk back to North Carolina so they wouldn’t violate transportation laws?

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No good deed goes unpunished.

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The NCAA is great at nick picking the little stuff like minor violations. How bout AU and Cam?( quote ” The money was too good”).

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Hi, my name is Mark Richt and I’m going to sit down here and write some checks out of my personal account to some of my assistant coachs and I don’t even think I’m in violation of any NCAA rules. Mark Richt should be ashamed for acting like some 16 year old who doesn’t know or doesn’t bother to ask if he was getting ready to break any rules.

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“under the table payments”. What an irresponsible comment!

Under the table is considered unethical or illegal…neither apply here. This was simply a good man coming out of his own pocket to help an underpaid employee. Nothing illegal or unethical about this, and the NCAA rule he unknowingly violated in doing so what not actually intended to prevent this. It was intended to prevent systematic corruption.

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A man of honor who treats his staff like human beings and actually cares about them to the point of writing personal checks to them.

We are lucky to have him

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great coach, better man. i just can’t imagine any of these other high profile coaches in the sec doing anything like this. awesome story!

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saban and miles would never do this, so there would never be any reason to slam them.

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AltamahaDawg

December 20th, 2011
8:27 am

Try that again,

2 pages of really great comments, many from stand up rival fans……

And then there is pathetic little Dogs smells. His comments speak volumes about what kind of man he is.
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And what kind of man is that? I bet you were one of those idiots that was screaming for CMR to be fired back in September. There’s more to life for most people than a football team. I guess after the bowl game you’ll go into hybernation until September 2012.

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What would the NCAA do with a REAL violation – take him before a firing squad? What a waste of time and money. We need to get rid of the big NCAA over inflated pompous jerks. Maybe they can go to work for Obama. As for Damon Evans…. he was a Dooley hire and a disaster. Glad he is gone and his red panties with him. What an embarrassment.

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I thought Muttland had all kinds of money.

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Dogs smell is just mad because they hired the wrong Dooley

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Big $#?%ing deal! Get a life AJC. Way to go Mark Richt. Man has class which is more than I can say for the AJC and whoever wrote this piece of crap.

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Ponzi scheme will come out next

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The funniest comment was the “I bet you would all betTrashing Saban or Miles for doing this”.

1. I’ve seen nobody stating this was “cheating” in the first place, so why would we be trashing them.
2. I believe most Dawg fans do not no consider either a bad man, and they probably have done this.
3. Are you suggesting that thier fans wouldn’t be singing thier praises if this were reported?
4. Did you really have a point? or that’s just all you could come up with?

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tide roll

December 20th, 2011
8:27 am

The only time I’ll agree with one of your posts!!

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Where are all the dawg trolls lambasting Tech for cheating now?

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I’ve heard about T. Richardson’s situation. And i’m sure there’s plenty more out there with the whole program. Saban will pull a ole Petey (Carroll) sometime soon!! Nature of the beast!!

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CMR is a good man! No wonder he has a stable staff. He is a great example to the young men he coaches.

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Tech Guy…referring to Dawg Trolls on a Dawg site pretty much shows your inability to follow directions..or lack of detail.

Second, we dont give a dawg crap for your program…hence, we dont discuss GT issues here.

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GDawg is smoking Crowell’s Stash early this morning.

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#1 This is so stupid, both by the NCAA and Coach Richt
#2 Richt knew better. It was just a matter either “self-reporting” or getting caught, whichever comes first. Question to you idiots who wrongly called AJ Green selfish for selling a worthless jersey: Was Richt being selfish by placing the welfare of his staff over those of his team and program? Was doing what’s right means breaking a rule, then does the coach get a pass and players don’t?
#3 This represents that the program is rife with coddling and lacks accountability. I could see if any of these folks were not making good money as it is. If they bought a house they couldn’t afford, UGA has plenty of housing available on campus…lmao.
#4Deserved incentives and bonuses are decided and paid by the Athletics Director, Athletics Department and the UGA Athletics Association. Although Richt has major input in this, he does not have final say so.
#5 McGarity feels hamstrung by this coach. Believe it or not.

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Generosity and compassion..Please. This is called being slick and deceitful. Plain and simple.

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Chip Towers, sir,

How about getting a Freedom of Information Act and do the SAME at Georgia tek, sir.

What a load of hogwash.

What are we supposed to do ?

Let a 5-year child STARVE because the NCAA says we cannot feed him on a visit ? The NCAA needs a life. High School prospects and their parents, we are ok to feed them here on an Official NCAA Visit. But, the 5-year old obviously cannot be left unattended, nor starved at the SAME MEAL.

We have to pay $ 21.33 for the 5-year old’s plate of food ? I would like to see that plate of food. I bet you he ate no more than about $ 1.00 worth of the $ 21.33 of food the NCAA deems is EXCESSIVE and VIOLATION of their bloody rules that now we have to pay for.

“INTRIGUING” Chip, sir, there is NOTHING intriguing about ANY OF THIS.

Now

GIVE MARK RICHT HIS EXTENSION NOW.

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And way to go, Coach Richt!

That is the conservative way…give to those who need it by personal choice and responsibility versus the liberal way of having Nobama and his trusted followers over tax you and pay themselves to distribute your money for you!

You are a man’s man, Coach Richt!

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“Richt paid former recruiting assistant Charlie Cantor $10,842 over an 11-month period through March of 2011, former linebackers coach John Jancek $10,000 in the summer of 2009…”

These payments were so well-deserved and these folks performance were so outstanding, these two are no longer in the program; They were fired.

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This article will prove as a valuable recruiting tool. We finish in the top 10 in crutin’ again – book it.

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The NCAA has done the same thing the EPA has done….gone overboard! Having rules about which side of one’s desk the pens can be on is ludicrous! I understand that there have to be rules and limitations, but the NCAA needs to dismantle and start over. What kind of organization ( a misuse of the term; sorry) denies a five year old kid a meal? There is such a myriad of B.S. rules that the Supreme Court could not figure them out, or probably even come up with when any of them are applicable. The NCAA is going through the same thing the federal government is going through. Too many people wanting to feel important by adding their little crap to the rules instead of good common-sense action, or inaction when applicable. Govern the programs, use common sense when necessary, and quit trying to see who can most trivialize what initially was started as a decent over-seeing body.

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Nice Chip , Is this all you have. Why don’t you take rest of the year off.Merry Christmas.

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I agree that the NCAA has gone overboard in making all these nitty bitty rules. But I see why they are in place. How do any of us know if this extra compensation didn’t find its way to a player or two? Since the rule is in place, follow it, unless we are about to embark on a full scale assault against it. The coaches have more accountability when it comes to following rules as opposed to the players.

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ckgator, NOPE, thats simply not true and you base that on pure personal rival fan pulled it out your butt opinion. You are just proving to BE what you accuse us of.

