Richt the Rule Breaker?
by AllTideUp on Dec 20, 2011 11:27 PM EST
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PrintSome of y'all have probably heard by now that Mark Richt was cited as having made secondary NCAA violations. His great crime was that he took money out of his own pocket and gave it to people on his staff. Seriously? That's an NCAA violation? Is it also wrong for a coach to have his staff over for a Christmas party or something like that? I mean, you might be able to argue that providing food and maybe even a small Christmas gift to people who actually work for a living might be improper too. After all, giving anything out of your own pocket to someone with the expectation of nothing in return might actually give some people the impression of decency or integrity and we all know that the NCAA frowns on that sort of thing. If you are going to kickback some funds you better be doing it to NCAA or university officials. A nice long cruise in the Caribbean is fine as long as you are greasing the palms of the right people. Whereas giving money out of your own pocket in a manner that has absolutely no effect on anyone else much less giving your program an unfair advantage is just over the line.
Is the NCAA run by Communists? Is that the great Trojan horse the Soviet Union set in motion so many years ago? I'm starting to wonder. These people have never seen a rule too trivial, too pointless, or too intrusive. Who actually thought this was a good idea? Who cared enough to even bring it up that first time? These people never cease to amaze me.
Chris Low calling out the NCAA:
http://espn.go.com/blog/ncfnation/post/_/id/56107/the-audacity-of-mark-richt
A breakdown of Richt's transgressions:
http://espn.go.com/colleges/georgia/football/story/_/id/7372776/georgia-bulldogs-mark-richt-paid-staff-own-pocket-report-says
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I am a guy that will give Richt crap. In this case, so long as this money wasn’t used to funnel to recruits (which would be a huge leap), then I have new found respect for the man. A lot of times, guys like Richt are paid huge sums, and I am sure some of them find it to be absurd. In this case, its actually refreshing to see a guy help out guys that help him get his. I can certainly understand why the NCAA finds this suspicious, but it shouldn’t be a violation in my eyes unless its shown that its actually a system used to cheat. After reading both articles, I personally feel that in this case, cheating isn’t remotely involved. This is a guy stepping up and being good to the small folks that have been good to him. My personal feeling on this one, screw the NCAA, and kudos to Coach Richt for sharing some of the credit. In my eyes, this is something that coach should be allowed to do so long as its not a bs way to funnel money into recruiting.
Another infraction
on that list – providing a meal to the sibling of a recruit on an official visit. You can feed the recruit and the parents, but not the siblings?
If anybody can make an argument that the NCAA rules are reasonable, I am all ears.
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