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Okogie and Jackson declared ineligible indefinitely
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Freebies. Not from GT. Not from a GT booster.

Quote:Declaring two of your three best players ineligible isn’t the best way to start a season.

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As esteemed colleague Ken Sugiura notes, the dollar amounts on these benefits – under $750 for Okogie, under $525 for Jackson – could mean that Okogie will miss nine games and Jackson will miss six. (Provided they make restitution and say they’re really, really sorry.) Okogie broke his finger in an exhibition against Georgia State and probably wouldn’t be back before December anyway, so this is less of a big deal that it would have been.

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We pause here for the usual harrumphing. The Raleigh News & Observer offers a slam-dunk case regarding bogus classes and the body that oversees collegiate sports can’t find a way to penalize North Carolina, but someone – according to Tech, the same someone gifted both Okogie and Jackson – gives money/stuff to a couple of players and the NCAA gets to act all big and tough. (Georgia went down this road with A.J. Green and Todd Gurley.)

That, sad to say, is the state of the NCAA: It can prove almost nothing on its own, but if somebody self-reports something it makes like J. Edgar Hoover. It is what it is, and what it is ain’t much.

http://www.myajc.com/blog/mark-bradley/e...BLG9cQMkI/


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RE: Okogie and Jackson declared ineligible indefinitely
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Quote:Josh Pastner, Georgia Tech accused of underplaying violations by jilted friend

Ron Bell, an Arizona resident and longtime friend of Georgia Tech coach Josh Pastner, has told CBS Sports he's the person who provided benefits in violation of NCAA rules to Georgia Tech basketball players Josh Okogie and Tadric Jackson.

Georgia Tech announced last Thursday that it self-reported the violations to the NCAA and suspended both players indefinitely, but it did not, at the time, identify Bell. It instead only acknowledged that the same person was responsible for all violations, and that he was neither a booster nor a Georgia Tech employee.

According to the school, Jackson accepted benefits totaling less than $525 while Okogie accepted benefits totaling less than $750. Bell turned over documents to CBS Sports that show he spent $233.40 on a plane ticket for Okogie, sent him three pairs of shoes totaling around $444 and ordered him two shirts totaling $56. Bell also provided CBS Sports with documents that show he spent $233.40 on a plane ticket for Jackson, sent him two pairs of shoes totaling around $271 and ordered him Knicks apparel worth $80. Those documents add up to around the estimates Georgia Tech self-reported, and any incongruities could be chalked up to estimation differences, which are allowable by NCAA rules.
But Bell insists they do not tell the full story.

He said he also spent "about $500" on groceries for the players when they stayed at his house from May 9-13, and he provided photo evidence of Okogie and Jackson in his swimming pool. The NCAA should also be considering, he said, a 220-mile roundtrip ride from Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport to Bell's house in Tucson, which Bell said he provided for both players, as an impermissible benefit. And after adding up other various expenses, including a $120 meal Bell said he had with Okogie and Jackson at a Houston's in Atlanta, the 51 year-old who works in the real estate business concluded he's definitely given Okogie more than $750 and Jackson more than $525 in impermissible benefits.
"It's not even close," Bell said

Georgia Tech officials said last week that Pastner, the reigning ACC Coach of the Year, had no knowledge of the violations until Oct. 2, and that he immediately self-reported them to Georgia Tech's compliance office. Asked if that's true, Bell answered "absolutely not." He said Pastner "100 percent" knew Okogie and Jackson were staying four nights at his home while it was happening.

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RE: Okogie and Jackson declared ineligible indefinitely
So much for a "friend" of Pastner's. What a scumbag. And this is allegedly happening because Pastner forgot to call this guy on his birthday?

Though given Pastner's reputation was less than sterling from his time at Memphis, I can't say I'm shocked.

But still, what kind of lowlife human being do you have to be to hold this over GT and a couple of 20-year olds? Yes, they should have known better than to accept anything. But man, what a piece of work this Bell guy must be...
11-07-2017 01:02 PM
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RE: Okogie and Jackson declared ineligible indefinitely
Just get ready my friend. It took a little over a year for the drama and dysfunction to begin at Memphis. Looks to be the case at GT as well.
11-08-2017 02:40 PM
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