UGA blog finds new home
Morning all. As I’ve said a couple of times this week, we’re converting this blog over to a WordPress platform and it will be a permanent move the first of next week.
Those of you who are regulars probably know that I’m not what you’d call techno-wizard when it comes to these things. But from what I understand the technology offered in this new format should make the blogging and commenting experience better for all. Of course, I’ll be learning as we go along, too. But I’m hoping to provide more pictures and video and things like that which should bring the blog more to life.
Of course, this blog is nothing without all you guys so I want to heartily invite (read: beg) you to come over to the new site by CLICKING HERE ON THE NEW ADDRESS and save it in your browsers. As of Monday, Feb. 23rd, this will be the permanent home of the UGA blog you so love or, in the case of some of you, love to loathe. If you’d prefer to copy and paste or just memorize, the new address is: http://blogs.ajc.com/uga-sports-blog/.
See at the new place!
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Wednesday, July 25, 2007
Getting to the core of the problem
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Georgia is closely watching some potential midyear transfers this year. That’s because a change in NCAA entry requirements that will be imposed starting in 2008. That year a player will have to have 16 core credits to be able to make it into a Division I-A program. Right now and at the midyear players will only need 14 core credits.
“We are looking at kids really close,’’ Richt said. “And with some it might make a difference whether they are coming in at the midyear or not.’’ Georgia has had a lot of success with midyear transfers and started to bring in more and more players. So in one aspect this moving up of core courses by the NCAA may be a good thing for Georgia.
In the long run it also could be a good thing. With 16 core courses now being required the NCAA may have to expand the list of core courses accepted. That is the hope of Bob Jones.
Now you may not know Bob Jones from Tom Jones. But he is the principal at Vance Cuff’s high school. And Jones has been in an argument with the Clearinghouse over what qualifies as a core course since April. That was when he heard a course at his high school and on Cuff’s transcript was first not allowed by the Clearinghouse and NCAA.
Jones sent 40 pages of documentation three separate times to the Clearinghouse, including documents from the Department of Education, to get that course approved. Each time he has been denied. That story is ongoing. And now Georgia has taken up the fight for a waiver on that course to be approved.
Next year Jones said with the expansion of the core credits needed some of the classes that are currently not allowed may be allowed. That could help high school guidance counselors in showing kids the myriad options they have when it comes to getting those 16 core courses.
