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Mark Richt (ex- UGA & Miami Fla Head Coach)

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BigWoof31;2067981; said:
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Dawgs self report multiple secondary violations to the SEC/NCAA.
http://blogs.ajc.com/uga-sports-blo...fts-from-richt/?cxntfid=blogs_uga_sports_blog

Most notable:

DC Todd Grantham arrived at the High School of a recruit during dead period. When looking for the football coaches office, he was guided there by the actual young man he was recruiting. Inpermissable contact.

RB recruit has a 5 year old brother and UGA fed him during a recruiting visit. Later on the family reimbursed UGA the 21 bucks for the meals, but still considered improper benefits.

Finally, apparently CMR has been paying his staff under the table. Last year he approached the AD/Board of Regents and asked for raises for his entire staff. They were rejected so Richt has been paying them monthly out of his own pocket. That's a violation and an embarassing one. Bad news for a coach I want extended till 2017.
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The first two are ridiculous.

Also why is the third one a violation? It's a coach giving money to his other coaches....not the athletes themselves.
 
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BigWoof31;2067981; said:
:sad: :shake:

Dawgs self report multiple secondary violations to the SEC/NCAA.
http://blogs.ajc.com/uga-sports-blo...fts-from-richt/?cxntfid=blogs_uga_sports_blog

Most notable:

DC Todd Grantham arrived at the High School of a recruit during dead period. When looking for the football coaches office, he was guided there by the actual young man he was recruiting. Inpermissable contact.

RB recruit has a 5 year old brother and UGA fed him during a recruiting visit. Later on the family reimbursed UGA the 21 bucks for the meals, but still considered improper benefits.

Finally, apparently CMR has been paying his staff under the table. Last year he approached the AD/Board of Regents and asked for raises for his entire staff. They were rejected so Richt has been paying them monthly out of his own pocket. That's a violation and an embarassing one. Bad news for a coach I want extended till 2017.
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But did the five year old get any tats?
 
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Coqui;2067990; said:
The first two are ridiculous.

Also why is the third one a violation? It's a coach giving money to his other coaches....not the athletes themselves.
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Believe it's a tax issue. The Athletic department sends payroll to the NCAA and to the IRS.

If those numbers don't jive (and they wouldn't if CMR was giving them bonuses, quietly) could be a headache for the bean counters and the coaches themselves.
 
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BigWoof31;2067981; said:
:sad: :shake:

Dawgs self report multiple secondary violations to the SEC/NCAA.
http://blogs.ajc.com/uga-sports-blo...fts-from-richt/?cxntfid=blogs_uga_sports_blog

Finally, apparently CMR has been paying his staff under the table. Last year he approached the AD/Board of Regents and asked for raises for his entire staff. They were rejected so Richt has been paying them monthly out of his own pocket. That's a violation and an embarassing one. Bad news for a coach I want extended till 2017.
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I respect Richt and think he's a good guy and not a scumbag, but he made a serious mistake by deciding to pay his assistants without checking the NCAA rulebook before doing it. I'm not calling for his (Helen Hunt) head, but he deserves more than a slap on the wrist for directly committing such a violation.

I'm debating what the punishment should be: I'm trying to think of something between simply attending a rules education session and an actual 1-game suspension.
 
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BB73;2068026; said:
I'm debating what the punishment should be: I'm trying to think of something between simply attending a rules education session and an actual 1-game suspension.
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Talking heads on Atlanta sports talk radio suggesting he will lose Bowl Game pay and bonuses for the upcoming Outback bowl, will attend rules training and will forfeit total compensation that he paid to assistants in 2010, in 2012.

Better believe this will come up in his contract extension discussions too. :(
 
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BigWoof31;2068030; said:
Talking heads on Atlanta sports talk radio suggesting he will lose Bowl Game pay and bonuses for the upcoming Outback bowl, will attend rules training and will forfeit total compensation that he paid to assistants in 2010, in 2012.

Better believe this will come up in his contract extension discussions too. :(
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Regardless of the outcome, I think he's a pretty good guy. An error in judgement in paying the staff. I hope the NCAA doesnt come down harder because of tax ramifications.
 
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I agree that it's kind of a joke. If those assistants had declared the money as "gift income" would there still be a problem?

And why on earth does the ncaa care about a head coach giving money to his assistants. I don't see any competitive advantage that comes out of this.

The ncaa is so mad at Auburn and Alabama that they're going to kick Mark Richt's ass I guess.
 
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BigWoof31;2068030; said:
Talking heads on Atlanta sports talk radio suggesting he will lose Bowl Game pay and bonuses for the upcoming Outback bowl, will attend rules training and will forfeit total compensation that he paid to assistants in 2010, in 2012.

Better believe this will come up in his contract extension discussions too. :(
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This is an injustice. They better get the death penalty
 
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Gatorubet;2068066; said:
I'm sure that he paid the appropriate unemployment insurance, FICA and Federal and State employee withholdings. :paranoid:
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Not sure he would have to if the money was deemed a gift and declared as such by the recipients on their tax forms--from individual to individual. Mark Richt is not a company.

All of the things you mention would have been paid on that money when it was initially disbursed to Richt as salary.
 
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