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Georgia outside linebacker Elo Modozie enters transfer portal
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Georgia outside linebacker Elo Modozie enters transfer portal
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shaking my head….
@VenomGA…don't let all this drive you crazy. Just wait until the dust settles, and we'll see where the Dawgs land. The college football world has changed, so we all just have to adapt or walk away from watching the games…which I will not do since I actually like the better matchups and increased parity/competition.
But, amateurism is done. Leaders spent decades clinging to an outdated ideal of amateurism.
The transformation is not going well. The athletes are paid (millions of dollars, in some cases), but they are not classified as employees, which creates an open question about whether contracts would even be enforceable. Athletes need to be classified as employees, allow collective bargaining, and enforceable contracts. Until we get to that point the transfer craziness will continue with little if any accountability.
Best of luck young man. Hate to see him go, but with Q and Gabe coming back, his playing time was not likely to increase much next season, if any. Probably a very smart decision by Elo, you gotta do what you feel is best for your future. The DAWGS will be just fine, a lot of young talent in the LB room, if they stick around..GoDAWGS!
what are you hearing about Frazier ?
I'm sure Elo is a great young man however the jump from Army level to UGA level football was too big for his ability level. Best of luck.
Last I read says he isnt committed to play for UGA next season, but he also hasn't entered the transfer portal either.
This may be a case of a player being asked to leave. Certainly didn't live up to the lofty projection everyone placed on him last season.
Gabe Harris played "OLB"? I musta missed that when i saw his hand in the dirt on every (?) play.
I saw a report that Jordan Hall was at Clemson over the weekend. Some smoke but mostly speculation.
Yes, they move them, sometimes to the LOS - but standing or hand in dirt (edge). And sometimes back with the rest of the LB’s. Depends on what defense they are in & situation. The OLB has to be versatile and able to play both positions, a hybrid.
Defense usually run out of a 3-3-5 or 4-2-5 base.
”culling the herd”
Conner, I realize your headline is correct but really…he was never a factor this season. When are you going to report on Gabe Harris’s return …wondering for a friend…seems bigger headline.
The Gabe Harris coming back affect. See ya later.
Since when did Harris or Mendozie become Outside LBs by the way? I thought they were both essentially edge rushing DEs but ok, outside linebacker it is
I guess if the D ran a stunt or blitz where the DE dropped while someone else (LB, DB) rushed you could call that "OLB". GHarris seemed like the dominant snaps count DE for the '25 Dawgs. I guess he could play some OLB in '26 if other DE's emerge. UGA didn't seem to have anybody else at DE in '25.
Once athletes are classified as employees the IRS will then deem all currently deductible contributions to the Hartman and Magill Society "scholarship" funds as "pay for play" and thus no longer deductible. Suspect that donations will drop significantly when that happens. The IRS is already "snooping around" and has already issued opinion letters on the pay for play subject in response to Ohio States use of non-profits for "laundering" of their collective money.
If they are employees, then colleges will be required to collect and match the "employees" FICA and Social Security contributions, collect and remit State Unemployment Insurance premiums, and will be required to provide Workers Compensation insurance for their potential "work related" injury. I spent over 40 years in the Property and Casualty Industry, and I don't believe that many insurance companies will be lining up to insure football players for work related injury. Some insurance carriers might be willing to provide the insurance if the university adheres to a strict Personal Protective Equipment policy and wraps all players head to toe in bubble wrap before each practice and game, and if the university is willing to self-insure part of the risks by taking a six figure deductible, or more, for every accident.
I have heard some of the sports show "taking heads" discussing this idea of collective bargaining, and setting up pay ranges for players based on tenure, position, etc., but they leave out that you are now discussing employees, and they never discuss the total employer's costs of employing 108 new people who happen to perform some pretty hazardous work. The 108 is what I think the new roster limitation is, and that doesn't include the hundreds of athletes in all of the other sports.
Just don't see how schools could absorb all the additional costs. Who is going to pay for it??? I am not donating more for that model, and I suspect a lot of other donors feel the same way.
I don't have an answer to the mess university presidents, athletic directors, Regents, and the NCAA have created, by selling their souls to the devil - ESPN, NBC, FOX, etc. - for money, but making "student athletes" employees to solve the problem is ludicrous.