Brainfade Posted December 21, 2011 Posted December 21, 2011 This is not a gov't regulatory agency, but acts like one. It's called the NCAA. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/early-lead/post/georgia-coach-mark-richt-paid-assistant-coaches-out-of-pocket/2011/12/21/gIQAd8gJ9O_blog.html Georgia coach Mark Richt paid assistant coaches out of pocket By Matt Brooks This is the time of year when a fortunate few might receive a holiday bonus from their benevolent boss. University of Georgia head coach Mike Richt has been that boss for the last several years, but in an increasingly difficult to navigate minefield of NCAA violations, a little holiday spirit can get you in hot water. Georgia head coach Mark Richt thought he was doing his assistant coaches a service, but it turns out he was violating NCAA rules. (John Bazemore - AP) Late last month Georgia was cited for a series of secondary NCAA violations including out-of-pocket payments made by Richt to several of his assistants. Based on a standard open records report released Tuesday, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that Richt, believing members of his stiff were underpaid for their work, unknowingly violated NCAA rules by compensating them with his own money. The schoolÃÔ athletic department was aware of the payments but did not realize they violated NCAA rules on supplemental pay. As punishment, the school was forced to send letters of admonishment to Richt and the coaches who received the payments, and provide additional education to its staff about NCAA rules. ŵhe report stands on its own, athletic director Greg McGarity told the AJC. ŵhereÃÔ nothing to add. WeÃÓe moving forward. Among the illegal payments Richt made according to GeorgiaÃÔ investigation: $15,337.50 to tight ends coach Dave Johnson for a five-year longevity bonus after Johnson took a job at West Virginia just prior to his five-year anniversary with the Bulldogs $15,227 to 10 non-staff members after the school refused to pay them bowl bonuses, citing Ã…Ã…ifficult economic conditions being experienced by the University $10,842 to former recruiting assistant Charlie Cantor over an 11-month period $10,000 to former linebackers coach Jon Jancek after Georgia declined to give him a raise when he turned down another job $6,150 to director of player development John Eason when he stepped down from the coaching staff to take an administrative position with a smaller salary $6,000 to defensive ends coach Jon Fabris when he failed to find a job after his UGA severance package ended Richt earned more than $3 million each of the last three seasons. So what do you think? In a difficult economic time in which coaches are leaving programs in the lurch for the promise of a pay-day, should Richt be penalized for a little charity? Is this a rule that makes sense, or is the NCAA going too far by punishing Richt for rewarding and supporting his staff when they need it most? LSUÃÔ Les Miles may have earned the AP coach honors, but AJC columnist Mark Bradley might cast his vote for Richt: Ÿere I Georgia, I wouldnÃÕ just ÃÔelf-report this ÃÔecondary violation. IÃÅ shout it from the mountaintops. IÃÅ make it the first sentence in Mark RichtÃÔ official bio, which would now read: ÅñMark Richt, in his 11th season coaching the Bulldogs, stamped himself the WorldÃÔ Greatest Boss by paying staffers OUT OF HIS OWN POCKET!?.. Å°K, it was technically a violation a violation in the way that jaywalking to push somebody clear of a runaway bus is a legal misdemeanor. I think everyone can agree to let this one slide without penalty. Me, IÃÅ consider giving Richt a raise for philanthropy, but that would kind of defeat the purpose, would it not? Request to mods: While this is about "Other Sports," the intent is talk a about the bigger picture of regulatory agencies gone wild. So, please leave in Chit Chat. Thanks!
Ram Posted December 21, 2011 Posted December 21, 2011 How is this an example of a ‘regulatory agency gone wild’? They are simply enforcing the rules that are already there in place.
cowboysfan Posted December 21, 2011 Posted December 21, 2011 NCAA should be abolished imo.They fail to regulate the big schools from "compensating" their amateur athletes and when do find out something its really really obvious and should have been stopped a long time ago(eg:the ohio state scandal).They also are responsible for a sham of a national championship in football when the majority of the american public would like to see a playoff system but the NCCAA refises to waver from the BCS because of its corporte masters and their ridiculous bowl games which nobody watches anyway.
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