Weiszer neatly bottles up what we’re all seeing from the NCAA right now.
“From the facts that we know today, publicly, Georgia’s behavior has been commendable,” Emmert said in an interview with the Associated Press Monday. “They, apparently, saw something that concerned them, and they dealt with it directly and their athletic department seems to have handled that very, very appropriately based on what we know today.”
Georgia had yet to hear from the NCAA as of Monday night on the reinstatement request for Gurley, who has missed two games while serving an indefinite suspension.
Given how many things Emmert’s gotten wrong, I’m not sure his back patting is of much comfort, either.
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UPDATE: Oh, and Georgia’s on the mother – for Gurley.
Get The Picture 
I wish I could insert that Jackie Chan “Whhhhhhat?” meme picture here.
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That’s not Jackie Chan, that’s John Chan, DawgPhan
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No, that’s John Ritter!
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No, that’s Jack Tripper.
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That’s FSU’s Coach Jimbo after he slowly comes to the realization of what these words might mean for the Criminoles.
..”“From the facts that we know today, publicly, Georgia’s behavior has been commendable,” Emmert said in an interview with the Associated Press Monday. “They, apparently, saw something that concerned them, and they dealt with it directly and their athletic department seems to have handled that very, very appropriately based on what we know today.”
Followed by a loud, “GULP!”.
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Does anyone truly believe Florida State is in danger of trouble from the NCAA due to their apparently successful deflection of Winston’s (and others’) various transgressions? Seriously?
Per the NCAA’s prescribed procedure, it is incumbent upon the member institution to self-investigate and self-report potential violations of NCAA rules. The only NCAA rule Winston appears to have broken is that he was probably paid to sign autographs; his various criminal issues are irrelevant to the NCAA.
But there is apparently no Bryan Allen in the Winston case. No one is publicly shopping evidence or allegations that Winston was paid to sign autographs. In the absence of such evidence, there is nothing for FSU to report. While the likely reality is that there are people out there with evidence that Winston was paid to signs autographs, those people are, for whatever reason, staying quiet.
Now, is it possible that FSU and/or its boosters have simply made such possible “witnesses” go away? Certainly. Alabama did so pretty transparently in the T-Town Menswear case, and I can’t imagine there wasn’t some of the same medicine being administered in Auburn when Cam Newton’s dad’s “son for sale” scheme was made public.
But I find it extremely difficult to imagine that anyone at Florida State is afraid of any possible NCAA repercussions right now. The only possible NCAA violation there appears to have no trail of evidence behind it, which means there’s nothing for the NCAA to enforce. Why would Jimbo Fisher be afraid of anything, other than losing a game and missing the playoff?
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If there was a paper trail, the NCAA does not have subpoena power so it would do no good
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Please teach me how you both did that.
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We should simply take the Alabama / Auburn / FSU approach and let them play. We are not Harvard or Yale and should quit pretending…………..
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I’ve never believed we would see Gurley in a Georgia uniform again. The fact that Emmert goes out of his way, twice, to say based on what we know “today” tells me no announcement or ruling is coming anytime soon. This just confirms my worst fears. It was fun while it lasted. I wish him well in the NFL.
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We all know that anything is possible with the NCAA, so I won’t discount the possibility of your scenario. But I still gotta believe we wouldn’t have even requested reinstatement if we weren’t confident that the answer would be a “yes”. But I gotta admit, every hour that goes by without an announcement makes me a little more nervous.
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I felt the same way as you until reading this statement, and concerned about the timing of it. Why would he even make a comment without announcing the decision, or if UGA was going to make one today or tomorrow? Awkward to say the least. I have never been totally comfortable with the 2 game suspension thought but continue to hope for it like all the rest of us. My bad feeling just got worst with Emmert saying this, what if UGA sent in the request as a “protest to what they expect to hear based on their conversations with the NCAA in Indy? They couldn’t let them take TG out without at least a fight for their guy.