There is absolutely no reason to say that Georgia fans on the whole would be on your coach if he gave his people money out of his own generosity. No more so than the handful of hater on here trashing our guy right now.

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slydog – I think it is pretty safe to say that you are not going to change anyone’s mind with your trolling. So are you on here just to start a blogument because you like to argue? Isn’t your time more valuable than that?

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“Last month, Georgia provided two free meals to Tyriq Gurley, the 5-year-old little brother of 2012 running back prospect Todd Gurley. Meals were permitted for Gurley and his parents but not for siblings on the official visit. The Gurleys reimbursed UGA $21.33 for the child’s meals and UGA reported a violation of bylaw 13.6.7.7.”…..Seriously? Seriously? $21…seriously?

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You have to assume that the ncaa is still very busy with the ‘Canes/Bucs/PSU/ to worry about UGA.

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The AJC’s choice of headlines shows that their motive is to be sensational. Why not an article commenting on the incredible generosity of CMR. He has never stepped over a person needing CPR.

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CMR should say that his dad did it and he knew nothing about it. That worked for a PC stealing, test cheating, money taking Cam Newton.

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Good for you Coach! This makes me feel uplifted, NCAA give it up Coach is a man with a good heart.

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Did everyone notice Tide Roll posted and didn’t say anything about our offensive line? Amazing

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I wonder if it will be a NCAA violation to help a prospective recruit and family or off campus athletes after a fire or disaster like what happened in Tuscaloosa. Did BAMA violated NCAA rules at that time??? In paper, they probably did, let us see if NCAA has the guts to make call against Bama to damage the spirit of goodwill.

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UGA luckily has no title to vacate.

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Anyone think Grantham would leave Richt to go work for Spurrier right now?

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Hey, bug eater, what happened that “championsip” over a few hundred bucks?

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Well UGA fans now know why the 2010 coaching was such a mess. There was no trust between the coaching staff and UGAAA.

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SHAME on UGAAA and ADAMS. They are such TIGHTWADS, sitting on those millions.

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These stories always accomplish one obvious thing: pointing out how byzantine and nonsensical NCAA rules really are.

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I wonder if NCAA would have consider that gracious gesture of Richt providing a prospective athlete’s family who died last year in a tragic accident with a numbered uniform carrying is name as an extra benefit violation.

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Has Coach Richt ever heard of paying with cash?

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Rule Man,

you need to brush up on how a big athletic dept. is organized. Almost every athletic dept. in the NCAA has at least two lawyers whose job it is, is to make sure the school is in compliance with the NCAA rules, a book that now consist of over 300 pages. A coach can not possibly keep up with the changes let alone, the whole book. When secondary violations are reported, they are usually self reported after these lawyers discover them. It is a shame that you have to have lawyers to interpret the dang book in the first place. There is a lot of stuff in the rule books that needs to be updated and some leave way given on the rules. They are just plain rigid and do not take into account, the circumstances at the moment, the rule was broken. You need look no further than, citing a violation for giving a kid that is five years old, a meal. This is just sad. Like this kid is going to grow up, follow in his brothers foot steps and remember, “When I was 5 years old, UGA gave me a happy meal”, while I was there with my family, while my brother was getting recruited”. If the kid were say, a sophomore or better in high school, I could see the reasoning there. But do, you really think, the player is going to remember that UGA gave his 5 year old sibling a meal, and therefore sign with the team, based on that alone, or will it even have any affect on his decision.
You can go and do a search and get a copy of the NCAA bylaws as relates to athletics on the internet. After about 60 pages, you will be amazed at what some of these rules are. I did, and after those 60 pages I came to the conclusion, that paranoia rules the NCAA. If you write them asking a question about a certain rule, you will get a nice little form letter stating that a regular review is done every couple of years. They claim they do not have enough staff to adequately monitor their rules on a more timely basis. Usually, their review consist of checking anything that a member school is questioning. The bureaucracy within the NCAA offices, almost rivals that of the federal government. CMR is an upstanding coach and man, and I am sure UGA is damn glad to have him. If there were more coaches like him, they wouldn’t need 300 pages of rules and regulations.

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Spin it compassion if you want, but Richt would have to be a moron not to know these are violations.
He willfully by passed the rules. But hey, he did it with compassion! Shame on you Chip for kissing Richt’s backside. Who is next Chip, Buck Bulue? Knowing Buck, he is waiting.
You’re a grown man Chip, stop acting like your 17.

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@Dawg Tired, I can imagine that if RICHT did withdraw that much CASH from his Bank account the kind of rumors and innuendos that can come out of it including payments to athletes which can be more of MAJOR violations vs SECONDARY.

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The stupid NCAA is wholly toothless yet mosiquto bites you to death.

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The most amazing fact in this story – which is seemingly getting glossed over, is that little dude ate 21 bucks worth of food…..

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Bad when try to good to your fellow man and get a slap in face.coach Richt is a fine man

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boy the news cycle is really starving for some information to pass along. Nice work, Chip.

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Looks like Crowell is still in the “MISSING MAN FORMATION”!!!!!

How ironic is that…….HA HA HA HA HA!!!

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Nothing here except further evidence that Coach Richt is a class guy. Hey — somebody help me remember which school in the state of Georgia had to vacate all those victories.

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Coach, you gotta handle these transactions in CASH.

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Voice of Reason

December 20th, 2011
10:15 am
If Richt is going so far to pay his coaches out of his own pocket, it’s not a stretch to believe that he’s paying his players too. It’s not surprising though, UGA is the only big program in the SEC that hasn’t won a crystal ball. LSU, UA, AU, UT and UF. UGA comes up empty, again.

The NCAA is going to have a field day with this one.

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I’m sure Coach Richt would invite you to look at his giving checkbook whenever you would like to.

You are dead wrong. They would find nothing.

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@Dogs Smell I’d rather be a homer than a troll any day. Go back under your bridge. Don’t you have some billy goats to harass?

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“Can’t believe that the NCAA does not allow generosity”

Such simple minded reaction from most of the posters…the rules are there because in the past schools have used these seemingly innocent acts to cheat like hades.

That is what most people simply don’t want to acknowledge…the cash battles of the past by programs like Clemson, Alabama and yes even UGA for players have lead to many of these seemingly bizarre rules.

So you only have formeer Trans Ams for players to blame.

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I think this is the longest article ever written by the AJC about the Dawgs.

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I’m sure the IRS will be interested if those coaches reported the payments as income.

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CMR is a class act.

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The money was taxed as income to coach richt.IRS already got their share

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Richt shows a complete lack of respect for the rules. UGA should get the death penaly as a repeat offender.

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“Spurrier wouldn’t love to get Grantham”

No, Grantham is not that highly thought of outside of UGA nation. The level of overhype for Grantham’s mediocre performance so far at UGA is simply beyond understanding. His defenses have under performed to expectations in many games including this season against…Boisy\SC\Vandy\UF\LSU.

