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re: Georgia Governor Signs 'Todd Gurley Bill' Into Law
Posted on 5/8/15 at 9:31 am to cardboardboxer
Posted on 5/8/15 at 9:31 am to cardboardboxer
There is no need to punish anyone. These players are not victims. If they choose to get money by signing things etc, they know what they are doing and the consequences.
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Posted on 5/8/15 at 9:40 am to flyAU
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There is no need to punish anyone. These players are not victims. If they choose to get money by signing things etc, they know what they are doing and the consequences.
You're talking about a person who is knowingly and willingly getting someone else to break the rules for their own personal gain. I can't really say what should be an appropriate punishment, but why should that person get off scot free in this situation?
Posted on 5/8/15 at 9:40 am to cokebottleag
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Basically what this means is there will never be a leak from a non-athlete in the state of Georgia again. No more "Mr. soandso admitted to CBS that he had given $4 to Georgia running back John Doe for a ham sandwich".
This is pretty simplistic way of viewing it. It puts more stress on boosters who may not be willing to take that risk anymore. Granted this law is one that wont be enforced most likely, but the small things that happen at all schools ($100 handshakes etc) carry a hell of a lot more consequence if a scandal does break out. Just being in the news would force these idiots to take police time to look at it. Not an advantage in the slightest.
Posted on 5/8/15 at 9:44 am to flyAU
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the small things that happen at all schools ($100 handshakes etc) carry a hell of a lot more consequence if a scandal does break out.
The thing is that those have always and will happen at every school. That won't change. But that's not what this law is aimed at. This is for Joe Blow off the street like the Gurley case who says "hey man, sign a few jerseys for me and I'll give you a few thousand bucks". The boosters and bagmen will continue to operate business as usual.
Posted on 5/8/15 at 9:49 am to WG_Dawg
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You're talking about a person who is knowingly and willingly getting someone else to break the rules for their own personal gain. I can't really say what should be an appropriate punishment, but why should that person get off scot free in this situation?
We are talking about paying a guy money to sign footballs, not to smuggle drugs. This is a contractual issue with the player, the school and the NCAA. If you want a scholarship to play football, then follow these rules. You don't have to if you don't want to, but dont expect to be allowed to play.
Posted on 5/8/15 at 10:36 am to dallasga6
See sig
Posted on 5/8/15 at 10:45 am to flyAU
Sweet! I guess tDecline will be coming to state of Georgia next
Posted on 5/8/15 at 11:33 am to CockInYourEar
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This isn't going to just effect uga, any school who has bagmen operating in the state or purchasing players in the state could be arrested. Now there is an enforcement, not just the limp wrist slap of the NCAA
Disagree, this is more about keeping bitter boosters/merchandise hawkers from getting pissed when an athlete screws them over and keeps those people from selling the info to the news or revealing the infractions out of spite.
Posted on 5/8/15 at 11:36 am to WG_Dawg
quote:Why should that be illegal?
This is for Joe Blow off the street like the Gurley case who says "hey man, sign a few jerseys for me and I'll give you a few thousand bucks".
Posted on 5/8/15 at 11:37 am to WDE24
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wut?
You need relatively large amounts of untraceable cash. That usually either comes from undeclared cash income or is laundered through other means so it doesn't show up on the books.
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