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They damn sure didn’t take this long with Cam’s “ongoing investigation”
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I cannot believe he took the time to make that statement while the NCAA is sitting on the resintatement petition. Emmert is a no talent ass clown.
I am hearing rumors that the NCAA told GA officials it takes about a week to act on a reinstatement petition. Unless, of course, it is Auburn and Cam Newton, and Auburn is playing Georgia that week. In which case it takes just shy of 12 hours to reinstate a player with no further investigation needed.
Meanwhile, the girl who played in the Little League World series is starring in car commercials, and the NCAA took time out to tell her accepting payment for the commercials would not affect her amateur status.
http://swimswam.com/ncaa-allows-mone-davis-paid-ad-maintain-eligibility/
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I completely agree.
The chances are extraordinarily slim that the NCAA even rules on our request in time for Gurley to play against Florida.
Honestly, I’ll be surprised if we get an answer any time before the week of the Auburn game.
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You get all of that out of those comments?
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Raleigh is one in-between the lines readin Mo Fo.
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Since all we can do is fret about a Gurley decision, I am fretting about what it might mean that Swann is fretting about it.
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I am fretting about what today’s tweet from Stacey might mean
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You know Emmett really deserves some praise for how he’s handled this. I think he’s really trying his best to educate mcgarity and athletic administration as a whole. Clearly greg hasn’t learned what’s pretty damn obvious to everyone else in that cooperating with the corrupt and inept bureaucracy that is the NCAA will only get you fucked. Emmert is just doing his best to finally get greg to understand this lesson, and if our heisman candidate running back and potential playoff berth are casualties, well, that’s just a small price to pay for a very valuable lesson.
Btw for those keeping score at home Todd’s missed two games, Jameis, Johnny, and Cam have missed a combined half game. Anyone who thinks this wasn’t the worst possible strategy is delusional.
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Anyone denying this at this stage in the game is just being obstinate.
Working with the NCAA is just an opportunity for them to take a hard line against an institution without working very hard.
In fact, we’ve done all the work for the NCAA. It’s a perfect situation for them.
We investigate. Throw Todd under the bus. Ask for time served. The NCAA proclaims they’ve been working with us. Then drag their feet until they decide to tack more punishment onto the university.
They’re a laughable organization.
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Don’t forget the part about the NCAA throwing the UGA Athletic Dept. under the bus with their press release stating that we had not yet submitted a petition of reinstatement to them. The entire handling of this situation has been a complete fiasco on our part! I was hopeful that by hiring the “right” attorney and giving the appearance of recovering from a shaky start, we would move this thing on to the fast track, but that certainly hasn’t been the case.
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In light of the real issues in Chapel Hill and the evidence that over 1800 student-athletes were involved, and the fact that Gurley has already been punished more than UNC has, we need to go scorched earth on the NCAA’s asses if he’s not back by Saturday.
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That’s nice. I’d call the ncaa’s handling of the Newton, j. Football, Aj green, and Kolton Houston cases reprehensible at best. Damn does Emmert ever suck. How tone deaf can one man be?
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I think like many of you, I was convinced that our brass went up to Indy and quietly worked out a 2 game suspension. We had that odd tweet 2 weeks ago that the NCAA was just waiting for us to ask for reinstatement after the Arkansas game. The fact that it’s been this long and nothing was announced last week makes me think we’re fucked. In another hour or two I may be proven wrong, but it’s Tuesday 7 business days after the Arkansas game and we’re still waiting around. I’m real curious what would have happened if we had a game last weekend. The fact that we had a bye let us all be nonchalant about it for an extra week. But seriously, this should have been put to bed Monday a week ago.
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Now he’s just rubbing salt in the wound. It was fun while it lasted….
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Georgia isn’t challenging the NCAA. Why would they?
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This situation is getting absolutely ridiculous now. We play by the rules and end up getting screwed while other programs flip the NCAA the bird and get off scot free.