Word is that Spurrier has some pretty high expectations for the replacement.

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Hope my 14yr old son has the opportunity to play for this man. There is none like him on the college level anywhere.

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The NCAA is becoming more and more of a joke.I mean this is some silly stuff.

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So basically Mark Richt is a Saint who always does the right thing 100% of the time. Damn good Dawg. Proud to have him as my coach. As far as I’m concerened, this is nothing but good publicity. I’ll take these kind of silly secondary violations all day long if the net effect is that the entire coaching community and prospective recruits and their families get to see the true family atmosphere that is GEORGIA football. When RICHT talks about doing things the “Georgia” way, he isn’t just talking about the student-athletes handling their business.

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“no I’m not simple minded as you call anyone who sees it the way it actually is”

Understand that the rules are there because they have been misused in the past for cheating. It is that simple, like it or not.

And as with most bureaucracies they are not going to take into account intent, simply the action.

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No, Grantham is not that highly thought of outside of UGA nation.

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Keep believing that. You probably should read something else besides the funny papers and Playboy magazine.

College football experts know he is very good and getting better.

Spurrier would crawl through glass to sreal him away from Richt.

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DawginLex

December 20th, 2011
10:28 am
Logical

There is a BIG difference in a coach taking the school’s money to pay a recruit to come to his school and Coach Richt taking his own personal money to pay staff members who he felt like were underpaid or were out of work and needed help.

One is cheating. The other is compassion.

Big difference.

And no I’m not simple minded as you call anyone who sees it the way it actually is.

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I made my point. I’m right. I’m sticking with it. You are a UGA hater and you are wrong.

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and georgia tech gets a major probation for what it did?

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Tech nerds should only be concerned with winning their bowl game. It’s embarrassing to lose this many in a row.

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They are the scum of the SEC. Have been cheating for years.

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The NCAA loses all credibility when they make an issue of buying a 5-year old sibling a meal.

I, for one, also thought the GT smack for the “illegal” $300 worth of clothes for Thomas was lame.

I hope we will soon see the day when the NCAA is exposed for what it is and corrective action taken.

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As someone state earlier: no good deed goes unpunished.

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The NCAA needs to work for the Govt. and we would never have another fear of terrorism again.

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Wish my boss was as generous as coach Richt! lol

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hotdawg
December 20th, 2011
11:04 am

Most people probably wish Coach Richt WAS their boss.

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Just another example of the ABSURDITY AND HYPOCRACY OF THE NCAA and the LACK OF INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT AT THAT LIBERAL, COMMUNIST, AND ATHEIST INFESTED JOKE OF A UNIVERSITY IN ATHENS. Also, YOU CAN MOLEST PEOPLE AT PENN STATE AND THE NCAA DOES NOTHING, SCAM NEWTON, 108 SIGNEES AT ALABAMA, AND YOU CANNOT BUY A KID A BIG MAC!!!!!!!!!! FOR GOD SAKES! NO WONDER THIS COUNTRY IS GOING DOWN THE TUBE.

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Wow!

NCAA is out of control!!! “Worried about the wrong shat!

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LOL. The defensive coordinator of the state university signs in at the office to see the head coach and they send him wandering aimlessly down the halls to seek out the football coach on his own. This is opposed to them paging the coach to the office or sending an administrative escort with him. And Hallelujah, the student he happens to bump into is the recruit he is there to discuss. Totally believable. The whole recruiting process is hilarious.

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Another Tech fan here expressing support for Mark Richt and his actions. The NCAA should be the ones embarrassed and apologizing here, not Richt or UGA.

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[...] RICHT IS TOO NICE. It’s a problem, actually, just like the dip in players’ grades when they go pro in winning games and [...]

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I’ve never been a Richt fan as a coach(called for him to be fired on this blog more than once) but he is one damn fine human being. This also shows how much of a piece of sh** Evans was. hope Mc Garrity does the right thing and pays CTG, b/c CTG is very well thought of. Saban qoute wk. of SEC Champ. when asked if he were surprised by CTG’s success at UGA. “I have always considered Todd Grantham one of the best coaches I have had on a staff anywhere” Saban offered him the DC job at Dolphins, and while I may not like Tricky Nick, he knows a thing or two about defense. And for any moron who thinks richt is paying players, get a freakin life.

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Sounds like the tax code… who can figure it out?

Richt is a great man. This is amazing how as you read the story innocent acts took place yet some want to hangem. Get a life. Glad for the story it just makes me feel sorry for the NCAA and enforcers and those trying to figure out what’s what.

Go DAWGS!

O and Merry Christmas DAWG nation

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This headline is unbelievably misleading and completely mischaracterizes the story. The clear goal is to drive website hits and make UGA look bad.

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If someone would ever let PJ do a commercial, then maybe he could make extra money to supplement his coaches and maybe make enough to entice a Defensive Coordinator to come to GT and rid ourselfs of the dinosoar we have.

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Cheater U

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Aunt Edna: Why don’t you just ask him for the money, Eddie? He sure as Hell can’t take a hint.
Cousin Eddie: Well, I didn’t want to ask you, Clark, you know, but could you maybe spare a little extra cash?
Clark: Sure, Eddie, how much do you need?
Cousin Eddie: About $52,000.

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BTG69 — You are one sorry piece of sh!t. You are to sorry to walk on the face of this earth. You are the scum of this earth. You are lower than whale sh!t As Paul Johnson said anyone that see you on the street they should punch you in the nose. I would like to be the first..

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Dogs Smell

go fornicate yourself in the face.

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I completely agree with “Yeahyeahyeah”…………..So what?

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Richt is a crook and should be fired. Everybody knows he’s paying players. The truth will set you free, coach, come clean and move on so UGA can return to its glory days like when Donnan and Goff were there.

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joe t

Go back to watching TV. Your mommy is back and wants the computer

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altamaha

Logical disappeared. He can’t support his statements other than to say “I hate UGA.”

His blog handle should be

IllogicalUS

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This will complicate matters with regard to recruiting down the road.

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No it won’t because all of this is secondary stuff and the NCAA was notified by the school voluntarily.

NCAA is busy looking for folks hiding stuff

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Once again, more money and time is wasted on innocent acts by an NCAA member school. Mark Richt should be commended for trying to take care of his “employees,” not penalized…At this point, the NCAA is trying to find a reason to justify its existence by looking for these irrelevant matters.

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He did what he did, but after all these years does he not know the rules. Before he does something again, he should look it up in the rule book. If Al., Aub., Lsu or Gt did this would the comments be different? Just WONDERING

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DawginLex

I agree. 25 years from now, CMR will be seen as one of the best coaches we ever had. (If not THE
best).

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The NCAA needs to get over itself. If they would worry about things they should really be worrying about, college sports would run a whole lot better. I wonder if anyone ever looks into their compensation……..

