So what's the problem?

Suddenly, the SEC fanbase realizes there's drawbacks to letting xenophobia and racism dictate policy.

That conference is going to give us a college football playoff, and perhaps immigration reform? I'll vote for Mike Slive in 2016 at this rate.

i for one am outraged that an illegal immigrant with most likely sub-par grades will not be able to take the place of a native in that university .

/let the kid play football though

Norv Turner: So what's the problem?

Football in the south.

ArkAngel: Is there actually a difference between undocumented and illegal?

Some people born in broken homes aren't necessarily documented. I'm not a parent so I don't know the details, but I presume a lot of the legal shiat (like registering with the SSA) starts as soon as a woman in labor gets admitted to ER. But there are plenty of paranoid families that basically avoid their civic duties like the plague, so there's very little paperwork on them. If a kid is born in a bathroom or crazy church with no medical assistance (after all, humans didn't have doctors for thousands of years), homeschooled, then plays in youth leagues based on falsified information, a scout might wind up recruiting a "student" who's a U.S. citizen without any documentation whatsoever of being a citizen. . . because that's really the idea.

I work in a sales outfit, and by happenstance traveling salesmen go places a lot of people don't see. They have stories of some rural folk who never went as far as the nearest town, 20 miles from where they were born, and these people would literally shoot at cars that were a certain shape & color in the offchance the driver was a civil servant.

Someone should let Mr. Brown know that there are a lot schools up north, in the midwest and in the west that would LOVE to give him a scholarship.

Shouldn't be a big issue for UGA- they are used to having football players with legal problems...

Go to USC/UCLA. I wouldn't be surprised if they served pineapple, pig and poi in the cafeteria. And I don't mean that in any other way than they already have large populations of Pacific Islanders there.

Immigration status is not an issue, there are enough influential and big money lawyers that could make this all go away.

Samoan = BIG lineman

/ my money is on Da U

Samoan = BIG lineman

/ my money is on Da U

I'm sure USC would like a word with you

proteus_b: i for one am outraged that an illegal immigrant with most likely sub-par grades will not be able to take the place of a native in that university .

Well there's your problem! Calling UGA a "university." The guy might be home free because perhaps the law only applies to institutions of higher education.

/ducks
//Go Jackets!

Perhaps he'll sign with Alabama...oh wait.

It's clearly not (a) since you don't need good grades to get into UGA.

He actually had the date of his commitment to UGA - July 15, 2011 - tattooed on his arm shortly after making his pledge to Georgia coaches.

Yeah, man. When I got out of high school and registered at my local community college, I got that tat right across the back of my neck.

dragonchild: They have stories of some rural folk who never went as far as the nearest town, 20 miles from where they were born, and these people would literally shoot at cars that were a certain shape & color in the offchance the driver was a civil servant.

Next time you visit tell my family I said hi.

Doogled: It's clearly not (a) since you don't need good grades to get into UGA.

Maaaaaan, you Techies are so bitter!

/We're a Tier I university as well.

rudemix: Go to USC/UCLA. I wouldn't be surprised if they served pineapple, pig and poi in the cafeteria. And I don't mean that in any other way than they already have large populations of Pacific Islanders there.

I thought that was BYU.

Lotas Samoans are Mormon.

Billy Crystal Meth Lab: Doogled: It's clearly not (a) since you don't need good grades to get into UGA.

Maaaaaan, you Techies are so bitter!

/We're a Tier I university as well.

It was softballed in there. I had to swing.

bubbaprog: You become a criminal illegal when you fabricate government documents or commit perjury in order to stay in this country.

You had me until this statement: you're also illegal if you, say, swim the Rio Grande because you know you won't be allowed in. Or if you pay a coyote to sneak you in, or if your visa expires and you elect to stay. If you know that you're not in the US with a work/student/tourist visa. "Illegal immigrant" doesn't mean a criminal lie was told to get in/stay in, it also just plain means "has no legal standing to be here." Hell, I know a 35-year-old Australian that's been working at a local magazine for about 12 years, paid cash under the table the whole time, because his tourist visa expired and he didn't feel like leaving. He hasn't criminally perjured himself in any way, he just never left.