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The NCAA is about making money, right? When an entity wants to make money, they draaaaaaaaag out the suspense as long as possible.
This decision isn’t coming today, folks.
(plus, I bet the NC fiasco is having direct bearing on Gurley’s reinstatement, or lack thereof. Making sure all ducks are in a row, being big toughs on all infractions, or deflect from that nightmare by creating suspense with UGA, etc etc etc)
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I say we announce we’re playing Gurley, play Gurley, and keep playing Gurley. The NCAA won’t do a thing about it. We need to stop being the nail and start being the hammer.
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I am one who believed that a deal had been struck for a 2 game suspension. I still believe that. Gurley has served his 2 game suspension. If the NCAA doesn’t make an announcement by game time of the WLOCP, I say play Gurley and if the NCAA threatens to do anything negative to Georgia, sue that worthless organization in USDC Athens (I think we can get venue here) and allege that the NCAA backed out of a deal, file a Motion To Enforce Settlement and seek attorney fees plus damages. A little risky but if those bastards try to play things this way, play hardball with their wimp-asses.
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I didn’t buy into the notion of a “secret” deal and even if that’s what actually transpired it would be another strategic blunder on the part of gm. Here’s why, if the NCAA agreed the punishment was sufficient and Gurley would be eligible after Arkansas, you get that in writing and you make an announcement IMMEDIATELY. to do anything less allows the NCAA to go back on their word. If the NCAA balks at the suggestion you know they’re not working with you in good faith and you need to play hard ball. Hand shake agreements are not enforceable.
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Verbal agreements are enforceable in every state in the US.
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I also bought into the deal being made myself, Mayor. But you make a great point to play Gurley in Jax & stand by that with whatever means necessary. My understanding from 2 weeks ago was that a two game suspension covers the $400 payment anyway. Compared to Johnny & Winston, Gurley & UGA really are getting the ole NCAA shaft.
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From my understanding, the re-instatement paperwork was submitted Thursday. 48 hours is how long it typically takes (according to NCAA) to review and actually re-instate said player (depending on priority of other requests) That 48 hours was Friday and Monday. Count me officially concerned if we don’t hear anything today… but my bet is that we will.
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Sounds like the punishment could be more than 2 games. The question is did UGA have any knowledge of this prior to it coming out and could have a bearing on the games Gurley did play in.
Doubtful if NCAA gives a ruling or determination before UF and even possibly the UK game.
What information did they have to utter the words “very, very commendable job by UGA”. How about a very, very, very fast decision. As Snuffy Smith use to say “time is a wastin”.
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+1 for quoting Snuffy Smith with no detectable irony.
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Tomorrow is Pogo day. Until then the only thing to do is just push down harder
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Love me some Pogo – are you near that town? Some here would say re the Gurley situation, we have met the enemy and he is us. 🙂
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Leave it to the folks at BM to f#*k up any situation. Gurley should be playing. McGarity’s job should be on the line. Emmert should have no choice in the matter. But no. miami, usc, unc, auburn, a&m, etc., etc., walk all over the ncaa. Our a.d. cowers in fear.
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“Free TG3!”
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Your cease and desist letter is in the mail.
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is that C&D letter basically the loophole on how all these guys could be getting paid. Copyright some version on your name. Booster make shirts and sells them. Your parents sue for infringement. Boosters settle and pay the parents on the SAs behalf. NCAA nods in approval.
Just seems like a little extra paperwork to get it done..
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Yes! “Gurl3y” Easy money…for everyone.
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But the C&D letter worked so well for the winklevoss bros. vs. zuckerburg.
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The NCAA needs to release the ruling. When I read that statement I am glad we are not FSU.
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Really? Lol. Seems pretty obvious to me that FSU enjoys the moral high ground in this situation
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Astounding take, but not surprising.
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Mac, you asked me to stop commenting on your garbage posts so I did. Since you apparently can’t return the favor to me, please tell me what’s moral about the way we handled this situation compared to FSU.