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Dawg fans are at it again, broken rules and they stick up for their coach saying “man he’s a great guy”. Rules are rules people. If it were any other coach in the Nation ya’ll would be ALL over that program. Double Standard U gets away with it though. True class, you bunch of backwood redneck, sleepin with your sister inbreds!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

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“Inadvertent pocket dialing”
Please..give me a break

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@SEC ALWAYS please take just a second to read the article, CMR and UGA reported the violations once they understood they were violations.If he wanted to break rules he would have just given cash. Now please take a deep breath and relax you worthless piece of dog poo you…

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Hope these Coaches reported this money on their tax forms income..if not the IRS will not be as forgiving as the NCAA.

Coach Richt is living the good life..”better to give than recieve”

@7:53..what a stupid comment…no funny.

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SEC Always

I slept with your sister. Made her howl like a dog.

she said she wasn’t from Georgia though

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Meanwhile, Barack Obama spends 4 million dollars of other people’s money to take another 17 day vacation to Hawaii.

I wish Mark Richt was our president.

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joe t
December 20th, 2011
11:59 am

Sarcasm duly noted.

I picked up on it real quick when you spoke of the glory days under Goff.

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AND we wonder why we have problems geting good coaches at UGA….pretty sad state that UGA cannot pay coaches what is the norm…..

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Snore

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Chip if you were trying to get the most hits today then this was a great job of reporting. That said you have got to be kidding me “under the table payment” have alays had some respect for your writing now not so much. I doubt that the NCAA report had this in its contex. As always GO DOGS & GATA

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Great guy notwithstanding, Coach Richt knew these were against NCAA regulations and did it anyway. THAT is a problem. I agree the rules may be stupid, but they are there nonetheless.

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NCAA, strain at a gnat and swallow a camel.

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Man it would be AWESOME if every boss was as humble and giving as CMR!

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The NCAA is just taking a page out of United States Government. By which we will act like we have no clue about anything but it will be ok because there is nothing you can to do change it. What a Joke this Country has become!!!!!!!!

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NCAA DOES NOT HAVE ENOUGH TO DO-THESE RULES ARE STUPID-FOCUS ON SABAN RUNNING KIDS OFF AND THEN SAYING THEY ARE HURT AND CAN NO LONGER PLAY FOOTBALL AND REPORTERS FINDING THEM AND THEM SAYING THEY ARE HEALTHY AS HORSES.

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This is inexcusable. Clearly, the NCAA must hand down the death penalty for these egregious violations of NCAA rules. Such blatant disregard for policy and protocol cannot be allowed to stand. This is far worse than Ohio State and Penn State and must be dealt with by the firmest of hands. Otherwise the entire family of NCAA institutions will spiral down into chaos and anarchy. Richt should personally be banned for ever coaching again at the FBS level to send a clear message of intolerance of such in-your-face insubordination and total disregard for the integrity of not only the NCAA but also of the University of Georgia whose decision it was to set salary and compensation levels. … A very sad day for all of Dawgnation and the NCAA.

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Per IRS Publication 950, Introduction to Estate and Gift Taxes, effective Tax Year 2009, anyone can give $13,000 or less to as many individuals as he/she may desire. There is no income tax on the transaction; it is covered by the above referenced IRS ruling. The way the transactions were described they completely meet the definition of “gift” since no benefit was received by Coach Richt (the recipients did get their paychecks) other than the satisfaction of “doing the right thing”.

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I’d play for that guy any day.

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phil and mark need to get a room

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Paying for a 5-year old’s meal? It’s refreshing to see the NCAA finally doing something about these flagrant violations that are degrading and tarnishing college athletics.

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So you mean to tell me that everyone can eat except the 5 year old! I say recruit the 5 year old as a Ball Boy so he can get a meal. How stupid is that!

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[...] practices before The Outback Bowl Presented by ALDLAND in Association with AD and Commodawg, an amusing/heartwarming/ba-humbugging anecdote has made it’s way forward: Richt made personal payments of more than $25,000 to coaches and [...]

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Let me add my voice to the many others saying “Are you freaking kidding me?” Auburn can buy Cam Newton. No problem. Free suits for the bama boys. No problem. Ohio St still being investigated but in the meantime let’s give them 2 coaching staffs so urban the liar can recruit. No problem

CMR helps out his staff out of his own pocket and buys a little kid some happy meals. VIOLATION.

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Ya think the self reporting and not covering it up had anything to do with it?

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Fraudburn…

Lying, cheating, stealing and stinking…

Doubt you’d see Cheatzik writing checks to help out his assistants…

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Hey guys, this is not about compasion, it is about rules. A 4 way stop sign mean STOP. Makes no difference if there is not another car in any lane for 2 miles. STOP–it is a rule of law. Understand?

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CMR gives his assistants Christmas bonuses and gets slapped with secondary violations. *Auburn pays it’s players (one over $200,000) and the NCAA looks the other way. Something’s fishy!

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Looks like this attempt to throw more mud on UGA taught us how great of a person our coach is. This was definitely not a story to get us in a good mood about OUR Football program but thanks to the AJC it did! I hope to be able to give CMR a good word down in Tampa, I will pray he continues to stay on his path no matter what and one day win a NC in Athens. Also thanks to all the Tech fans for your support on this post, shows a lot…Beat the Sparties and yes…beat the Utes!

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Try as they might, the haters on this blog can only say that Coach Richt saw a need and met a need through his actions for his coaches. I remember reading years ago of George Halas (Chi Bears of the NFL) paying bills and helping old NFL players in different ways. Big hearts in both men. Good for them.

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Richt said offensive right guard Chris Burnette, who missed another practice Monday, has a “fairly severe” sinus infection. “We don’t think it’s any concussion issue right now,” Richt said. Freshman Watts Dantzler continued to work in Burnette’s spot. …Richt didn’t have final word yet Monday on any players being academically ineligible for the bowl. “I’ve heard absolutely nothing that would get me alarmed at all,” Richt said. “I think we’re in great shape.” …Georgia players stretched before Monday’s practice to Christmas music playing over a loud-speaker: “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus,” “Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer,” and “Oh, Holy Night.” The team holds its final on-campus bowl practice this morning. “Most of the work is done before we go home for Christmas,” Richt said. “As excited as the players are to be leaving…I think the coaches might be more excited.” …Linebacker Mike Gillard (ankle) remains out, but said via Twitter on Monday that he would “be back b4 the bowl game.”

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Is it ncaa violation to sell tree poison to alabama football players???Just asking-ROLL DAMN TIDE

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Coaching changes are one of the toughest things for recruits to deal with.

Whether it is a Head Coach, coordinator, or position coach, coaching changes often create a domino effect that often cause more changes and leave recruits uncertain.

