The University of Georgia received a call from the NCAA late this afternoon, requesting permission to send investigators onto campus to conduct an "inquiry."
UGA associate athletic director Claude Felton confirmed the call to the AJC. He said UGA officials told the NCAA that the school will cooperate fully in the matter.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution: NCAA will make inquiry at Georgia
Sounds like UGA is up next. I imagine they won't be the last ones either. Whether they are legitimate or not I don't know, but for what it's worth I think just about every SEC school outside of Vandy and Kentucky have some guys rumored to be involved in this.
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by bearbryantwonit on Jul 21, 2010 6:32 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
That could be huge...
A source closely connected to Georgia’s athletic department tells TMZ the wide receiver allegedly attended a party at the Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami on Memorial Day weekend. Partying alone isn’t a crime under NCAA rules — Green is 21 years old — but if someone (like an agent or financial advisor) paid for anything related to Green’s trip … that could be a violation.
Keep in mind that Green has explicitly denied he was there and that he was instead back home in South Carolina. That’s fine if he was, but if he didn’t he’s in deep.
"Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself." -- Milton Friedman
by outsidethesidelines on Jul 21, 2010 7:19 PM CDT up reply actions
how reliable is TMZ regarding a college football story like this?
where were they during the USC scandal or the expansion talk that made Chip Brown a wealthy man?
"Yeah, it's Tennessee, that's the way it is sometimes." - Corey Zickefoose, Pulitzer Prize winner and robbery victim
"This is not the end. This is the beginning." - The Great and Powerful Saban
by Thomas Walker Esq on Jul 21, 2010 7:36 PM CDT up reply actions
No doubt there...
… but even so the point remains that Green had better be telling the truth.
"Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself." -- Milton Friedman
by outsidethesidelines on Jul 21, 2010 7:52 PM CDT up reply actions
i'm inclined to offer him the
same benefit of the doubt that we extended to Dareus’s story for the same “ramifications” reasoning. But giving them the “benefit” of the doubt isn’t against NCAA rules is it?
That white stuff on the top of chickencrap...... is chickencrap.
trash
You’ve been on the puns all night.
Really, though, nothing beats “utterpass.”
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--Roy Blount, Jr.
by animalcracker on Jul 21, 2010 8:20 PM CDT up reply actions
Start a Poll
Who’s next: LSU? I’m pretty certain no Auburn player was invited. :)
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Perhaps not...
… believe it or not there are Auburn rumors out there too. Again, I’ve seen rumors for literally every SEC school aside from Arkansas, Kentucky, and Vanderbilt. Even MSU and Ole Miss. Who knows if they are true, but they are out there.
"Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself." -- Milton Friedman
by outsidethesidelines on Jul 21, 2010 7:18 PM CDT up reply actions
What is this?
a fucking witch hunt?
NCAA: she turned me into a newt! Burn her!!!!
Seriously, why start all this now? They’ve been blissful in their ignorance up to this point.
"Yeah, it's Tennessee, that's the way it is sometimes." - Corey Zickefoose, Pulitzer Prize winner and robbery victim
"This is not the end. This is the beginning." - The Great and Powerful Saban
by Thomas Walker Esq on Jul 21, 2010 7:09 PM CDT reply actions
Some people say "If you can't beat them, join them". I say "If you can't beat them, beat them", because they will be expecting you to join them, so you will have the element of surprise.
by BamaHadMeAtHello on Jul 21, 2010 7:19 PM CDT up reply actions
holy shit,
for a second I thought that was Phil Fulmer in the back
"Yeah, it's Tennessee, that's the way it is sometimes." - Corey Zickefoose, Pulitzer Prize winner and robbery victim
"This is not the end. This is the beginning." - The Great and Powerful Saban
by Thomas Walker Esq on Jul 21, 2010 7:34 PM CDT up reply actions
That is exactly what i was thinking
Is this all because of the whole Bush ordeal? Does the NCAA feel sorry for USC? My guess would be someone tip the NCAA that something had transpired and needed looking into. I don’t think I have ever seen this many institutions dealing with investigations from the NCAA in the same conference…with the exception of UNC. Am I wrong about this?