I’ll wait.
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Bulldawg165, I’d like to hear your defense of the word “moral” in this case.
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Simple. The rule is, as bluto has already pointed out many times on this blog, unethical at best and illegal at worst. The rule serves no other purpose except to screw over student athletes. FSU defended their athlete from this rule, while we threw ours under the bus. That’s really all that there is to it.
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Fair enough, I made the reply because it was so ridiculous that I felt some might take it as just a bad attempt at humor and I knew differently from your previous comments. By any definition of “moral”, the way the two universities have handled the Gurley and Winston incidents, it isn’t a contest. I am sure both schools have a mission statement or creed that speaks to how they hope to take the students enrolled and enhance them as people to better prepare them for success after they leave. As a parent, not just a CFB fan, I don’t see how anyone doesn’t take issue with the handling of the JW incidents over the past 11 months, and how they wouldn’t admire what UGA has done.
In fact, except on UGA boards from UGA’s own “fans”, I have not heard one single person criticize the UGA approach, nor one praise the FSU approach. Think of that, the rest of the world sees this differently than those who should be the most supportive. I should say, it is a small band who is one the position you stand with, not that being in a minority means you are wrong. And I am somewhat in the minority in thinking the rape allegation was not something that should have been prosecuted based on what information has been released. (You can criticize the TPD for their handling, and maybe the FSU campus police, but I don’t think FSU as an institution missed on that one, except perhaps regarding the timing.)
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“In fact, except on UGA boards from UGA’s own “fans”, I have not heard one single person criticize the UGA approach, nor one praise the FSU approach”
Actions speak louder than words and nearly every other school in recent history has chosen to do the opposite of what we’ve done.
“I don’t see how anyone doesn’t take issue with the handling of the JW incidents over the past 11 months”
I’m not talking about ALL of the incidents with Jameis. I made it very clear that I was referencing this one specific situation. FSU has, inarguably, handled everything else with Winston the wrong way, but that’s irrelevant in this situation.
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By the same logic, I pay taxes in order to avoid going to prison. I would prefer not to pay taxes, but I do it. But, this also makes me a morally superior person to someone who exploits an enforcement loophole to avoid paying the tax that I pay. I guess that’s one way to look at it.
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I’m not sure I understand exactly where you’re going with this. Taxes are, in theory, not designed to screw certain people over (emphasis on in theory). This rule is. Further, Bluto has already pointed out that this rule is potentially illegal.
And, let me go on a bit of a side topic here and say that there’s nothing ethical or patriotic about enabling the behaviors of uncrupulous politicians, and therefore I see nothing wrong with anyone, ANYONE, legally avoiding taxes. The majority of people, from the middle class upward, pay a huge amount of taxes relative to the actual benefits received in nearly every category of gov’t spending. So, IMO, your analogy is pretty weak, but that’s a discussion for another day and I don’t want to hijack this thread and bore everyone to death with my opinions on that 🙂
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The rule, IMHO, is not only potentially illegal, it is so indefensible that it could not stand up in court in just about any jurisdiction in the nation. The arguments against it are basically the same ones raised in the O’Bannon case. The only reason the rule already has not been overturned judicially by O’Bannon is that the O’Bannon case facts and allegations didn’t line up exactly with this particular rule.
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Wholeheartedly agree, Mayor.
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My point was to lampoon the idea that UGA complying with NCAA rules is a moral position, rather than a position to avoid forfeiting games and/or keep its best players eligible as much as possible.
Similarly, I view paying taxes as a morally neutral act. I only pay taxes to avoid punishment in the same way that UGA investigates Gurley only to avoid additional penalties that may arise from a failure to investigate.
So, it’s stupid to argue that UGA has the moral high ground over FSU, Auburn, or TAMU on the subject of autographs. It would be equally stupid to argue that a person who pays a 20% effective tax rate is morally superior to a person who pays 15%.