Creekside cornerback and Auburn commit Joshua Holsey is experiencing this first hand, and although he is dealing with it well, he will be the first to admit that the lack of clarity is mentally taxing.

“I’m not really that affected by it right now, but I do think about it a lot,” said Holsey. “But if my position coach leaves, it would mean a lot.”

Holsey committed to the Tigers early in the process, but is now starting to realize that it may not have been for the best of reasons.

“I committed early because I was tired of the process and wanted to get it out of the way,” he said. “I wanted to be done with recruiting so I could focus on the season.”

Since his commitment, programs have not been shy about pursuing the Peach State prospect.

According to Holsey, two specific programs have come after him the hardest.

“Georgia and Alabama contact me the most,” he said. “Coach (Rodney) Garner contacts me from Georgia, and I know him well, and Coach (Kirby) Smart talks to my defensive backs coach and another coach contacts me.”

When asked if he was ready to open things up, Holsey made it clear that he didn’t want to comment, but he did reveal his intention to take some visits.

“I am trying to get some visits planned right now,” he said. “I know I’ll take a few, but I’m not sure to who or when I will take them.”

While the coaching changes have yet to take their toll on the four star cornerback, something definitely has him thinking about his future.

When asked if some other schools were on his mind, Holsey chose to keep things under wraps.

“No comment,” he said. “I’m still working things out, so no comment.”

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THIS JUST IN: The NCAA has announced that no coaches can say MERRY CHRISTMAS to any recruit or write it to anyone in their Christmas Cards.

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Kind of makes you wonder if any of that money kept filtering down…

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Anyone hear how lightly Ohio State got penalized today?….The NCAA is even more a joke than we realize! Dawgs fan here but it seems like GT got it just as bad as OSU …….The NCAA hammered USC over one player and the coach was’nt found guilty of anything yet the money pit of OSU gets basically slapped on the wrist…….

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Seriously now…..all this seems very, very petty to me. The NCAA needs to be investigated for stupidity and favortism towards one program over others. Come on man!

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You have to love Richt. Who else could commit rules violations and elevate himself as a human being at the same time?

The money to Johnson is a little strange, though. If the guy left UGA before obtaining 5 years of service, I wonder why Richt thought that he was entitled to the bonus. As I recall it, Johnson left voluntarily to take another job.

Regardless, how anyone could keep track of all these nitpicky rules is beyond me. It looks like being human is in itself an NCAA violation.

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Jimmy the Greek, thanks for the sentiment, but 8 players receiving $14,000 and the HC knowing about it, but refusing to say anything is about the same as one player and a $300 outfit the coaches knew nothing about don’t you think? If you can’t see that, you are definitely not NCAA enforcement material. Oh, I guess they did lose out on a bowl they probably would not qualify for anyway.

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[...] I Georgia, I wouldn’t just “self-report” this “secondary violation.” I’d shout it from the mountaintops. I’d make it the first sentence in Mark [...]

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@DestinDawg and his many other posting names (ONLY)

……Georgia…..nothing but quitters and cheaters……nothing good happening in Athens. NCAA probation and all the players leaving for sure. No future for the Dawgs.

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When you read how generous Richt is with his staff the first reaction is to praise him and admire the intent. I certainly feel that way because I think CMR’s integrity and moral way’s are sincere . Unfortunately a larger number of coaches don’t have any integrity, ethic’s or moral’s and because of that I am surprised giving money to your staff is only a secondary violation and not a major infraction.
Let’s say that Cantor, who received $10,842 had a Nephew or son who was a 5 star ,at whatever position ,and you started him at $200,000 per year which was a comparable salary to other recruiting assistant’s when that son or nephew was in the 10 grade . Most coaches would justify raising Cantor’s salary to $400,000 by the senior year hoping and knowing that would influence the son or nephew to sign with Georgia.
The NCAA is right this time because coaches would be throwing around money like crazy to their staff to influence family member’s to come to their school.

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Typical NCAA…maybe UGA can fix this by “lowering” Mark’s compensation enough to give these guys the raises they deserve. We all know that NCAA is what it is….a group of slime balls………………

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BadDawg…..

The Gators will be much improved next year and will be in the SEC title hunt in two years.

Just checked…….FYI…….Florida had tons of former players start in the NFL yesterday…..11 of which left Florida in the last 2 years. That is a big number to lose on your football team.

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Jimmy, I agree. I think they have certain “marquee” programs they feel they have to protect to keep the gravy train rolling and some of the non big time football programs can be used as whipping boys to show they are in charge. I at one time thought the BCS may be the straw that broke the NCAA’s back when it looked like we were going to four superconferences and setting up a real national championship tournament, but the way things are shaking out looks like the old fashioned bowl setups are too much of an allure, particularly for programs not in the championship hunt, that we may not get that definitive playoff the fans would like to see.

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Meyer must have been told about the minor slap on the wrist to come before taking the OSU job….and has been telling recruits the same.

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TampaGator, I think anyone with half a brain saw a bowl penalty coming, even the OSU administration. How could they not have, particularly given that they allowed the players to play in last year’s bowl. That arrogance is what got the NCAA’s dander up I am sure.

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Alec, the article says it was Damon Evans who refused the payments, not McGarity.

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But I am glad the NCAA nailed TOSU!!!

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What an incredible guy. Seeks to do the right thing and gets hammered by the NCAA. Come on guys, surely there are some large more egregious violations to concern yourself with. As a life long GT fan I continue to admire the presence of character in Mark Richt.

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Yawn…

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Paddy @ 7:30am provided me with a good late afternoon laugh.

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Why wasn’t Richt writing checks to the POOR Underpaid Professors that didn’t get raises? I mean it isn’t like College has anything to do with EDUCATION. The EDUCATORS don’t deserve to be paid more than a Coach to Morons now do they? Football people responsible for some 100 football players need more money than a Professor responsible for EDUCATING a few Hundred STUDENTS a semester?
UGa fans have their priorities in order for sure.

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any other school this is called a slush fund, at UGA it’s called secondary benefits

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I have a prediction: The Falcons will draft either Dewayne Allen or Orson Charles in the second round.

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I have to say that this is a bunch of crap!!!!! I am glad he did it. When in the world will the NCAA just get a life and perhaps try to regulate the deficit or something. I have had the pleasure of meeting coach Richt and I think that this is just one of his Godly characteristics. If I were making that kind of money and my staff was in need, I would do it over and over again with an utter disregard to this so called secondary violation!!!!!

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All of those “violations” are just plain silly. What isn’t silly was letting Ohio State play those ineligible players against Arkansas in last year’s Sugar Bowl– and letting the Buckeyes play in a bowl game this year.

