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Ex-UGA recruit Chester Brown and immigration policy

12:09 am January 25, 2012, by AJC Sports

Here’s an update on Chester Brown, the Bradwell Institute offensive lineman who de-committed from UGA on Monday for “personal family reasons.” (Go here to read the full story by the AJC’s Chip Towers)

ATHENS — A relatively new Georgia Board of Regents policy regulating the admission of undocumented students and illegal immigrants has prevented a football recruit from gaining admission to the University of Georgia.
Chester Brown, a 6-foot-5, 340-pound offensive lineman from Hinesville, committed to the Bulldogs in July, but he confirmed to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and several other media outlets late Monday night that he was withdrawing his UGA commitment “for personal reasons,” declining to elaborate.
However, a variety of people with direct knowledge of the situation confirmed to the AJC on Tuesday that Brown’s change of heart was because his admissions application to UGA was rejected because of a controversial Board of Regents policy that was adopted in October 2010.
That policy, created in the wake of the Jessica Colotl uproar at Kennesaw State earlier that year, states that an undocumented student can’t take the seat of an otherwise academically qualified Georgia resident who has been turned away because of capacity constraints.

A relatively new Georgia Board of Regents policy regulating the admission of undocumented students and illegal immigrants has prevented [Chester Brown] from gaining admission to the University of Georgia … However, a variety of people with direct knowledge of the situation confirmed to the AJC on Tuesday that Brown’s change of heart was because his admissions application to UGA was rejected because of a controversial Board of Regents policy that was adopted in October 2010.

That policy, created in the wake of the Jessica Colotl uproar at Kennesaw State earlier that year, states that an undocumented student can’t take the seat of an otherwise academically qualified Georgia resident who has been turned away because of capacity constraints.

For more background on Chester Brown, click here

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Realist

January 26th, 2012
1:24 pm

Bucket, you are right maybe other fan boards do the same thing, and maybe all of these people are not UGA fans, but alot are and they reflect poorly on the fanbase as a whole.

DawgSTILE

January 26th, 2012
1:58 pm

Lets be man-up enough to say it like it is. Ship that long haired kid back to the islands where he and his parents should be. Let him crack coconuts for the rest of his life. Save our scholarships for deserving students.

llf

January 26th, 2012
2:20 pm

@DawgSTILE: you need to stick to your Alybamer Tide blog cites. Those folks probably think you’re intelligent.

this dawg want hunt!!

January 26th, 2012
2:29 pm

Why all the fuss about a prospect that has the label project written all over him. This just shows how desperate Richt and his pitiful coaching staff are at evaluating and recruiting in state talent. UGA is always the last to offer instate big time prospects because Garner and the rest of the UGA staff are arrogant lazy ass coaches. They think because UGA is the major instate school they can sit around and wait until they are ready to go after these kids. Unfortunately for Garner, RIcht and Bobo, the instate kids know how pathetic the UGA program has become the past 4 or 5 years, and they would rather go elsewhere to Auburn, Bama, Fl, and now even S.C. It is a SAD day for UGA when the school can’t even find 25 talented kids to commit. That is a direct reflection of how GOD awful this staff is at recruiting. When you have as many talented kids in your state as Ga. does, and this bunch of losers can’t get 25 kids that want to play for them, well that’s all you need to know about RIcht. Hell, Bama has more kids committed for 2012 from the state of ga.than does UGA. Richt should be fired today, as well as the pitiful staff he has hired. That is a disgrace, and it has never happened before in this state. But hey,UGA fans congrats on keeping your wonderful coach, and his lazy ass staff. You will never win a conference championship when you are having to beat kids from the state of Ga. that are stars on rival teams. Wakeup McGarity, grow a pair and end this mediocrity that is known as UGA football. A coach is judged by wins, recruiting, and hiring a competent staff to coach up the players the school recruits Richt fails at 2 of the 3 above, bottomline he needs to go. He can’t win, he hires incompetent coaches, and now he can’t even recruit in his home state

13-1

January 26th, 2012
3:10 pm

We don’t like the President because our economy is horrid; he’s into spending money, which did not fix the economy, now did it ?

So, shoot us.

Dave

January 26th, 2012
3:12 pm

Maybe it’s just me but you’d think someone on staff over there would have anticipated a problem and checked it out, thereby not looking so foolish one week before signing date. Of course the kid’s the victim.

BIG DAWG

January 26th, 2012
3:47 pm

What’s problem? Obama can direct him were to get birth certificate. At least we know Obama can’t go to UGA!

BankerDawg

January 26th, 2012
4:25 pm

Aikee – I thought liberals believed in Darwanism

shane#1

January 26th, 2012
4:29 pm

The Law of unintended consequences. First it was the tomato crop down here in South Ga. Now I hear the Vidalia onion crop is in danger, and no Samoan at UGa. If there are three things I love it’s fresh tomatoes, Vidalia onions, and big ol’ linemen. To hell with politicians.

ThanksALotGeorgia!

January 27th, 2012
2:28 am

Syracuse University is particularly glad that the state of Georgia is loaded with dull, ignorant minds who are enormously capable and willing to exercise the most preposterous xenophobia.

Dawg Tired

January 27th, 2012
7:57 am

So it is a “change of heart” when you are denied admission?

flo-ri-duh

January 27th, 2012
11:13 am

That Chester Brown is a football player is irrelevant. The policy of not accepting undocumented aliens is sound. His parents, by not taking the proper action to make their child legal, are responsible – not UGA.

DodgerDAWG

January 28th, 2012
1:37 am

The American public will elect a non-national to the presidency, but will not allow a citizen to attend college…Makes a lot of sense to me

Cullowheedawg

January 28th, 2012
12:01 pm

This is what happens when we pass laws to “deal with a situation” without looking at all the possibilities. Now we may sign an out of state football player to take the place of an in state recruit. I guess he might have taken a place from a 121 lb female english major, um I wonder if she might be good on the offensive line. Yeah that would work, no self respecting guy would try to hit her. Cullowheedawg

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January 30th, 2012
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ken farrar

January 30th, 2012
9:52 am

undocumented. means illegal, means not legal means against the law but then that’s just for those not in government. if his parents are paying taxes then i’m okay. if not… go away.

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