" I should keep my words soft and sweet in case I have to eat them."
My guess would be someone tip the NCAA that something had transpired and needed looking into.
Well, the fact that Marvin Austin was tweeting while drunk inside the club at 3:00 AM probably helped them figure it out.
"Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself." -- Milton Friedman
by outsidethesidelines on Jul 21, 2010 7:36 PM CDT up reply actions
drunk tweeting?
next you’re gonna tell me these crazy kids also get behind the wheel of a car when they’re drunk?
h/t Carlos Dunlap
"Yeah, it's Tennessee, that's the way it is sometimes." - Corey Zickefoose, Pulitzer Prize winner and robbery victim
"This is not the end. This is the beginning." - The Great and Powerful Saban
by Thomas Walker Esq on Jul 21, 2010 7:38 PM CDT up reply actions
Oh...
I don’t have access to Twitter deployed…didn’t know he was tweeting from the club…lol
The GOV has us on lock down…almost.
" I should keep my words soft and sweet in case I have to eat them."
"OPSEC is everyone's responsibility"
[yawn]
That white stuff on the top of chickencrap...... is chickencrap.
What's even more amazing...
we have the whole media blackout thing going on, but I can pull up stories about my location on the web. But, shhhhh….were not here
" I should keep my words soft and sweet in case I have to eat them."
yeah
i havent seen a thing listed as “Secret” in my job that cannot be found with a good search engine.
That white stuff on the top of chickencrap...... is chickencrap.
Yep...very true
The one thing that bothers me is the fact they didn’t tell us about the blackout until we got here….so everyone I know on Facebook knows where I’m at…lol
" I should keep my words soft and sweet in case I have to eat them."
Per Andy Staples...
One piece of evidence in the NCAA’s arsenal is a Twitter message sent by North Carolina defensive tackle Marvin Austin at 3:07 a.m. on May 29. “I live In club LIV so I get the tenant rate…bottles comin like its a giveaway,” Austin wrote. LIV is a 30,000-square-foot club located in the Fontainbleau hotel in Miami Beach. Its Web site claims the club “offers its guests the definitive Miami nightlife experience.” Austin’s tweet quotes lyrics from a song by rapper Rick Ross.
"Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself." -- Milton Friedman
by outsidethesidelines on Jul 21, 2010 7:53 PM CDT up reply actions
A few more...
Click here if that image doesn’t go to the full size.
"Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself." -- Milton Friedman
by outsidethesidelines on Jul 21, 2010 8:00 PM CDT up reply actions
Guess I'm not allowed to see either one....
warning, warning “you are attempting to view unauthorized media content”
" I should keep my words soft and sweet in case I have to eat them."
sweet holy hell...
every freshman student athlete should be required to read this article by mike tanier and undergo testing on it’s primary points before being allowed within 100 feet of any device hooked to the internet.
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And if you really want the dirty on his Twitter account...
Fair warning though, absolutely none of this is safe for work. I can tell you right now that you will get in deep shit immediately with your boss et. al if you click this link. Make sure you’re at home before you do, and that no kids are around. You’ve been warned.
"Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself." -- Milton Friedman
by outsidethesidelines on Jul 21, 2010 8:05 PM CDT up reply actions
No problem man...
… I didn’t want you to get in trouble, I know the military can be a restrictive.
"Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself." -- Milton Friedman
by outsidethesidelines on Jul 21, 2010 8:09 PM CDT up reply actions
Only the Army and Marines...
the Air Force just doesn’t give a fuck! We can go on Facebook, Twitter, Youtube…
First of all, there is another branch you seem to have forgotten. Secondofly, it’s because nobody cares about the Air Force.
now guys, play nice
here at rbr we take pride in and support all four branches of our nations armed forces. each and every man and woman that serves in them is an unqualified badass in our view and if our humble blogging efforts makes their active duty that much easier to endure, we feel we’ve actually accomplished something of worth.