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TampaGator, if the Florida game was UGA at full strength then there isn’t much hope for the future. I was talking about Florida being at their best in a showdown against UGA. I think most UGA fans would think Auburn was the best game UGA played all year by far. That was the only time this season the staff and the players clicked on all cylinders. The Florida game was so so. Getting down 17-3 is unacceptable if you ask me. That huge 4th down conversion on 4th and forever and the screen to Demps on the first play. Then a kickoff return for a td. The good was Murray and his receiver made clutch plays when it counted and Richard Samuel helped run out the clock. The most I got out of that game is that this team was not quitters and not afraid of Florida like previous Georgia teams.

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… He would make a great socialist.

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least he asked for more money for his people thats more than anybody in our department would do go dawgs.

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I for one am glad to finally see the NCAA doing something about these rampant instances of abuse, such as purchasing meals for 5-year olds. This has gotten way out of control and is symptomatic of the ills of society at large. As long as these atrocities continue to go unchecked, college athletics will be forever tarnished and degraded. Please, NCAA, stay the course and don’t be distracted by minor incidents such as Penn State. Stay on your high horse!

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and that’s the truth.

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With all the terrible crap going on at other universities this is almost a “feel good” story. Suck it NCAA.

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aha….Damon Edwards refused the payments?

Guess he had to keep he budget low so he could afford lots of red panties!

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This spin doesn’t wash with me. Where are the 1099’s and did they pay taxes on this income?

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It looks like McGarrity has hired the right Law firm to handle such investigations, one which specializes in NCAA violations. UF did something similar when they hired away from the NCAA back when they were in trouble in the late 80’s, the Lead Investigator which handled the UF investigation (Jamie McClusky) to be their Compliance Officer.

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The NCAA is disfunctional and overreaching. Yes it is against the rules, but the rules should not be there. Mr. Richt is class guy. As long as he is not paying players, this is none of NCAA business.

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“…if the administration won’t give you a raise, I’ll give it to you out of my own pocket”. What kind of man does this? A man of incredible integrity. Love that Mark Richt…Don’t we all wish we had bosses like this?

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How do I get on the payee list? Could use some extra cash for the holidays. Small unmarked bills would be neat. Nice to know that it isn’t hard times for everyone. Jocks eat first.

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UGa would really take a recruit and his family to McDonald’s? Damn no wonder UGa has all that money. They must never spend it. I am sure Mickey D’s really impresses the recruits.

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OOPS!!! HE IS NOT PERFECT, BUT WE COULD DO A HELL OF A LOT WORSE.

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Richt is a stand-up guy, and a good man all-around. As for the NCAA, what a bunch of jerks. You’ve got nothing better to do than enforce a silly rule against a recruit’s little brother receiving a free lunch on a campus visit?

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Hmmm. He paid assistant coaches out of his own pocket because he felt they deserved more than the school was offering? Holy cow! Fire him! The last thing college sports needs is someone with a conscience! My gawd man! This could lead to the giving of holiday cards and birthday greetings!

Ahem. Excuse me but… gak.

NCAA football is already in something of a no-man’s land, halfway between college/amateur athletics and being a farm system for the NFL. As such, the rules and their enforcement tend to ebb and flow with the team(s) in question and how the sports media plays… or perhaps, preys upon it. In the end, public opinion is driven by two main factors; team loyalties and the sport media’s presentation. Right and wrong have no firm footing here. It’s all about the money and the show.

Leave Richt alone.

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IRS– shouldnt they be checking out this gifting and no taxes.

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HAS EVERYONE ON THIS G-DAM SITE MISSED THE ONE OVERWHELMING PROBLEM, THE SAME ONE THAT IS PERVASIVE THROUGHOUT OUR SOCIETY….. WAY TOO MANY G-DAM JEW KIIKE LAWYERS IN THIS COUNTRY….. THEY ARE EVEN ENTRENCHED IN OUR COLLEGE SPORTS!!!

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Ladies & Gentleman, are there any more questions ? A University refuses to do the right thing, so the Coach takes his own money and pays his assistants. How many coaches would have been spouting off about that? I can hear it now, ” I am a damn good coach”. Mark paid them and moved on to the next challenge at hand. It shows how dedicated he is to his staff, and the University of Georgia football program. I am glad he’s on our side……

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Try cash next time Richt.

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Why wasn’t Richt writing checks to the POOR Underpaid Professors that didn’t get raises? I mean it isn’t like College has anything to do with EDUCATION. The EDUCATORS don’t deserve to be paid more than a Coach to Morons now do they? Football people responsible for some 100 football players need more money than a Professor responsible for EDUCATING a few Hundred STUDENTS a semester?
UGa fans have their priorities in order for sure.

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To those seeking to make this something bad….(aka the ajc and Tech fans)…read the proper response by someone more credible than this rag:

The audacity of Mark Richt

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By Chris Low

If you want some insight into how trivial some of the NCAA’s rules are, read through the report of Georgia’s latest internal investigation that uncovered a series of secondary violations by the Bulldogs.

That’s my first thought in hearing that Georgia coach Mark Richt was “guilty” of trying to help some of his former assistants and staff members with financial payments out of his own pocket that the school’s athletic association wasn’t willing to pay.

When I hear about nonsense like this, I can’t help but think back to SEC commissioner Mike Slive’s proposal aimed at getting rid of the ticky-tack NCAA rules and focusing more on bringing down the hammer on the egregious rule-breakers.

So what if Richt wanted to help out some of his longtime aides with money he felt they had coming to them?

It says something about Richt the man that he’d be willing to make such a gesture.

But then, Richt has always been more of a giver than a taker.

He shouldn’t be admonished, which was essentially the gist of his punishment. Rather, he should be celebrated.

College football needs more men like Richt, who endeavor to do more for others than they do for themselves.

I understand the rationale behind NCAA bylaw 11.3.2.2, which regulates supplemental pay for staff members.

But in this case, it was simply a head coach who makes $3 million per year trying to share the wealth with people who had worked so hard for him and people who weren’t making wads of money.

One of the things that really sticks out in the report is Richt going into his own pocket and paying more than $15,000 to non-coach staff members for bowl bonuses when the school refused to include those employees in their bonus structure because of “difficult economic conditions.”

I guess, technically, Richt is a rule-breaker.

He’s also a breath of fresh air in a sport that morphed into big business a long time ago.

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SMART actually we root for GT to win the ACC Championship because usually that equates to us being ACC Champs since we are constantly tearing up that tater

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Tech fan and I usually play on this site with all you too serious dawgs. After reading this article, I had to comment. Pay CMR whatever he wants, this man in not only a good man, but also a good coach. All you fans who wanted him fired should be ashame. Life long tech fan but if I had a son, I would want him to play under CMR.

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Some of that stuff just make you wanna cuss. NCAA violation? For real though?

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So all you trolls are eat up with envy because our guy can get away with stuff based on his being a “Good Guy”.

Guess what. That’s right!

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The NCAA needs to investigate crap that matters. As far as I am concerned what the head coach does with his money is his business and I for one applaud him for what he did. Kids today need someone to look up to for direction in their lives and mark is the man.