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Fair enough. Suffice it to say that I misunderstood you then, Hacker. As far as the whole investigation goes though, I don’t see why it had to go farther than this:
UGAA to Gurley: Did you accept payment for signing autographs?
Gurley: Nope.
UGAA to Bryan Allen: Do you have proof that he accepted payment for signing autographs?
Bryan Allen: Nope.
UGAA: Gurley’s in the clear!
I get that this is a bit of a simplification, but come on! What did we need to do beyond that to meet our investigative requirements and avoid penalties/vacated wins? Why did we seemingly go above and beyond that?
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I would hope that if TG and Allen answered each question “Nope” then we would do as you suggest. I fear that TG answered, “Yep.”
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I think there’s an argument that so long as Georgia has agreed to be a member of the NCAA, it has agreed to follow the rules of that institution, even the ones we all agree are not good rules. If it can’t, it should resign – and I’d be okay with that, except who would that hurt, to do that in the middle of the season?
There are horrible restraints of trade in every corner of our economy, many of which impact a lot of people, including a lot of poor people, but it doesn’t keep us from eating sugar or buying cars made from steel or a hamburger made by someone making minimum wage (whose artificially high wages have been proven to decrease employment among the poor).
Sometimes the unintended consequence of hopping up on your soapbox isn’t worth the penalty it might inflict on those around you whose well-being you are responsible for, and often it hurts the very person you were trying to protect.
If Georgia wants to do the right thing by its contract with the NCAA, the other players on its team and the teams it plays who have not profited from their signatures, and its fans, it ought to try and abide by the rules as best it can, regardless of what other schools are doing – we’re not responsible for how they choose to operate, we’re responsible for ourselves.
This is not a case of not “sticking up” for Gurley – I think they’ve done an admirable job of that. And it’s not like anyone’s trying to deport the kid or throw him in jail. They’re surely also concerned about the other kids in the program and tens of thousands of others affiliated with UGA don’t suffer unduly for one person’s profit simply because we all want some red meat and want to blow the NCAA up.
Again, I would have the upmost respect for Georgia if it was the first to withdraw from the NCAA after the playoffs or bowl game this year. And I also agree it’s important to break bad laws (organizations are voluntary, laws are not) out of principle, provided I’m the one who bears the lion’s share of the risk or penalty.
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“so long as Georgia has agreed to be a member of the NCAA, it has agreed to follow the rules of that institution, even the ones we all agree are not good rules. If it can’t, it should resign”
If you want to approach this situation from an idealistic point of view, that’s fine, but you and I both know that this statement isn’t the least bit practical. Sometimes the realities of a situation force you to choose between the lesser of two evils. Telling the NCAA to shut up or prove transgressions is clearly the lesser evil here, as opposed to doing all of the investigative work for them to assist in enforcing an unethical (and potentially illegal) rule.
“There are horrible restraints of trade in every corner of our economy, many of which impact a lot of people”
Misdeeds/unfair practices in one area cannot be used to justify and accept them in another area.
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“…Telling the NCAA to shut up or prove transgressions is clearly the lesser evil here.”
I don’t think I agree with that. In a vacuum, perhaps you’re right. But I don’t think it’s okay to tell your kids to follow certain rules and say we belong to this organization that requires XYZ and then sweep things under the rug. You’d have to do that a lot, not just in this one case, and I really do think just quitting the NCAA would be preferable to that. First and foremost, I don’t think it’s fair to the other players on our team and the teams we play to basically tell the other kids they’re suckers for not making their own cash on the side or flaunting any other rule that’s inconvenient, but it’s okay for Gurley.
“Misdeeds/unfair practices in one area cannot be used to justify and accept them in another area.”
Agreed. My point was that, like you say above, the lesser of the two evils is a decision we have to make every day. So the choice here was (a) ignore the NCAA rules we’ve agreed to follow, possibly vacate wins, and teach the other kids to do whatever they please despite what their coaches tell them or (b) sit Gurley.
