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Todd Gurley Bill to Punish People for Paying Athletes Signed into Law
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FitzgeraldMay 7, 2015[/paste:font]
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Bill Hendrick of The Associated Press reported the news, adding what the man who drafted the bill, Republican state Rep. Barry Fleming, had to say about Gurley's past suspension and the piece of legislation itself:
I was disappointed when it happened. But I understand the young man comes from a very humble background. His mother didn't have funds to properly repair the roof on the trailer she raised him in.
[...] We plugged it into a law about alumni being overzealous. Now it's a misdemeanor of a high and aggravated nature. It can be up to a year in jail and a $5,000 fine. On the civil side, the university can sue the person who does this for any damages sustained, like losing a TV contract, not going to bowl games.
The Georgia Senate was almost unanimous in passing House Bill 3, voting 48-4 in favor of it, according to Morris News Service (via The St. Augustine Record).
Fleming is a University of Georgia alum, hence his naming the bill after Gurley. The NCAA hit the former Bulldogs superstar running back with a four-game suspension after he accepted $3,000 for signing memorabilia over a two-year span.
Jeff Haynes/Associated Press
When he did return to the gridiron toward the end of his junior campaign in Athens, Gurley tore his ACL, putting his football future in jeopardy.
Rather than stay at Georgia and try to prove himself again with a bounce-back senior season, the lure of the NFL draft was too much to resist for Gurley. Thanks to his transcendent talent, the St. Louis Rams gambled on Gurley by choosing him No. 10 overall in the first round last Thursday.
The law figures to discourage NCAA rules violations moving forward, especially when it comes to marquee players. Only the state of Georgia will enforce this rather extreme exaction of justice for now, but perhaps other ardent college football states will follow suit.
This is something that needs done, these players potentially lose Millions if they get caught, but the ones providing the service lose nothing. So maybe this will sway that action.
Matt
FitzgeraldMay 7, 2015[/paste:font]
91
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Bill Hendrick of The Associated Press reported the news, adding what the man who drafted the bill, Republican state Rep. Barry Fleming, had to say about Gurley's past suspension and the piece of legislation itself:
I was disappointed when it happened. But I understand the young man comes from a very humble background. His mother didn't have funds to properly repair the roof on the trailer she raised him in.
[...] We plugged it into a law about alumni being overzealous. Now it's a misdemeanor of a high and aggravated nature. It can be up to a year in jail and a $5,000 fine. On the civil side, the university can sue the person who does this for any damages sustained, like losing a TV contract, not going to bowl games.
The Georgia Senate was almost unanimous in passing House Bill 3, voting 48-4 in favor of it, according to Morris News Service (via The St. Augustine Record).
Fleming is a University of Georgia alum, hence his naming the bill after Gurley. The NCAA hit the former Bulldogs superstar running back with a four-game suspension after he accepted $3,000 for signing memorabilia over a two-year span.
Jeff Haynes/Associated Press
When he did return to the gridiron toward the end of his junior campaign in Athens, Gurley tore his ACL, putting his football future in jeopardy.
Rather than stay at Georgia and try to prove himself again with a bounce-back senior season, the lure of the NFL draft was too much to resist for Gurley. Thanks to his transcendent talent, the St. Louis Rams gambled on Gurley by choosing him No. 10 overall in the first round last Thursday.
The law figures to discourage NCAA rules violations moving forward, especially when it comes to marquee players. Only the state of Georgia will enforce this rather extreme exaction of justice for now, but perhaps other ardent college football states will follow suit.
This is something that needs done, these players potentially lose Millions if they get caught, but the ones providing the service lose nothing. So maybe this will sway that action.
