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Down voted & flagged for speaking the truth....hang tough bruh & keep preaching!
I don’t think the Georgia hands free law does apply to any of those things actually. The distracted driving law theoretically could, but the way it was written in the article led me to believe that it was a hands free violation since that was specifically mentioned. The fine lines up with the hands free statute too.
At any rate, sorry to Mr. Reese if I wrongly impugned his character with such a serious allegation of moral turpitude.
Sounds like Athens PD need to issue citations for racism. They can meet their quotas and the racists can keep their mouths shut. Two jerks one stone.
This whole thing is very sad.
I don't think he was DV'd for speaking truth. Everyone's perspective should be valued whether we agree or not. I think I most often see DVs on Dawgnation when people say things like, "Poor baby." I think any of us should expect to get DV'd regardless of what point we are trying to make if we use mocking language. I don't think that was PG's intent to mock, but my guess is this kind of dismissal through name calling is what triggered the DVs and not speaking truth. There is a difference. Personally, I welcome any truth PG has to share knowing that he and I have very different views and perspectives. And, I would say that all of our truth speaking is easier for those who disagree with us to relate to when we write more neutrally in tone while not diminishing the truth we are trying to speak and want to have heard.
I think Otis could show the NCAA this thread and he'd probably get his waiver. Yikes.
SAD!
Wait, Police have quotas?
Great comments! I see it as giving UGA and Athens an unneeded black eye...no pun, please! This reflects badly on UGA as an institution. Reese has been lawyerd-up and is attempting to gain immediate eligibility. Recruits see this stuff and could shy away from the seeming "trouble." Mays still lingers in the headlines as well. I am a UGA grad and never saw one day of racial slurring...others obviously have. I was affiliated with the team as well. Times change as do rules. The Athens police? Not one incident during my stint. New officers today...lots of pressures I never saw...culture very different. IMO. Coach Smart is handling it by SEC and NCAA rules. Not so much by emotion. His off-field MO but not his on-field..LOL. He gets excited.
I hope this passes soon. UGA has a very pro-player enviro. Pro family. Not the way Reese portrays it...or Cade Mays. GO DAWGS!!! Let's think FOOTBALL!!!
Right? Some comments in this thread are a big yikes.
Big yikes?
Umm...
I have seen and heard big yikes. Everywhere, by all walks of life, about all different races and creeds of people, about all kinds of people.
This board is a 1.5 out if 10 as far as big yikes go.
We have seen a few plays support Reese and that's fine, I get that. I wish a few players would support the staff. I feel like this staff has supported the players (look at Mathis) a lot of staff is black and they're caught up in the middle of this mess also.
I think so. My local police have gone out of their way to kindly let me know the speed limit is 35 and not 40 multiple times
maybe they don’t
So Reese is saying that he fled a campus where so many classmates had hate in their hearts to...Ole Miss? Where recently students posed after shooting up Emmit Till's memorial? Where a noose was put on the statue of James Meredith? Not saying there aren't racists in the UGA student body. God knows I met plenty when I went there. But give me a break that he's gone someplace better.
They cant write you a citation unless your going more than 10 over, but they can still stop you. Disclaimer- That doesn't apply to GSP they can write you for 1 over.
Quotas are illegal.
Fellas, I think we are overthinking this--all of this angst and all of this bile. It is really about Otis getting to play this year. He will say whatever is necessary to be eligible because he wants to play. I get that.
Are you saying it's wrong for a police officer to stop you for speeding?
That's the problem. The NCAA and SEC have rules governing transfers. Players have discovered that if they lawyer-up and come up with some reason then the powers that be will likely capitulate. Exaggerated claims of systemic racism seem to work quite well. I mean, isn't that what Fields did...and where was he just a few weeks ago? If UGA is such an awful, racist, unsafe place...so bad that he felt he had to leave the entire geographic area, why was Fields hanging out on campus watching our practice? It's all BS.
I wouldn't take it personally. Look at Fields, Mays, and Reese and many others. They are going to make any argument they can to create leverage. They have none in the system the NCAA/SEC has set up. I get this, and the Dawgnation should, too. It really isn't about racism; it's about getting to transfer and play while they are still young men.