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What exactly is the “tax” on loans?

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The best compliment that I can pay to CMR is to say that I am not at all surprised that he would do this to help out his fellow coaches. Richt probably would have never wanted this information to get out not because of the NCAA but because he is a down to earth and humble man. I am glad and proud to have him as our coach!

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Income. So whatever the rate is for the tax bracket the person is in.
I could careless what RICHT does with his money, but HOW he did this was against the rules. All the dawgs love to complain about everybody else if they do something that isn’t perfect. If happens now It is OK because it was RICHT. Crowell was smoking and people on here said,”It is only dope and it should be legal anyway.” What Richt did was very nice, but there were ways to do it within the rules.

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So then if its income to the other person, how is it a loan?

I’m guessing that Richt gets WAY better tax advice from his CPA, than you are at disguising that you are just making it up at this point.

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“all the Dawgs” don’t do any such thing. Over generalize much? And IF another school coach did this, I would bet most Dawg fans would say what a lot of the level headed rivals have said about Richt.

BTW< what I heard about Crowell from overwhelming majority of Dawg fans wasthat it was stupid, and he deserved the suspension. Not sure where you were reading comments.

Sounds like you are making up stuff.

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To NCAA I say, ” HUMBUG”. To CMR I say, “Peace on earth; Good will to men”! Why is it not obvious that the NCAA is much like Congress; Useless and overpaid!

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To “SMART” above. Ever heard of $11,000 a year tax free gift? At least we still have it THIS year!

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So lets clarify YOUR point:

“Richt gave out TAX FREE LOANS that is against the LAW not just the NCAA”

Assuming that we can get past your confusion on the difference between a “loan” (non taxable) and income (taxable), and assuming that you have some sort of personal knowledge of how all these guys filed their taxes.

It’s still a pretty big jump to say that Richt is the one that told them that they had no responsibility to properly handle the money.

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Dear Mark , I think that I’m under paid…$2000 a month will be fine….
GodBless

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legal

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ALT fine whatever.

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[...] We Need To Know Would You Vote Craig James For U.S. Senator? Young Held Out Of Sun Bowl For Tech Monetary Gifts From Richt Among Secondary NCAA Violations NCAA Gives Ohio St. Bowl Ban, Tressel Show-Cause ASU Covers $1M Buyout As Part Of Graham Contract [...]

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Some have been saying the NCAA is a joke for many many many years. You can’t love what the NCAA does to you opponent and hate what it does to you. If fans didn’t scream and pay for winners then coaches wouldn’t try to cheat and the NCAA wouldn’t need as much power.

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Show me one Dawg fan using the “pot should have been legal anyway” as an excuse to go light on Crowell (just because he was own) , and I will show you 20 that wanted him kicked off the team for it.

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Much ado about nothing.

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This is a black mark for the NCAA. With so much wrong-doing in college sports the NCAA has a rule about this? Mark Richt’s principles put him in a very unique category of men and women who care more about others than they do of themselves. I have a deep respect for Richt because of this. I can’t say the same for the NCAA.

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Are you freaking kidding me???? these rules violations are a complete joke and obviously, whom ever is making these code violations (5.2.001.33, et al) are stupid and need to find something better to do with there time. In the meantime, fire Coach Richt!

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Insubordination is about as bad as it gets. Going directly behind the backs of those who hired and overpaid him with this sort of scam. This is not a popularity contest. It shows signs of a lack of respect to the administration. Not to mention a covert attempt to gain popularity from the fans, knowing there would be a chance of exposure. Georgia’s success this season was a result of a soft schedule, not CMR. The best way he can recover from this, short of resignation would be to take a pay cut with the amount cut going to what the administration feels are deserving support staff and coaches.

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This is chicken feces.

I am glad once again Mark Richt is UGA’s coach.

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90% of these “infractions” just continues to show what a bunch of stupid morons the NCAA is run by. A five year old and a greeting and idle chit-chat! WTF! All the more reasons for me not to watch any bowls!

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I am amazed that an individual inst allowed to make caring and generous contributions to those in need. Richt is one of the best ” Role Model ” coaches there is. NCAA should be more worried about bigger issues than Mark Richt helping keep a previous employee from living on the streets, or paying an employee what he thinks he deserves OUT OF HIS OWN POCKET might i add and not illegally.

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True Dawg Fan,

Why don’t you come on here and tell us again about how you support DRUGS ? We all remember your discussion with Flat Tire on I-95 where you support Drugs.

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True Dawg Fan November 4th, 2011 11:47 am

“Actually studies show that legalizing it could generate $10-15 billion dollars a year for the government. Thats a pretty significant number.”
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15,000,000,000,000 National Debt 15 Trillion
55,000,000,000,000 Total US Debt 55 Trillion
04,000,000,000,000 just interest on the Debt 4 Trillion
00,010,000,000,000 True Dawg Fan 10 billion legalize drugs
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It would take 5,500 fifty five hundred years to pay off this nation’s total debt, using your figures True Dawg Fan. That is a “pretty significant number,” you say True Dawg Fan. And, for that, we would be supporting that which is wrong with our youth today

TRUE DAWG FAN

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McGarity has to play politician on this one due to the power of the NCAA. I feel that the important thing is that the violations were openly reported. Great job Coach Richt and the rest of the staff. Anyone that thinks the political interests of the NCAA do not guide their rulings should look back to last year’s bowl game with Ohio State. It was clear that violations occurred that would result in suspensions if admitted, and Ohio State played their players anyway. Did they refund their bowl purse? Did the NCAA force them write Arkansas a check for the money they stole from them? I don’t know if they did or not, but I did not read anything on the matter. I’m fed up with beurocracy in general, and I’m equally pleased that their are people like Mark Richt who stand up for what they believe in. Go Dawgs!

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DawginLex November 14th, 2011 2:08 pm

“I’m gonna find him and whip his A$$ Game over”

DawginLex November 14th, 2011 2:16 pm

I apologize for my rant.

To Thomas Brown:

I will no longer respond to you.

I will ask you to not copy and paste my posts or respond to me.

I am asking this for the 3rd time.

I have also informed Chip Towers of my request to you.

Good day to all

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I have a question DawginLex, sir ?

If I had physically threatened your children, which you NEVER brought up until JUST THIS MOMENT, and that is YOUR STATED REASON FOR PHYSICAL THREATS REPEATEDLY BY YOU OF ME, then why sir ?

WHY WOULD YOU APOLOGIZE TO ME FOR THIS ?

AND, WHY DOESN’T THE RANT SAY ANYTHING ABOUT YOUR CHILDREN ?
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DawginLex December 15th, 2011 10:05 am
“You don’t know anything about me sir.

I don’t like your posts most of the time

Sue me

You call our AD howdy doody and post a picture.

