re: Gurley secrets coming out.

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Not to get this thread way off topic, but I'd love to know how I took that out of context.

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Not just you; most people do.

It wasn't a phrase meant to say you can't judge anyone for anything ever or that you can't call out anyone's sins or wrong-doings because we all do bad things.

The point was to show the hypocrisy of the Pharisees who were trying to "get" Jesus on breaking the law. The law required that both the man and the woman caught in adultery to be stoned and that the witnesses to the act should cast the first stones, yet it was only the woman they brought to Jesus and none of them apparently were witnesses to the act.

What Jesus then said to the woman after getting her off the hook (even though she could have legally been put to death) was that she should go and sin no more. That's not really the message people focus on when they quote this passage, because everyone likes to do what they want to do and no one likes to be called out for doing something they shouldn't do.

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Regardless, if I did, the same premise applies. All you guys bashing Gurley for breaking the rule because he knew it was a rule that carried consequences that could hurt others...none of y'all ever go 5 or 10 over the speed limit?

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No one here (that I'm aware of) is bashing Gurley because he's imperfect, but because his careless actions hurt the team, and by extension, the fans of the team who cheer for the Dawgs every Saturday. Some of us are disappointed in him because we believed he wasn't the type of player to put himself first. I wouldn't give two licks about Gurley if he played for any other team besides Georgia, but because he represents the Red and Black, his actions carry more weight with me.

I don't live under some delusion that our players are saints, but we often times look up to them as representatives to the school and the team we have a close connection with (real or perceived) and we don't want to see the team or the school tarnished through their bad behavior. Some people don't care at all so long as we win, but I'm not one of those. People in the spotlight (rightly or wrongly) tend to be held to a higher standard, and I hoped that Gurley would continue to excel at UGA without having off-the-field problems like many others have had.