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each and every man and woman that serves in them is an unqualified badass in our view
Obviously you’ve never served. Because anyone who knows me and thinks that I am a “badass” is seriously disturbed, and I met dudes in all branches (even Marines) that even I would think are huge weenies.
That said, despite any inter-service rivalries we may have, I still respect all who have honorably served even if they’re weenies.
then you are a weenie that has served
which automatically makes you infinitely more badass than me.
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speak for yourself...
I’m a badass.
That white stuff on the top of chickencrap...... is chickencrap.
I didn’t say that everyone who has served is a weenie, just that serving in the military doesn’t guarantee that you’re a badass. Likewise, just because someone didn’t serve it doesn’t mean that they’re not badass.
bump...man....
i am kidding. holy moly.
That white stuff on the top of chickencrap...... is chickencrap.
Man, that Koi-porn was priceless. Makes me want to drop a few benjamins...
…wait, that just sounds too white.
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by AlabamaJammer on Jul 21, 2010 8:28 PM CDT up reply actions
here's a story in the raleigh paper's website
about austin’s twitter problems that explains some of the photos and such were on other people’s twitter feeds. and those feeds, i might add, are still very much active.
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judging players
It seems like we are really quick to jump on some kids’ cases and label them as ‘bad apples’ when they mess up with bar fights or DUIs or whatever considering all the hard work they put in every week. That being said, Austin seems like a punk. And he’s not just making problems for his teams, but our team and others’ teams as well.
Fight on, fight on, fight on men! Remember the Rose Bowl, we’ll win then.
OMG
I know we aren’t out of the woods yet on this, but I just can’t imagine one of our boys tweeting like this. Can you imagine if this kid had to face CNS? Not saying that his own coah will be thrilled, but our Dak Lord would litterally make this kid’s head asplode!
Roll Tide!
by rolltidefromaz on Jul 21, 2010 10:14 PM CDT up reply actions
Mark Ingram had a twitter, but disabled it
and Greg’s twitter was so good during the NFL draft, ESPN is already calling him to replace Kiper/McShay/Herbstreit
"Yeah, it's Tennessee, that's the way it is sometimes." - Corey Zickefoose, Pulitzer Prize winner and robbery victim
"This is not the end. This is the beginning." - The Great and Powerful Saban
by Thomas Walker Esq on Jul 21, 2010 10:18 PM CDT up reply actions
rbr policy via our twitter feed
is to actively avoid players feeds. the exceptions are the ones of former players and current players who have a high-profile feed (such as greg’s which was noted for it’s commentary during the draft).
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This agent will be impaled and placed at the gate of college football .
Hope he enjoyed the ride.
Some people say "If you can't beat them, join them". I say "If you can't beat them, beat them", because they will be expecting you to join them, so you will have the element of surprise.
by BamaHadMeAtHello on Jul 21, 2010 7:21 PM CDT reply actions
Yep . . .
this one is too big for someone not to lose their head.
i had the same thought
it is really pissing me off!
"You have to create 6 seconds of hell each play..."
Coach Nick Saban
The ol' David Pollack vs. TMZ credibility stand off . . .
Will have historic ramification no doubt. Get your popcorn and gather around.
If you're wondering "why now?" or "why so many?"
You need to be reading the bylaw blog which is the blog of a (presumed) NCAA compliance officer. His/her basic take is that the agents/amateurism arm of the NCAA is pretty new and until now they’ve been just building up a critical mass of knowledge about how the agent game is played and who the major players of that game are.
He also suggests that there are more anonymous tips when it’s obvious that the NCAA will do something about them, so in the wake of the USC ruling, they’re more likely to get tips about agents.
Combine those two and you have anonymous tip + better operational understanding of the mechanics = a whole lot of hell raining down on the college football world for the next few weeks.
