Georgia still recruiting too many bad kids

Smoking pot doesn't make you a bad kid. Choking your girlfriend does, but let's not act like Taylor is the norm of kids UGA is recruiting. That's a disservice to the 80 or so guys who are doing it mostly the right way.

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There are kids who believe sprinkling (medical) marijuana on their morning Cocoa Puffs is harmless

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WTF? I only mix weed with Wheaties

UGA's problem is mostly around alcohol, weed, or women (i know, most peoples problems, right?). UGA players aren't kicking military guys in the head when knocked out, they aren't firing assault rifles in public, etc. Also, other than failing a drug test for weed, or just admitting to it (JHC), the main problem is ALCOHOL!! Downtown athens should be off limits to all football players, as it seems to be the main thing to get you in trouble. You get drunk and act like a fool, and stupid shite can happen.

If Athens wasn't such a great college town, then this wouldn't happen as much.

You left out scooters.

Editorials don't have to be objective and unbiased. It's not news.

That said, Jeff Shultz is an assclown frickwit.

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You left out scooters.

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That's a damn fine point!

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Problem is some athletes generally don't have the responsibility of studying like real students. So they can party like their hair's on fire. Then they go home and beat whoever's there. Athens is a victim of it's own success.

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That's pretty damn inaccurate. Some guys may not take it as seriously as others, but that's true for most of the college population. They're required to study and pass their classes (unlike UNC, UGA doesn't frick around with athletes and academics. You pass on your own or your don't play. Period.). And given their schedules day-to-day, I highly doubt they have any time to be partying any more than someone else. The problem is, these are either very sheltered (as in, from very small areas) and/or very competitive individuals that have access to an incredible college scene. The vast majority handle that access responsibly. Where you have problems are the guys who get done with their jam-packed day or week of class and practice and immediately take it out on the nearest bottle. Each guy has his own reasons for why he thinks that's acceptable, but they're often self-destructive or a coping mechanism. Playing college football at any major program is not the ultra-luxurious, comfortable life we fantasize it to be. For an 18 year old that was expecting that fantasy, it can be jarring and disconcerting. They can feel lied too or feel that they're not doing it right so they need to overcompensate at the bar or club.

All in all, it's unfair to judge a team of 85 or all college players at large in a vacuum. Each one brings their own demons and strengths to the table and each one has to figure out how to deal. Richt knows that. Every college coach and administrator on every campus in America does. It's a farce to put the issues of all college athletes on one coach and one program and then call them ignorant to the fact these kids have issues in the first place.

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Crispy

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That's vintage Kneehigh material there...

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Don't read this and try to sue me for slander, Shultz, you a-hole

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:rotflmao:

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That's pretty damn inaccurate

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I'm referring to the players with low IQs who have no classroom skills at all (the ones who make you cringe when they're interviewed). They make up about 20% of college football players. They take easy classes and still can't get by. Yes, all schools have them. UGA's problem is that it has the best downtown in the NCAA, very accessible to these players. And if your major is "African-American Studies" (yes, it's a major), you don't have to leave a bar early to go and cram. I have a feeling that AU and Bama have personal escorts for these types of student-athletes. Thus you don't have the issues.