Especially given that Gurley / UGA didn’t publicly announce that they were going to violate the rule out of principle prior to doing it, it makes them less credible to grouse about the rule after the fact.
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“But I don’t think it’s okay to tell your kids to follow certain rules and say we belong to this organization that requires XYZ and then sweep things under the rug”
I never advocated sweeping things under the rug or telling other kids that they’re suckers for not doing it. I said that if there’s proof he received money, suspend him. If not, tell the NCAA to shove it. There’s no need to do the NCAA’s job for them, though.
It’s one thing to disobey a rule. It’s quite another to go out of your way to investigate and tattle on others (or your own players). That’s all I’m saying.
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They abided by the rules when they heard the accusation, suspened him after asking if it was true then investigated to comply with the rules (loosely: If it is known to the institution and they don’t suspend then all the team’s games can be forfeited). An investigation is required to see if he broke the rules. Not investigating is playing Russian Roulette with the season and the school.
No one was going out of the way to investigate.
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“No one was going out of the way to investigate.”
Fair enough (as far as we know at this point). I’m a bit guilty here of referencing a different situation where we actually handed over AJ Green’s bank statements even though they were completely irrelevant to the accusations lobeed at him (he allegedly attended an agent’s party in Miami if I recall correctly). At this point, we have no evidence that the UGAA did anything so ridiculous with Gurley’s situation. Wouldn’t surprise me in the least though.
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Cosmic, I wholeheartedly agree. I don’t like the NCAA or a lot of their rules. But if you agree to abide by them, you should do it. There is nothing moral about being dishonest in this situation. I want Gurley cleared, but the truth is that he broke a rule and is showing a lot of maturity by taking his medicine like a man.
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Woohoo! I’m not in the minority fringe this time. TG3 is my generational favorite player of my life and I want to see him play very soon but my new positive outlook actually is helping. But #FreeGurley
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Raising the minimum wage has not proven to increase unemployment. The actual experience is the opposite. The states and cities that have a higher minimum wage than the national minimum wage have not seen an increase in unemployment. Otherwise I agree with your post. If we accept the benefits of NCAA membership (which include having UF, GT, Auburn, Alabama, etc. available as opponents) then we accept the rules that require us to monitor to make sure players are eligible. If Gurley told UGA that he did accept money we have to act on that admission.
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So what happens when ole Bennett tells the UGAA to screw themselves? Nothing? Thought so.
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Now are you speaking about “morality” or “what’s gives the best outcome” ? Because they are not always the same.
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Or when Bennett asks the UGA AA to provide proof Gurley assigned the right to enforce Gurley’s claim for appropriation of his name to the UGA AA?
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“From the facts that we know TODAY, PUBLICLY, Georgia’s behavior has been commendable,” Emmert said in an interview with the Associated Press Monday. “They, apparently, saw something that concerned them, and they dealt with it directly and their athletic department seems to have handled that very, very appropriately based on what we know TODAY.” (My uppercase)
From the facts that we know today, publicly…what does that even mean?
Does this mean the facts that we are talking about in public? Or the facts that Georgia has reported to us and we are talking about publicly?
Based on what we know today…as opposed to what we might know tomorrow?
I hope I am reading bullshit into typically inept bureaucratic use of language.
To me this statement creates more questions than it answers.
Course I admit I am in the early stages of the Georgia-Florida Week Jitters.
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“NCAA rules prohibit any individual or organization from selling commercial items that include names and/or images of current student-athletes…”
First of all, how is that accurate at all. Second, Why should Peyton Bennett give a shit about NCAA rules? He’s not a participant in anything governed by the NCAA. So what rule are they actually trying to enforce against Peyton Bennet? If I were him, I would write a responsive letter to Steve Flippen:
Dear Steve:
If you have a legal basis (i.e., like Todd Gurley has)as to why you are entitled to demand that I cease the production and sale of memorabilia bearing the image, likeness or brand of Todd Gurley, by all means, include it in your response to this letter for my review. Otherwise, you may feel free to shit in one hand, wish in the other, and see which one fills up faster.
