WAY TO GO UGA

WAY TO GO UGA...

I have so many things that I want to say and so many of you have such a small attention span. NBA free agency has officially started with players now beginning to announce where they are going. I am very curious to see what Lebron James does. I will post my thoughts on why I believe the “King” has had the “Kingdom” stolen from him.

That however is not the purpose of this particular posting. Right now, I want to write about the hypocrisy of the joke that is the “resignation” of Damon Evans from his position as the Athletic Director at the University of Georgia. Late last week, I was prepared to tell you what a joke the University of Georgia and President Michael Adams were. The AD was just arrested, came real close to trying to bribe an officer, and was exposed as an adulterer. However, at 3:52 on Sunday July 4 I received the following message: “Sources: Georgia dismisses athletic director Damon Evans, who was charged with DUI Thursday.” WOW, talk about your surprises. Even though I believed they had no choice, I thought there was no way that they would actually fire him. Good Job President Adams and the rest of your staff.

Then the following came out…Georgia did not dismiss Mr. Evans, he resigned. This is even better, he made a mistake and he is going to accept responsibility for it. I realize people get DUI’s all of the time and they do not lose their jobs, but there are a couple of things that you have to remember. 1. Damon Evans is “the man” over all of the sports at UGA. HOW CAN THIS GUY PUNISH ANY OF THE ATHLETES WHO GETS A DUI AFTER THIS? I know, he would have been punished, but anything short of him losing his job would have made it a joke if he ever tried to kick someone off of the team unless he paid for his mistake with his job. 2. HE ATTEMPTED TO BRIBE A POLICE OFFICER. I know what you are saying, he specifically told him he was not trying to bribe him…RIGHT! Did you know that I am the AD at UGA? I’m not trying to bribe you, but is there anything I can do not to go to jail for this, did I mention I’m the AD at Georgia?...Yeah no attempt to bribe an officer. The only juror who would not convict him of trying to bribe an officer are the 12 people in Athens who they put in a jury box, anyone else in the state of Georgia would say GUILTY!!!
Somehow, after all of this, the University of Georgia gives him 3 months worth of his salary as a “Buyout”. You can dismiss kids and revoke their scholarship for conduct detrimental to the team but you pay this guy $150,000 (I realize he got an additional $100,000 but that was money that he had already earned). WHAT A JOKE. What happened to the days when you fired someone for not meeting expectations that are set for them? Please do not tell me that he met expectations, because I GAURANTEE YOU that there was some type of “Moral Clause” that stated he would be an example to the young men and women who he represented. Michael Adams and everyone involved with the decision to pay Damon Evans should be ashamed of yourselves. YOU ARE COWARDS WHO HAVE NO RIGHT TO EVER KICK A PLAYER OF ONE OF YOUR TEAMS FOR A DUI!!!

However, NONE OF THIS IS THE WORST PART OF THIS STORY. During the media coverage of this story, I heard 3 things that made me sick. As bad as everything that Damon Evans did, they were not as bad as these 3 things…

1. We need to cut him some slack, because everyone has gotten into a car and driven drunk at one time or another. They cut him some slack by not locking him up in prison for years. I am all for second chances. I realize we all make mistakes. I am also aware of the thousands of people who are killed every year by drunk drivers. As a father, I have an obligation to think about my children. As a parent I have an obligation to think about how my actions might affect other people’s children. AS A PERSON, YOU OWE IT TO ME AND MY CHILDREN TO THINK ABOUT HOW YOUR ACTIONS COULD AFFECT US!!! I realize that this is not a popular way of thinking, but I don’t care. If you drink and drive, you deserve so much worse than any punishment you get. I am sorry if this upsets you, but if you don’t mind drinking, driving, and putting hundreds or thousands of lives at risk, then I don’t mind telling you exactly how I feel about it. NOT EVERYONE DRINKS AND DRIVES.

2. A defense attorney was on a local sports station advising alcoholics how to beat a DUI charge. What kind of a lowlife would go onto radio and advise people who are risking other people’s lives on how to avoid being punished for it. Hey, Mr. Stein, why don’t you just write a how to commit murder and get away with it book. Or better yet, why don’t you go kill someone and then show everyone how to get away with it. The thing that makes this so PATHETIC is the fact that people drink when they watch sports and I guarantee you someone who listened to this guy will use his advice to get themselves out of trouble. Here is a helpful tip for any of you who are trying to figure out how to avoid going to jail for DUI…DON’T DRINK AND DRIVE!!! I’m sure it is all a coincidence, but I have never been arrested for DUI…in fact now that I think about it, I have never even be given a breathalyzer test, it’s amazing what happens when YOU DON’T DRINK AND DRIVE.

3. People were claiming this had something to do with Damon Evans race. Let me just go ahead and clear up this one little secret (just please don’t tell anyone) I AM NOT AN AFRICAN AMERICAN!!! This is important because I don’t want any,” you don’t know what it is like to be a black man in the south responses”. I DON’T, YOU ARE RIGHT!!! However, when people make these kind of IGNORANT CLAIMS, all it does is discount the legitimate (and yes there are still legitimate racist situations that occur every day) cases of racism. How do I know these people were IGNORANT when they made these claims? He was pulled over for DUI and these are the facts…HE ADMITTED TO THE FACT THAT HE AND HIS MISTRESS HAD BEEN DRINKING. This had nothing to do with race, this had to do with his terrible decision to drink and drive. People claimed that this woman was arrested and a big deal was made because he was black and she was white and that led to her arrest. She was arrested because she refused to stay in the car while Mr. Evans was dealing with his issues. Please people SHUT UP WITH THE RIDICULOUS CLAIM THAT RACE HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH THIS DUI!!!

Until Next Time…