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Really Ga State?
Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2012 11:36 am
by clenz
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Promotion of the week
How does an athletic department convince students at a commuter school to come watch an 0-5 team play New Hampshire? Straight cash, homey. Georgia State students will be brought on to the field, where $10,000 in cash will be dropped from the rafters. I was curious as to whether Georgia State basketball post players, who would have an obvious cash-grabbing advantage because of their height, wingspan and leaping ability, could participate given the NCAA's rules against extra benefits. So I asked John Infante, a former athletic department compliance officer and the author of the essential Bylaw Blog, for an interpretation. Infante wrote that since the cash drop is open to any student, then it would not qualify as an extra benefit for a Georgia State athlete. To all those grabbing for the cash
Re: Really Ga State?
Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2012 11:40 am
by andy7171
I hope they film this thing!
Re: Really Ga State?
Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2012 11:46 am
by Grizalltheway
andy7171 wrote:I hope they film this thing!
I'm picturing the reparations episode of Chapelle's Show as the aftermath to this.
Is that racist?
Re: Really Ga State?
Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2012 1:35 pm
by BlackFalkin
straight cash homie.
Re: Really Ga State?
Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2012 1:48 pm
by AZGrizFan
Grizalltheway wrote:andy7171 wrote:I hope they film this thing!
I'm picturing the reparations episode of Chapelle's Show as the aftermath to this.
Is that racist?
I'm picturing the lawsuits resulting from the ensuing melee...
Re: Really Ga State?
Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2012 1:52 pm
by Grizalltheway
Just hope all the KFC managers in the greater Atlanta area are prepared to get swamped tomorrow.
Re: Really Ga State?
Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2012 3:07 pm
by Pwns
What a pathetic f***ing program. The sad thing is this could get them more media attention than any FCS team will probably get this year.
Re: Really Ga State?
Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2012 9:04 pm
by ODUsmitty
The top FCS programs have tickets that sell on the aftermarket for 3 digits. ODU has never not (I know double negative) sold out Foreman Field, and has a season tix waiting list of 9500 tickets. Stub Hub does not lie, and demand far exceeds supply.
GaState, prior to its Sun Belch moveup, provides free tix and now cash for its students to care.
Pretty f'n embarrassing.
Particularly against a talented and entertaining squad like UNH.
Panthers will make great homecoming fodder for SBC teams for years to come.
THe real GSU resides in Statesboro, and I wish them to be conference mates one day.
Re: Really Ga State?
Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2012 9:07 pm
by EWURanger
Lol. WTF kinda shit is this?
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Re: Really Ga State?
Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2012 9:11 pm
by grizzaholic
Grizalltheway wrote:Just hope all the KFC managers in the greater Atlanta area are prepared to get swamped tomorrow.
Don't they also have that Popeyes thing down there?
Re: Really Ga State?
Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2012 10:34 pm
by Mr. C
Why does this make me think of the Thanksgiving episode on WKRP in Cincinnati? Instead of turkeys, they are dropping cash.
Re: Really Ga State?
Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2012 11:11 am
by SDHornet
Wow, WAFJ.
Re: Really Ga State?
Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2012 4:26 pm
by clenz
Please tell me someone has an update on this, or even better video
Re: Really Ga State?
Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2012 6:20 pm
by DJnVa
clenz wrote:Please tell me someone has an update on this, or even better video
As you can see, it attracted a huge crowd.
Also, the the "Voucher Drop" requires you to open an account at the credit union.
Re: Really Ga State?
Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2012 6:23 pm
by ∞∞∞
DJnVa wrote:clenz wrote:Please tell me someone has an update on this, or even better video
As you can see, it attracted a huge crowd.
Also, the the "Voucher Drop" requires you to open an account at the credit union.
Announced attendance of 9531.
Re: Really Ga State?
Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2012 6:34 pm
by DJnVa
55 more than last week.
Re: Really Ga State?
Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2012 6:39 pm
by 93henfan
DJnVa wrote:
Jesus Christ.
Re: Really Ga State?
Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2012 6:40 pm
by clenz
No fucking way they were even close to 9 fucking thousand
Re: Really Ga State?
Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2012 6:45 pm
by SuperHornet
clenz wrote:No fucking way they were even close to 9 fucking thousand
It would be interesting to know if that took place before the game, at halftime, or after the game. Based on that pic alone, I'd be more inclined to place their attendance at about 500 or less. And I didn't leave a zero off that. I mean five hundred.
In any event, I think we all agree that the Hail Mary is incomplete, and GA St has no business even TALKING to the NCAA about moving up....
Re: Really Ga State?
Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2012 8:15 pm
by DJnVa
SuperHornet wrote:clenz wrote:No **** way they were even close to 9 **** thousand
It would be interesting to know if that took place before the game, at halftime, or after the game. Based on that pic alone, I'd be more inclined to place their attendance at about 500 or less. And I didn't leave a zero off that. I mean five hundred.
In any event, I think we all agree that the Hail Mary is incomplete, and GA St has no business even TALKING to the NCAA about moving up....
That was halftime and apparently all the students left when it was done.
Re: Really Ga State?
Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2012 8:45 pm
by ∞∞∞
They just showed a highlight of the promo on SportsCenter's opening. I hope they make fun of it.
Re: Really Ga State?
Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2012 9:34 pm
by SuperHornet
∞∞∞ wrote:They just showed a highlight of the promo on SportsCenter's opening. I hope they make fun of it.
I don't always agree with Trip, but in THIS case:
I don't agree with Pwns' language, but I certainly agree with his sentiment: if you have to resort to THIS, you are truly and completely PATHETIC, and ought to drop to NAIA or even drop football altogether. Heck, I'd expect GASt to get their rears handed to them by Grand Valley State, Mount Union, and Carroll on a regular freaking basis....
Re: Really Ga State?
Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2012 9:49 pm
by JayJ79
they MADE IT RAIN up in there.....
Re: Really Ga State?
Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2012 9:58 pm
by EWURanger
Straight clown shit.
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Re: Really Ga State?
Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2012 10:37 pm
by eagleskins
Did Cliff and his Klavern show up to fund their little "organization"?