NCAA won't let Dawgs pay for Boise Dad's trip from Iraq

Atlanta Journal and Constipation ^

[FreeAtlanta]

ATHENS — A group of Georgia football fans took up a collection to pay for a Boise State player's father to fly from Baghdad to see his son play against the Bulldogs in Athens.

But the NCAA rule book got in the way.

Georgia fans wanted to raise money to bring Dan Miller from Iraq to see his son play for Boise State, but the NCAA prohibits it.

Dan Miller, father of Broncos sophomore guard Tad Miller, is a retired police lieutenant who is training Iraqi police officers.

When Sam Hendrix of Signal Mountain, Tenn. — "suthndawg" to his fellow Georgia fans on the Dawgvent, an Internet message board — read a story in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution about the Millers, he started an online movement to raise the $2,700 it will cost Dad to make it to Sanford Stadium to see his son play in the home opener Sept. 3.

"Within moments of suthndawg's post, there were 25 to 50 people who offered to pledge money," said Ryan Crowe, a 25-year-old legal assistant from Atlanta who offered to collect and distribute the funds. "It just took off from there." ....

[FreeAtlanta]

I love college football, but the NCAA is trying to ruin it for some reason. First the PC mascot thing, now they won't make a reasonable exception to their rule book. I think some real left-wing sports hating elitist commies have begun to excerpt their power. arrrrghhhh

This is a continuation from this story from yesterday; http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1460680/posts
Go Dawgs!!!!

[Rummyfan]

That's Strike Two against the NCAA, and just this week!

What is in their rule book preventing a group of private citizens from raising money and bringing a player's father to a game????

[Moose4]

It's good to see that at least Miller's company will pay for his trip back to see his son play. And good for the Dawg fans who wanted to help Miller out.

And did you really expect anything less from the idiots at the NCAA?

}:-)4

[MarineBrat]

As far as I'm concerned the NCAA can pound sand. These are private citizens collecting for a private citizen.

[Madeleine Ward]

Remember the bball player who had the back problem, and his school wanted to fly him first-class to a post-season game so that the could stretch his legs and be a little more comfortable. The NCAA would not let the school do that.

[L98Fiero]

I'd say that was quite a bit different than PRIVATE citizens raising the money.

[dfwgator]

What's a Gator fan to do? First I side with FSU against the NCAA, now I'm siding with UGA against the NCAA.

NCAA = National Communist Anti-American Association

[Niteranger68]

If the fans do it anyway, what exactly can the NCAA do about it? Penalize the Boise St player because of something his father did? Penalize the UGA players for something non-players did? This doesn't make any sense (which is probably why the NCAA is doing it).

[Alberta's Child]

The NCAA has long had a very strict policy regarding "gifts" to family members like this. This was one of the reasons why Maurice Clarett was thrown out of Ohio State a couple of years ago. When his mother (of marginal means) goes out and buys a $65,000 Hummer for him, you can be sure it's going to raise a lot of questions.

[WoodstockCat]

When you have Myles Brand the President making idiotic comments about "teachable moments" related to the Indian mascot issue; you know the NCAA has been completely overcome by left-wing politically correct wusses.
It is "this is the policy" and we can't deviate by one iota, in other words "Commond Sense" is not allowed.

[steveegg]

This may not be the NFL, but it's football and the utter stupidity of the Bland Miles NCAA.

[1L]

Let's see: the OPPOSING team's fans are raising money for ONE GAME to pay for the airfare of a PARENT, and the NCAA sees this as a violation?

[over3Owithabrain]

The NCAA is ruining college sports. Ruining it.

[Paradox]

What's a Gator fan to do? First I side with FSU against the NCAA, now I'm siding with UGA against the NCAA.

Wrong is wrong man, gotta side with the Enemy sometimes. As a Canes fan, I am 100% with the Seminoles in their battle, I sure wish the tribe would tell the NCAA and the crybaby's to stick this flaming war spear up their a$$. Whats next, to declare that endangered animals can't be used as mascots? There goes Albert, the UF mascot, there goes the Hurricane Ibis... sheesh..

The NCAA has gone PC Overboard..

[Niteranger68]

"The NCAA has long had a very strict policy regarding "gifts" to family members like this. This was one of the reasons why Maurice Clarett was thrown out of Ohio State a couple of years ago. When his mother (of marginal means) goes out and buys a $65,000 Hummer for him, you can be sure it's going to raise a lot of questions."

Who would be penalized? The Boise St team? Maybe we need something like this to happen in order to expose the NCAA for what it really is. I’ve always wondered why several major schools just don't bolt the NCAA and show how powerless they really are.

[Miss Marple]

Ah, good old Miles Brand, former head of Indiana University, who single-handedly destroyed IU's basketball program, while his wife appropriated art school money to bring in "artists" for exhibits ("The Dinner Party" was the last one I remember).

I cannot believe this guy is the head of the NCAA. I think he hates sports.

[BlueNgold]

So find someone who hates football and is connected to neither institution to put together a speech for him that will just happen to be on the Friday before the game.

[Loyal Buckeye]

There has to be a way around the rule. It's too bad the NCAA couldn't look the other way on this one.

[Phantom Lord]

I believe the Hummer incident you are talking about was involving a high school basketball player and he exceptionally poor mother buying it for him.

[rawhide]

So if I go up to this guy from Iraq and give him a pocketful of money with telling him who I am, who is it that I can't do that? What if an cash deposit was made to his bank account, where there no way a trace could be put on it? There is so many ways around this edict.