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<blockquote data-quote="stech81" data-source="post: 512767" data-attributes="member: 1687"><p>I have a hard time you blame every thing on CPJ The AD something he was not supposed to do.</p><p></p><p>The NCAA said Georgia Tech should have declared receiver <a href="http://www.espn.com/nfl/players/profile?playerId=13216" target="_blank">Demaryius Thomas</a> ineligible after he accepted $312 worth of clothing in '09 from former Yellow Jackets quarterback Calvin Booker, who was working for a sports agent at the time. <em>But the investigation took a harder turn against the school when athletic director Dan Radakovich broke NCAA rules by alerting Johnson</em> that Thomas and safety <a href="http://www.espn.com/nfl/players/profile?playerId=13264" target="_blank">Morgan Burnett</a> would soon be interviewed.</p><p>It seemed obvious to the NCAA that Thomas and Burnett were told to prepare answers to questions they would be asked during the interviews. In its 26-page report, the NCAA wrote that it decided not to make a finding of its interview with Burnett after he "consistently denied" accepting free clothing. The NCAA committee on infractions wrote, however, that a violation occurred in regard to Thomas.</p><p></p><p>"The staff members provided, before the NCAA could conduct their interview, information about what would be discussed in the interview," NCAA committee on infractions chairman Dennis Thomas said. "These actions impeded the enforcement staff investigations and hindered the committee in getting to the truth in this case. Otherwise, this case, as it pertains to the football program, would have been limited to impermissible benefits and preferential treatment violations."</p><p></p><p>Radakovich defended his decision to tell Johnson that Demaryius Thomas and Burnett would be interviewed, and added that he didn't agree with the findings.</p><p></p><p>"I think that's where they feel (the investigation) started," Radakovich said. "I've been working with coaches for 25 years, and I think it's important that you have a relationship with coaches. And while in this particular circumstance I should've picked up the telephone and made a call -- and I probably could've convinced the (NCAA) individual that this was important for me to do. I've worked with other investigators who wouldn't have had a problem with that, so I think that's part of the other growth and understanding process you go through when you have these issues at hand."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="stech81, post: 512767, member: 1687"] I have a hard time you blame every thing on CPJ The AD something he was not supposed to do. The NCAA said Georgia Tech should have declared receiver [URL='http://www.espn.com/nfl/players/profile?playerId=13216']Demaryius Thomas[/URL] ineligible after he accepted $312 worth of clothing in '09 from former Yellow Jackets quarterback Calvin Booker, who was working for a sports agent at the time. [I]But the investigation took a harder turn against the school when athletic director Dan Radakovich broke NCAA rules by alerting Johnson[/I] that Thomas and safety [URL='http://www.espn.com/nfl/players/profile?playerId=13264']Morgan Burnett[/URL] would soon be interviewed. It seemed obvious to the NCAA that Thomas and Burnett were told to prepare answers to questions they would be asked during the interviews. In its 26-page report, the NCAA wrote that it decided not to make a finding of its interview with Burnett after he "consistently denied" accepting free clothing. The NCAA committee on infractions wrote, however, that a violation occurred in regard to Thomas. "The staff members provided, before the NCAA could conduct their interview, information about what would be discussed in the interview," NCAA committee on infractions chairman Dennis Thomas said. "These actions impeded the enforcement staff investigations and hindered the committee in getting to the truth in this case. Otherwise, this case, as it pertains to the football program, would have been limited to impermissible benefits and preferential treatment violations." Radakovich defended his decision to tell Johnson that Demaryius Thomas and Burnett would be interviewed, and added that he didn't agree with the findings. "I think that's where they feel (the investigation) started," Radakovich said. "I've been working with coaches for 25 years, and I think it's important that you have a relationship with coaches. And while in this particular circumstance I should've picked up the telephone and made a call -- and I probably could've convinced the (NCAA) individual that this was important for me to do. I've worked with other investigators who wouldn't have had a problem with that, so I think that's part of the other growth and understanding process you go through when you have these issues at hand." [/QUOTE]
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