I'm wrong all the time.
and that certainly reflects the comments made by the investigations folks
to reporters when interviewed in the wake of the unc case.
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That's because I was quoting Rachel Newman-Baker
Head of the Agents, Gambling, and Amateurism Activities staff.
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by Compliance Guy on Jul 21, 2010 11:03 PM CDT up reply actions
Nevermind, I was misquoted
And I think I was misquoted by myself.
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by Compliance Guy on Jul 22, 2010 1:18 AM CDT up reply actions
it happens...
but if it makes you feel any better, it was pretty much exactly the same conclusion i came to after penning this rbr article earlier in the week.
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I sure wish they could have rained this down
back when our team wasn’t stocked full of first round draft picks
On the other hand, I definitely prefer the people we have in charge now over the ones in charge back then so maybe it’s a wash.
back when we were on probation, you mean
um… no thanks.
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Interesting...
From Mark Schlabach on Twitter:
UGA sources told me yesterday that A.J. Green was questioned by brass and said he has never been to Miami. They thought he was telling truth.
Maybe I’m an idiot reading entirely too much into this. Maybe Schlabach didn’t mean anything by it. Nevertheless, notice the past tense in the final sentence. “Thought” he was telling the truth, not “thinks” he is telling the truth. Maybe that’s nothing, but maybe not.
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by outsidethesidelines on Jul 21, 2010 8:43 PM CDT reply actions
i think you are reading too much into it
the news today was spurred by the ncaa phone call. the wording seems to explain why it wasn’t more than this before now.
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Marcell led under false pretenses per AL.com
As his mother lay dying in her Birmingham home, Marcell Dareus couldn’t cope. He had to get away.
It was the middle of May. Spring classes at the University of Alabama were over. Summer classes and football conditioning didn’t start until early June.
Along came an invitation from a friend to fly to Miami. The chance to hang out in South Beach sounded good, so off Dareus went to chill in the sun, sand and warm water.
Little did the star Alabama defensive end know what kind of hot water he was about to get into, according to sources close to the Dareus family.
Alabama officials are investigating the trip in the wake of reports that the visit included a stop at an agent-related party. Contact with an agent can jeopardize a player’s eligibility. Dareus has not been questioned by the NCAA, a source close to his family said.
Dareus attended the party but claims he was lured to Miami under a false pretense, a source close to the family said. When Dareus discovered there were agents at the party, he asked to leave. Then he received grim news that his mother, Michelle Luckey, had died, and he abruptly returned to Birmingham.
Fumbles. It was always Fumbles
Also important
The plane fare to Miami was paid for by Austin, but when Dareus arrived in Miami, he paid Austin for the ticket and received a receipt, the source said. Austin also arranged for a hotel room, but the source said Dareus did not use the room.
Fumbles. It was always Fumbles
Caught me before I posted that.
I’ll admit I don’t know anything about the NCAA rules, but I would hope if the above is true then he will not face any suspension and the case is resolved from the Bama perspective.
It may be idyllic analysis on my part.
It's not what you've done but what you are doing that matters.
And the roses in this grand ol' stadium are once again Crimson. - Eli Gold, CTSN Broadcast of the BCS Championship Game at the Rose Bowl, 1-7-2010
by AlabamaJammer on Jul 21, 2010 9:48 PM CDT up reply actions
Post up on the front page now...
"Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself." -- Milton Friedman
by outsidethesidelines on Jul 21, 2010 10:19 PM CDT up reply actions
I would like to see
a timeline. Does anyone know the date that his mom died? I thought I heard that it was a week or two before the party, not while he was there.
Some people say "If you can't beat them, join them". I say "If you can't beat them, beat them", because they will be expecting you to join them, so you will have the element of surprise.
by BamaHadMeAtHello on Jul 21, 2010 9:56 PM CDT up reply actions
Cue the music!
“Got to admit it’s getting better… It’s getting better all the time…!”
Cautious optimism, yeah, but still…!
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