You judge me for calling out a Tech troll who makes fun of UGA student athletes.

You need a life lesson in a big way.”
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Nothing about your children on December 15, last Thursday. This is NOT why you posted THIS THREAT December 15. So this PHYSICAL THREAT OF YOUR CHILDREN HAPPENED WHEN EXACTLY ? Today ? Yesterday ? Try NEVER. No one remembers it. Trust me, this ENTIRE BLOG would remember something like that. LIKE THEY ALL DO YOUR PHYSICAL THREATS OF ME, WITHOUT REASON.
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DawginLex October 24th, 2011 10:46 am

“If anyone is in favor of joining me in an effort to have Thomas Brown/Bulldawg/Ohio State is unranked banned from Chip’s blog, please send an e-mail to:

ctowers@ajc.com

as I have already done.

There is absolutely no reason that we have to put up with reading his drivel when the rest of us are trying to comment about the topic at hand and about UGA football.

Thanks.

DawginLex
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AGAIN, SIR, NO MENTION OF ANY CHILDREN BY YOU SIR. YOU STATE YOU WANT ME BANNED SO YOU DON’T HAVE TO READ MY DRIVEL, NOT BECAUSE OF ANY LIED ABOUT THREAT OF YOUR CHILDREN, LIAR.
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DawginLex November 14th, 2011 1:58 pm

“I wish I could meet you in person and whip your A$$

I’m 53 years old and I would wipe the floor with you and your mouth.

Dumb sheet”
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AGAIN, NO DISCUSSION OF CHILDREN. AGAIN, HOWEVER, YOU POINT OUT THAT IT IS MY MOUTH FOR HAVING THE TIMIDITY TO COME INTO YOUR BLOG AND SUGGEST THAT 0-8 VS TEAMS FINISHING IN THE TOP 25 THE LAST 2 ENTIRE SEASONS AND NO WINS OVER ANY TEAM FINISHING IN THE TOP 10 SINCE # 9 AUBURN IN 2006, SIX SEASONS AGO, WHEN WE LOST 4 GAMES 2006 INCLUDING TO 8-LOSS VANDIE. NOT YOUR CHILDREN. YOU’LL NEVER MAKE THIS STICK, LIAR.
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DawginLex November 14th, 2011 1:59 pm

“You can count on this too.

One day, you and I will be at a GA football game in the same stadium and I will find you.”

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DawginLex

DID YOU WRITE THESE POSTS POSTED HERE TO THIS BLOG BY YOU ?

ARE THESE YOUR POSTS

DawginLex

?

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I am glad he is my uga coach …. I respect him …..

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[...] paragraph from the AJC pretty well sums up the whole deal: Clearly the most intriguing findings were those [...]

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I am a Gator fan and just as I was disgusted when the NCAA nailed us for this same infraction, I would be just as disgusted to see UGA get nailed for it! At some point, the stupidity has to stop or it could come around and bite us, again. Maybe it would be a good idea for the schools to allow the head coaches to manage salary money! Give them a lump sum of money and tell them to pay themselves and their staff out of that fund. That way, each coach could determine the worth of his individual staff. Richt has angered me

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Why did Richt anger you ?

He didn’t do 1 thing wrong.

This is all so petty, so says everyone.

Greg McGarity, Give Mark Richt his Extension, sir.

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Your Florida players, all together, stood there and did a POLITE LITTLE CLAP of their hands when

AFTER Florida had scored 42 consecutive unanswered points

And, Mark Richt had YANKED Matthew Stafford for

Joe Cox

Who threw for a TD with a couple minutes remaining

to make it then

10-49

Florida players, all the Florida players clapped their hands politely like a little ole lady would do at the Opera or at a Play at Theatre under the Stars.

POLITELY CLAPPED after 42 unanswered points

that our back-up QB could score against your 4th team defense.

That’s OK Florida crocodile ?

But, it’s not ok for Mark Richt to send his players on the field to take a 15-yard penalty (that ended up multiple 15-yard penalties) while you get away with your

SLIGHT OF US, Scott-free, no penalty.

Timmy Tebow (not an NFL QB by any stretch of the imagination)

after EVERY PLAY at Florida, stood there on the Field Of Play against us and CELEBRATED incessantly.

But, we cannot take what ended up a 30-yard penalty ?

What comes around, goes around

Don’t dish it out if you cannot take it.

If you cannot stand the heat, stay out of the Kitchen.

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AltamahawDawg,

CRY ME A RIVER

This is for you, sir :

http://store.drumbum.com/media/music-notes-tissue-box.jpg

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I don’t work “Shifts”. At the same place for 40 yrs.

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They who? I work in MY company. Wasn’t it YOU bragging on being told what to do every day for 40 yrs at the same place????

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This is what you said yesterday : “Not a single first down in the entire half of a championship game, and didn’t get pulled? Les Miles was just playing favorites.”

All I said in reply is that Aaron Murray threw 51 passes to get 1 TD pass in our last game, LOST 10-42 as a result while THEIR quarterback only threw 13 passes yet MATCHED Aaron Murray’s 1 TD pass in his just 13 passes for the game. Aaron Murray also FUMBLED twice and threw 2 interceptions preceding his

BEING YANKED by MARK RICHT.

Now, what is you are WHINING ABOUT AltamahawDawg sir ?

That THAT QB was

NOT YANKED by Les Miles

THE # 1 TEAM CONSENSUS IN THE NATON’S QB NOT YANKED ?

Hey Bubba, it was OUR QB who was YANKED FOR OBVIOUS REASONS in the last game played.

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uga / richt break rules all the time with these “secondary violations” and nothing happens. No punishment at all! ga—sacred ncaa cow!!!

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Really??? They’re not going to rest until they find some real dirt on Coach Richt. He is a man of true intergrity and others can only hope to be as great a humanitarian and Christ follower that he is.

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This is for you, sir :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marionette

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Dance for us a little more.

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What does a man good to gain the entire world and lose his own soul. I don’t think Coach Richt has to worry about that problem.

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Score a huge + for Coach Richt.
Epic fail by the NCAA,

When will we finally shut down the NCAA, the largest plantation in the history of mankind…???

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[...] season marred by Tattoogate, Hurricane Nevin and the horrific events at Penn State, a story in the Atlanta Journal Constitution Tuesday exposed Richt for the great human being he is. At the same time, it exposed the NCAA once [...]

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If the money really came from Richt, no big deal. If the money was a back door way to provide raises to the coaching staff during a pay freeze where other members of the UGA administration were not getting raises, then we may have a problem. An in-depth look into Richt’s personal finances would shed some light on the matter. In other words, follow the money.

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And, I wondered when you would get around to commenting ON THAT.

Yanked your chain on that, and I knew you would ask me about that – putting it out there like a Red Herring – just for you.

And, you ?

Fell for it.

So, you posted this morning about it.

You are too easy

too predictable

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