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AJC can't stop chasing the ambulance...
ForestryDawg
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Here's a new side of the story about how Kirby and his staff has some sort of inappropriate relationship because we have Football staff who intercede when police are involved with our players.
Here an idea to what the author is trying to get at in the article:
Shame on the school from protecting players! I hate when universities protect their students! /s
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Any different than whe the local sheriff calls the parents and they come to intercede anywhere in GA?
Who called the police chief? And what did he do?
I don’t have AJC subscription
Bryant Gantt, the Director of Player Support and Operations
Totally agree. If I had a student/athlete attending a university a long ways from me, I would definitely not want them to have someone available within the program that would be notified by authorities, or that my child could call, in any kind of situation at anytime day or night. I’d hope that the university would be wise and self-protective enough to just leave my child to their own personal ability to get in touch with me so that I could then frantically try making arrangements to get there while telling them to “just sit tight, I’m on my way!” Otherwise, said university could be justly scrutinized and criticized by the always fair, caring, and objective media. /s
Meanwhile, in all seriousness, unless actual violation of the law or UGA policy is proven, I could not be more proud and in favor of this action taken on behalf of the student/athletes by the university, both in preparation and then real-time.
I’m willing to admit to still having some small measure of respect that the AJC feels they have a journalistic job to do, but to many of us it really does mostly read in it’s entirety as ambulance chasing. IMO, there’s far too much insinuation and conjecture in that piece than just simply reporting the facts.
Me either, nor will I ever have an AJC subscription!!
This. The players are still pretty much kids and the football coaches who recruited them promised these kids' parents that they'd watch out for them.
Reading up on Brant Gantt, he worked for 19 years at an Athens law firm as an assistant, investigator, and process server. There's a fair chance he has contacts with the Athens police. It's also his job at UGA to help players with personal development and accountability.
I have zero problem with the program sending out Gantt to make sure members of the program are taken care of and that no one with the police is trying to exploit them.
I have zero problems with the article or reporting. None whatsoever.
So you wholeheartedly agree that there is an “inappropriate degree of coziness between the police and the university”?
I like how the article outlines that Gantt's job is to be there in these sort of situations, and then also calls into question why he was there. Very constructive reporting. "Neither the university nor the Athens police answered questions about how Gantt learned of the crash so soon after it occurred, why he communicated directly with the police chief, or whether he spoke with witnesses on the scene." How did they expect him to find out about the crash- wait for the Sunday edition of the AJC? Does the AJC not realize that people call each other and that based on his job description he should be one of the first to find out?
Newspapers report, not "ambulance chase". That's a totally different thing.
Exactly. It's not longer just reporting. It's reporting with insinuation. They no longer want us to form an opinion with the presented facts. The reporting these days comes with opinions we're supposed to just go along with.
It is astonishing to me that still today so many people believe the news, in all it's forms, is just there to simply report and inform. You have to be really oblivious and naive to believe the news is unbiased and pure. To not question the media is downright unAmerican.
The man is supposed to be onsite for any serious issues players may run into, seems like he was doing his job. And can anyone with a straight face say that UGA football players are coddled by the Athens/Clarke Co P.D. ?? I would expect him to have direct contacts with the local PD,hospitals etc. Not sure if the AJC was "ambulance chasing" per se its more along the lines of "muckraking" to my mind . But that is just my take on it.
Too much unknown to make a call one way or another. A few new facts that were interesting. Still tragic nonetheless.
Everything they reported is factually correct. If you guys want to live in a place where those being reported on control the reporting maybe go live in Russia or North Korea.
Pointing out that having someone from the University so chummy with local police is kind of the media's job. Because anyone reasonable can assume that does make for a conflict. Or at least the appearance of one.
Thank God for the First Amendment huh?
To not question the media is downright unAmerican.
To question it blindly. Frankly because you have been told to. Is the most un American thing I can think of.
It could have something to do with the Athens PD knowing that Gantt was employed by the football program when the crash happened. If I remember correctly, Gantt negotiated Jamie Hood's surrender when he killed the APD officer. Gantt was employed by the football program then as well.
For those critical of the media doing its job. Please point out what they got wrong.
Ill wait.
Mods, you have the express permission of the OP (and probably the support of @how2fish) to change the title of this thread to “AJC Can’t Stop Muckraking”.