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Significant announcement at GT

  • stonedwall said...

    zach klein outta WSB in ATL has tweeted the violations revolve around alleged gifts received by bay bay and morgan burnett. a friggin SHIRT and WATCH!!! jesus, guys!!!

    https://twitter.com/#!/ZachKleinWSB/status/91515551553306624

    the only way this gets huge is if the coaching staff knew about it and covered it up. if they reported it as soon as they heard word then they've done all they can do considering it was two players doing this on their own--which they DAMN sure knew better!

    if we get busted big for a damn shirt and watch . . .

    If true that would be unfortunate. But here is the Law according to Yukonwreck---never trust a kid that leaves school early for the pros. It is the defining moment that he was never a "student athlete" to begin with.

    Yukonwreck

  • pckl300 said...

    I don't think so.

    Depends on what it is. If it's some UNC or OSU type of crap then he needs to go. If it's the agent giving a watch and t-shirt then that's something else. If it was the case where it was the agent and PJ found out about it and let them play anyway then he needs to go (essentially same thing Tressel did).

    This post was edited by phatman30318 on 7/14/2011 at 11:07 AM

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  • stonedwall said...

    zach klein outta WSB in ATL has tweeted the violations revolve around alleged gifts received by bay bay and morgan burnett. a friggin SHIRT and WATCH!!! jesus, guys!!!

    https://twitter.com/#!/ZachKleinWSB/status/91515551553306624

    the only way this gets huge is if the coaching staff knew about it and covered it up. if they reported it as soon as they heard word then they've done all they can do considering it was two players doing this on their own--which they DAMN sure knew better!

    if we get busted big for a damn shirt and watch . . .

    I just checked ESPN and there's not even a mention on their College Football page, just more info about an ongoing investigation at Auburn which leads me to believe not a big deal.

    A watch and a shirt? It shouldn't be a big deal. If both players received anything like a Rolex, it would've gotten around the team quickly and I can't imagine PJ ignoring something like that. If he did, I agree with others he should be ushered out the door. But, like I said, I doubt a scenario like that played out.

    I expect D Rad to come out and maintain the integrity of GT and the fact that they didn't know anybody received anything. I bet he'll also comment on what can possibly be done about agents on college campuses.......

    And when I checked the AJC they were in super sensationalize mode......

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  • Hopefully this will be a minor situation that can't be worked through with minimal pain.

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  • 680 said rumors are that the NCAA will take away our '09 championship. Can't imagine that they'd do that based on these two gifts.

    Yazoo

  • Yazoo said...

    680 said rumors are that the NCAA will take away our '09 championship. Can't imagine that they'd do that based on these two gifts.

    That sounds insane. IF it's the case, Ohio State deserves the Death Penalty.

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  • bradley's twitter page has some details:

    http://twitter.com/#!/MarkBradleyAJC

    buzzgamefilm

  • Confederatebuzz said...

    That sounds insane. IF it's the case, Ohio State deserves the Death Penalty.

    Ohio State DESERVES the death penalty irrespective of the veracity of our alleged infractions. But a dozen factory programs have deserved the death penalty and haven't gotten it. I honestly think the death penalty will never be used again.

    Yukonwreck

  • the AJC has updated their blog posting. picture's getting a little clearer . . .

    definitely revolves around burnett and thomas. both have come out and said they didn't do anything improper. NCAA says the violations are minor BUT we didn't cooperate as much as they would have liked in their investigation of the matter. huhhhh? WTH does that mean? would we really be so obtuse in such a matter or are they trying to make an example outta us because of all that's gone down as of late? god, i hope not.

    stonedwall

  • buzzgamefilm said...

    bradley's twitter page has some details:

    http://twitter.com/#!/MarkBradleyAJC

    no postseason ban or loss of schollies sounds fine by me!!! then, it truly will be just a wrist slap with minor bruising.

    This post was edited by stonedwall on 7/14/2011 at 12:32 PM

    stonedwall

  • Yukonwreck said...

    If true that would be unfortunate. But here is the Law according to Yukonwreck---never trust a kid that leaves school early for the pros. It is the defining moment that he was never a "student athlete" to begin with.

    I concur.

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  • Jim Hart said...

