Posted on 08/11/2005 9:53:21 AM PDT by 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." ....
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So if I go up to this guy from Iraq and give him a pocketful of money without 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.
This is just stupid. Thanks anyway, Georgians.
If this was the school picking up the tab, that is one thing. But private citizens doing it on their own is another and the NCAA should butt out! Perhaps for an apology, the NCAA should foot the bill themselves, out of their own pockets.
Someone should do an NCAA football ping list
Do you feel like doing it?
Do you feel like doing it?
Nope; I'm barely interested in the college game.
really? I prefer pros, but college can help pass a Saturday
Oddly enough, the "student" athlete thing doesn't seem to be a problem except for those sports for which a) there's not an alternative farm-team system; and b) for which there's a profitable professional alternative.
The NBA and NFL are using colleges as farm teams. Perhaps some enterprising legislature should start charging them for the privilege.
are you ready for the pre-season games tonite?
To me, it is good sportsmanship. The NCAA is goofy. This. The Indian mascot thing. And the king of all things stupid, not putting in a short playoff in lue of the horribly broken BCS (Bowl Championship Stinker).
My opinion is that these players are working for the college. They bring tons of money into our higher institutes of learning. They deserve some perks. Besides, it helps to protect our daughters by having them all locked away in one place come the evenings....
Well, the BCS is serving one good purpose; the Seminoles, Fighting Illini, and the other un-PC teams can continue to use their names in the BCS (at least unless they also jumped on the Bland Miles bandwagon). Seems the NCAA has no authority over the bowl games.
As long as boise State play no role in this, who is the NCAA going to penalize. It's not like a payoff to get a student to enrole at UGA.
I say bring the guy back from Iraq and dare the NCAA to do anything.
I am:
1. A medically retired soldier
2. The spouse of a current active duty soldier (who recently returned from Afganistan)
3. NOT a resident of/fan of UGA or Boise State
4. A frequent "lurker" on FR
5. A successfull small business owner,
HEREBY make the folowing offer:
I, as an individual, will pay for this guy to fly from Iraq to Atlanta to see this game. I grew up down South (Roll Tide!!!), but have HAD it with the NCAA b*****t. If the appropriate folks will contact me (@ dustoff339@aol.com), I will buy this guys ticket with my own money.
THis is BS...this guy shoudl see his son play!!!!
God Bless the USA!!!
Dustoff 339
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