re: 2016 UGA Recruiting Thread (commits, offers, visits, etc.)

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What blows my mind is how it hasn't been caught in a serious way yet. I mean, it's been happening since probably the frickin 70s and it's only gotten/getting bigger.

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Two things:

1. The NCAA is not in the business of policing schools or serving the best interest of the student athlete. Period. Sometimes they do one and the other but it's usually just coincidence when it happens. The NCAA and its endless committees are made up of Universy Presidents, ADs, Assistant ADs, etc from all of the member institutions. The only paid members that work in the headquarters in Indianapolis are Emmert, his direct cronies like Stacy Osborne, and their band of lawyers and wannabe lawyers looking to make a name for themselves. And they only exist in that space because the University Presidents voted to put them there (and, recently, to keep them all there under Emmerts thumb for another 3 years).
Make no mistake, the NCAA serves the interests of the University Presidents and them alone. And every one of them runs a massive business venture on a campus near you that uses Athletics as its primary advertising arm.

2. Even if the NCAA was invested in trying to catch cheating (it's not), it couldn't possibly hope to ever do so unless/until someone screwed up or spoke out (which is the only time/only reason they have for doing anything now). They have no subpoena power and they're not about to shut whole programs down for lack of cooperation or being forthright. Plus, as technology evolves so too do the abilities and means by which offenders can carry out their business. I swear it was a whole new world the moment the disposable cell phone and untraceable gift cards came about; talk about game over.

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Umm. it's their fricking job?

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Eh. Their job is to protect the brand of college sports. To do that, you do NOT go looking for scandals, you simply handle them when they arise.If someone in the media reports it, or some jackass posts it it on twitter, or it ends up on OTL, then you investigate. Not before.

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unless/until someone screwed up or spoke out

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so how do we explain that special a few years back where that white auburn OL went on TV (outside the lines?) and did a frickin televised interview about them cheating? I guess the NCAA did a brief, cursory look into auburn and said "eeeeh, can't find anything"? Hell that probably is how it went down, but it's just frustrating that that organiztion is so incompetent yet at the same time so powerful.

Didn't scan up to see if there was discussion on DR about DR. Big visit tomorrow. Heard an interview with him this week that sounded promising. I think Stanford and ND are out. ND because of the weather (he said he hated cold). Stanford's too far. He decommitted from Bama for a reason. I feel pretty good about Eason and Nauta talking UGA up to him and landing his commit.

Visit would be next weekend

not sure

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.if he thinks he can get accepted at Stanford that will be one of the OVs

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he can't take an OV until he gets accepted. If that Stanford OV happens, whether or not he visits UGA is irrelevant because he's headed west.

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he can't take an OV until he gets accepted

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This is accurate. Stanford doesn't shell out the bucks to bring guys on campus unless it's already been confirmed they can get in. With that said, here is some info (TIFWIW) from a Notre Dame board:

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from a Stanford source of mine:

Here's what I believe to be true: Robertson has always been an extreme longshot academically and all hope failed when he didn't retake the SAT the first two opportunities this fall in Oct and Nov. Instead, he took visits to Cal and Alabama those weekends (easy to confirm both test dates and visits). So, Stanford effectively stopped recruiting him some time ago.

Then in early January Robertson started talking publicly about needing 80-100 points on SAT to qualify for Stanford, and it was confirmed that our coaches had resumed contact in January. I don't know why, but it is possible Robertson took the Dec SAT and scored well enough for both sides to think he was at least in the ballpark.

It is not believed he's submitted his application (basically five essays), so for him to end up at Stanford he would need to get a big bump on his SAT (unlikely) and then work to complete a very difficult application for an admissions decision (the writing samples would be a factor). And this would take considerable time. If the application file (test scores, grades and essays) was borderline, an interview with the Dean of Admissions would also be likely. In short, it is possible, but incredibly unlikely he ends up here.

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Dunno how accurate this info is, if at all, but figured I'd share. I bolded Alabama, as I don't recall whether he took an unofficial visit there and I'm pretty certain he never took an OV there, just Cal, ND, and Ga Tech so far.

A lot of people are referencing that interview on other sites, but at this point, it all hinges omy SAT score.

After that, it's a mix of the degree he wants, where the people around him want him to go, etc.

Lots of pieces, and it makes him a hard one to call.