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This is a follow-up to my post earlier today. I do not believe Cade Mays entered the transfer portal because of Sam Pitman leaving for Arkansas or Jake Fromm and several offensive lineman declaring for the NFL Draft. I suspect that the UGA Athletic Department, their attorneys and their insurance company played hardball with Kevin Mays and denied his claim. Furthermore, I suspect that interaction between Mays and UGA became very personal and possibly insulting to the Mays family, and without an acceptable offer from the school, they felt compelled to file the law suit. If they planned to file a suit, it had to happen within two years of the accident which occurred in December 2017.
I have no axe to grind with the University. I, my wife and our two daughters have degrees from UGA, and we are big time fans. Initially I was livid about Kevin Mays causing this controversy, but then I read the comments from Tom Mars in which he accused UGA of releasing the details of the law suit. Furthermore, he indicated that UGA continued to take the low road in dealing with Kevin Mays. Frequently we disregard anything an attorney says in this type situation, but the comment from Tom Mars seemed to indicate that the low road probably included something else the school had done. I suspect he felt the school had been overly aggressive in denying this claim.
Based on Tom Mars comments I suspect UGA's lawyers and insurance company did play hardball with Kevin Mays to the point that he may have felt insulted and thought that a law suit was his only option. In light of this it probably was unlikely that Cade Mays could continue to play for a school that in his mind treated his father with so little respect.
If my theory is correct, it's surprising that the school would use a strategy in this situation that would put them in a big time confrontation with the family of one of their players.
You may not agree with my thoughts on this, but at this point I think there could be some validity to my ideas and I am no longer mad or livid with the Mays family.