Kind regards,
Mister Bennet
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I’m not a lawyer, we’ve got plenty of them around here, but I would assume that since a S-A signs away his rights to the school (which is governed by the NCAA) then the school is in a position to sue “on behalf of Todd Gurley”. In other words, Mister Bennett is stealing UGA’s rights, and they can bring him to court. And they should. Bad enough to be abused by the school, Gurley should not have his “property” stolen by others too.
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That may be true, but then why not say that in the letter? Claiming to have a property interest in Todd Gurley’s likeness would be a much stronger basis for a demand letter than some vague NCAA rule that kinda sorta indirectly might possibly apply to someone who isn’t affiliated in any way with the NCAA.
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Exactly. A cease & desist letter is sent prior to filing a lawsuit to defend your protected image.
The NCAA doesn’t own Gurley (allegedly) and/or his image. Thus, they have zero standing to actually demand someone to cease & desist and/or bring a suit to protect Gurley’s image until they have some sort of interest in Gurley outside of their own bylaws.
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Meanwhile, again back on the farm, after yesterday’s domestic violence claims against Karlos Williams, starting running back for FSU, there is now news he organized an armed robbery this summer after selling drugs…
Here is betting Jimbo Fisher slams the reports and compares him to the Messiah.
http://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/local/2014/10/28/fsus-karlos-williams-named-in-drug-deal-robbey-case/18050625/
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He’ll be the Sacrificial Lamb which will prove to the world that he runs a very disciplined, no nonsense program.
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There is nothing to see here. Jimbo already told you how great his players are. You need to look north to Athens. That’s where all the trouble is. Totally out of control.
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I like that he refused to call the TPD or stop by and visit so they decided to not pursue it any further, while the other guy was picked up and charged. And how nice of the TPD to start calling his girlfriend once he stopped taking there calls, I thought they just went by and threw you in a car and carried you in if they wanted to talk.
Next time he should call for a police escort when he plans to rob someone incase something bad happens.
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Word is that TPD has imported brand new improved replacment detectives to get to the bottom of why FSU knows that quaint notions of compliance are outdated
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How could anyone (inside Butts-Mehre or elsewhere) have anticipated any result other than this?
This is what happens EVERY TIME Georgia acts as the NCAA’s investigation and enforcement arm against its own players and then hopes the NCAA will reward their loyal service.
The NCAA is a toothless, senile agency whose actions rarely make sense. To continually do its job for it — to the detriment of your own players and teams — is beyond stupid.
But the fantasy of the NCAA acting in Georgia’s favor because Georgia operated with what the NCAA deems “due diligence?” It would be laughable, if it wasn’t infuriating. Again: what did McGarity (and those who have publicly defended his disastrous handling of this fiasco) expect??
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100% spot on. It’s unbelievable that we keep coming back for the same beating time after time after time.
If I were a betting man, I’d put money on Gurley not playing this Saturday because the NCAA hasn’t issued a ruling.
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I hate to agree bc I’m trying to be as positive as I can be about this season even though I love TG3. But you’re right. After the Miami fiasco the NCAA has no investigative ability. If UGA doesn’t do their job for them they are powerless.
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Dear Steve,
I commend the way you have handled the situation. I will get back to you once Gurley is re-instated and my sells drop. Just act like I work for the NCAA and I will take my time and you won’t do anything about it.
Thanks,
Mr. Bennet
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I have said it on here many times. The NCAA has not forgiven us for breaking thier monopoly on TV rights for football games. We will always get the shaft from them.
I may be wrong, but I fully expect the NCAA not to say anything until atleast Friday. I expect them to say that they are reviewing the case. Then I expect silence for another two weeks. He will get a minimum of a four game suspension (or a two week suspension after he has already missed four games). I would not be surprised if this drags out until after the Auburn game.
