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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Thursday, October 11, 2007
Tough academic stance good or bad?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
BAM!
Just like that Georgia’s season was derailed. I’m not talking about the football team and the loss to Tennessee. I’m talking about the Bulldogs’ basketball team.
Coach Dennis Felton on Thursday suspended three players a total of 30 games in keeping with the athletic association’s new academic policy. And these weren’t just any players. Two of them are arguably the Dogs’ best players: Power forward Takais Brown, their leading scorer, and two-guard Mike Mercer, their second-leading scorer and most athletic player. Mercer’s gone for at least 15 games, Brown for nine and backup center Albert Jackson for six. That’s if they are not subjected to further discipline as a result of missing class and tutoring and advisement appointments.
Athletic director Damon Evans this past January enacted what may be the toughest academic policy around for an athletics department in response to the UGA having worst graduation rates among football and men’s basketball players in the SEC the last two years. Missing too much class or appointments these days will result in being suspended for 10 percent of games and that increases with the frequency of absenteeism. These three players are feeling the wrath of that policy and undoubtedly other players in other sports — including football — will continue to feel it for months and years to come.
I had planned to blog about the offense of Georgia’s football team today. Wanted to hear where you guys thought their emphasis should be the rest of the year — run or pass (or screen I guess) — in light of their struggles on the O-line and elsewhere this season. And all you football diehards are certainly welcomed to weigh in on that.
But in light of today’s breaking news regarding the men’s basketball team, we’ve got to talk about that. And remember, this has already affected the football team and surely will again.
Do you think Georgia’s policy is too tough or are they just doing what they have to do? And what about recruiting? Do you think it will have a negative impact when UGA is clearly saying we will not let you slack off academically and will suspend youo and fine you if you do? Or is it a positive Georgia can use against its many rivals?
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