    Hopefully this will be a minor situation that can't be worked through with minimal pain.

    in terms of the violations themselves, jim, i think you're right.

    according to AJC, the alleged violations are minor--not major. so, we wouldn't be committing the sin of a MAJOR violation before 2010.

    now, as for the brouhaha over us not cooperating as "enthusiastically" as the NCAA would like, i don't know how they adjudicate that kinda claim. guess it depends on who was not jumping to. i have a suspicion if we were seriously stonewalling an investigation that would have leaked out in some capacity.

    This post has been edited 2 times, most recently by stonedwall on 7/14/2011 at 12:47 PM

    stonedwall

  • link for watching the tech response presser with prez and AD at 4:30 today:

    http://www.gatech.edu/ncaa-response/

    stonedwall

  • anyone know what would happen if scholarships were taken away?

    I assume we would be forced to offer X number of scholarships less than we normally would next year?

    techtwelve

  • techtwelve said...

    anyone know what would happen if scholarships were taken away?

    I assume we would be forced to offer X number of scholarships less than we normally would next year?

    to answer your question directly, i'm not 100% sure.

    to interject, after seeing the allegations--which are minor violations--and, reading around i just don't see how they dock us schollies. i know the NCAA wants to seem relevant these days, but they'd be hard pressed to justify taking schollies from us over a damn watch and shirt.

    This post was edited by stonedwall on 7/14/2011 at 1:22 PM

    stonedwall

  • stone, you got a link to the allegations?

    buzzgamefilm

  • buzzgamefilm said...

    stone, you got a link to the allegations?

    all i've got is what's been reported by the AJC.com:

    http://blogs.ajc.com/georgia-tech-sports/2011/07/14/significant-announcement-expected-at-georgia-tech/

    they keep updating the original blog post.

    latest from mark bradley at AJC.com:

    http://blogs.ajc.com/mark-bradley-blog/2011/07/14/heres-what-im-hearing-about-georgia-tech-and-the-ncaa/

    bradley says he's been led to believe no one will be fired, no loss of schollies, no bowl ban.

    BUTTT, now this . . .

    CBS sports blogger named murphy is saying we'll vacate our '09 ACC champ and morgan and thomas were ineligible.

    http://brett-mcmurphy.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/29532522/30613412?ttag=gen10_on_all_fb_na_txt_0001

    who knows what to believe at this point!!! i can't wait till 4:30 presser . . . ugh!!!

    stonedwall

  • srschirm said...

    CPJ isn't perfect, many of us have tried telling y'all this....

    you can hate on CPJ's offense all you want, but he did absolutely NOTHING wrong according to what's in the NCAA reports. any blame falls on the shoulders of those in compliance and up the chain and NO ONE on the football coaching staff.

    This post was edited by stonedwall on 7/14/2011 at 2:21 PM

    stonedwall

  • Tech fined $100,000, forced to vacate 2009 ACC title by NCAA | Georgia Tech

    Georgia Tech was fined $100,000 by the NCAA, stripped of its 2009 ACC championship in football and placed on four years of probation on Thursday for failure to

    blogs.ajc.com
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  • stonedwall said...

    you can hate on CPJ's offense all you want, but he did absolutely NOTHING wrong according to what's in the NCAA reports. any blame falls on the shoulders of those in compliance and up the chain and NO ONE on the football coaching staff.

    Radakovich is finished.

    Yukonwreck

  • 100k for $312 of clothes. Are you serious???? Does anyone know what the details of the 4 year probation are?

    Yazoo

  • Yukonwreck said...

    Radakovich is finished.

    Bullshit

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  • And someone reported that we now could fire Blewitt instead of giving him his 6 million walking bonus. Tell me that's not true or I'm going to be sick....

    Yazoo

  • Yukonwreck said...

    Radakovich is finished.

    i'm not sure he's done for. but, the higher-ups didn't leave a good taste in the mouth of the NCAA investigators.

    from what i've read, D-rad and compliance director broke the faith concerning the investigation. they shared information with CPJ that the NCAA labeled as a "poor decision" as the information was only to be privy to AD, CD, and president. least that's what i'm gathering . . .

    stonedwall

  • pckl300 said...

    Bullshit

    Okay, but we used to do things the right way at Georgia Tech.

    Yukonwreck

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