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I fully expect all of that to happen.
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Damning with faint praise while the NCAA spends the rest of the year investigating about when we knew about the autograph situation.
Play him.
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regardless of our well laid thoughts, plans and predictions, this all now seemingly lies ni the capable hands of Mr. McGarity. MY suspicion is that Gurley has been reinstated already, hence Emmerts cryptic quote. Gurley, Richt, and ADGM have been notified, but told to be quiet. Richt will make the announcement to the team this afternoon, and then McGarity or CMR one, they will make a statement after practice; kind of a public ass kissing that swears allegiance to the NC-double azzholes….whoever makes the reinstatement announcement will say something about how they “want to thank the NCAA for their hard work and perseverance on this unfortunate case…” blah, blah, blah….we will have to sit through the pomp and circumstance of honoring the a dying old man, just to stay in the will.
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Moe, I don’t know where your “suspicions” originate, but I hope it’s in a very solid place. All of Dawgdom will be howling if it’s true.
Meanwhile, Jimbo feels a cold chill run up his spine at the NCAA’s lauding of Georgia’s self-imposed suspension. For Jimbo, it’s ominous. I hope he ends up living under a bridge on I-10.
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Goodness GM certainly gets credit for being a very powerful man in the athletic department. Grazier doesn’t meet with GM until after he has had a sit down with Shipley. Our IPF will have Shipley’s fingerprints all over it and it’s function will be spread out over different sports. You can bet that the track folks will get some love. A lot of love, lol.
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Save the high profile “Commendable” stuff for later , What about Gurley? Why does always have to be about you ? You can be “quite the fellows” later!
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Okay. I am surprised the C and D letter isn’t striking up more fan fare than what it is. It should be absolutely okay for Mr. Bennett to absolutely use the last name Gurley or Girley or Gurl3y whatever on his tshirts. I’d a fired a letter back to Mr. Flippen that says my cousin is in Jail and I am raising awareness for him. Last I checked there are a record of more than a million plus people who hold that last name so their C and D letter doesn’t hold water. That’s like saying someone with the last name Harley or last name Davidson…what I couldn’t say Free Harley Or Free Davidson….come on people. America has been dumbed down you people can’t even think for yourselves anymore. I’d a said screw UGA…sued then won. Capitalism is dead when you allow something that has no control over you to run your ways to make extra money because you had an idea. I applaud Mr. Peyton Bennett…..and yes I could understand using the G or any likeness associated with the university. Names are not trademarked people. Go back and study law…this was a poor attempt by the University at Policing something.
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Go back and study law…this was a poor attempt by the University at Policing something.
Whoa! Slow down Matlock!
Somewhere in that letter the NCAA prohibits it and requires the University to take steps to cease the sales of such items. Perhaps Officer Flippen is not playing PoPo but keeping us in compliance?
I had the pleasure of listening to some first year law students discuss this over grilled steaks.
This is what I gleaned: The NCAA and UGA can’t do anything to the guy. They can’t really prevent Gurley from profiting on his name/likeness either other than revoking his eligibility. If he didn’t care about that, he could make as much money as he wanted.
IF Gurley trademarked his name (Similar to Johnny Football and Kenny Trill) then HE could tell Bennet to stop or face the legal consequences.
Other than that, everyone can kiss Bennets butt. Now while I have never actually studied law, I have paid some that have. My attempts at playing lawyer were poorly received by them. So take everything I post with a grain of salt. It is free.
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All the angst presented here doesn’t touch the burning hot UGA fan issue here. It is the UGA/FU week in Jax. A dealer , who is a FU fan, ratted out the best player in America to keep him out of the upcoming game. If the NCAA doesn’t respond soon, the ahole will succeed.
Ain’t that enough?
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Senator, I’m surprised you haven’t weighed in on the C and D letter.
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