CygnusDarius: interesting bit of trivia: Hunter Thompson was, actually, a football fan

Trivia? Interesting? He wrote for sports magazines on and off for his entire career -- remember, that's why he was sent to Vegas in the first place in Fear & Loathing -- and then he spent a few years writing a regular football column for ESPN. "Hunter liked football" is more of a "here's something anyone that knows anything about him would have observed" piece of trivia.

veedeevadeevoodee: Samoan = BIG lineman



In my part of the country, they're known as Caramel deLites.

ZMugg: rudemix: Go to USC/UCLA. I wouldn't be surprised if they served pineapple, pig and poi in the cafeteria. And I don't mean that in any other way than they already have large populations of Pacific Islanders there.

I thought that was BYU.

Lotas Samoans are Mormon.

Hawaiins too. I'm not sure if the Mormons were the first to be allowed to the Pacific Islands, or just the first to be brave enough to go. Michener mentions it in his book Hawaii. Somewhere about the three pound mark.

Billy Crystal Meth Lab: Maaaaaan, you Techies are so bitter!

/We're a Tier I university as well.

Is it actual Tier 1 or Tier 1 with an asterisk?

Relax, I'm only kidding. You guys rib us about football, we rib you about academics. It's a vicious cycle, but all in good fun (most of the time).

Well, at least the Sociology department can point to a great example of the Law of Unintended Consequences.

He better be careful or those people may wind up throwing him off a four story building into a greenhouse, that will cause him to develop a speech impediment.

Guys, I'm with subby. Laws should not apply to people good at football.

DEPORT HIM.
HE IS A CRIMMINAL... HIS ABILITY IS OF NOT MATTER>

DEPORT HIM..

Why is there even a discussion?

Scrotastic Method: bubbaprog: You become a criminal illegal when you fabricate government documents or commit perjury in order to stay in this country.

You had me until this statement: you're also illegal if you, say, swim the Rio Grande because you know you won't be allowed in. Or if you pay a coyote to sneak you in, or if your visa expires and you elect to stay. If you know that you're not in the US with a work/student/tourist visa. "Illegal immigrant" doesn't mean a criminal lie was told to get in/stay in, it also just plain means "has no legal standing to be here." Hell, I know a 35-year-old Australian that's been working at a local magazine for about 12 years, paid cash under the table the whole time, because his tourist visa expired and he didn't feel like leaving. He hasn't criminally perjured himself in any way, he just never left.

CygnusDarius: interesting bit of trivia: Hunter Thompson was, actually, a football fan

Trivia? Interesting? He wrote for sports magazines on and off for his entire career -- remember, that's why he was sent to Vegas in the first place in Fear & Loathing -- and then he spent a few years writing a regular football column for ESPN. "Hunter liked football" is more of a "here's something anyone that knows anything about him would have observed" piece of trivia.

Thanks for pointing this out so I didn't have to.

Wait. a 340 pound, 6 foot 5 samoan who isn't allowed to play football?

Ladies and Gentlemen, I know a solution.

Scrotastic Method: Trivia? Interesting? He wrote for sports magazines on and off for his entire career -- remember, that's why he was sent to Vegas in the first place in Fear & Loathing -- and then he spent a few years writing a regular football column for ESPN. "Hunter liked football" is more of a "here's something anyone that knows anything about him would have observed" piece of trivia.

There was a really great episode of the B.S. Report Podcast where Bill SImmons Interviews Joe Walsh about Hunter Thompson. Fascinating Listen if you get the chance (Lunk)

skinink: He better be careful or those people may wind up throwing him off a four story building into a greenhouse, that will cause him to develop a speech impediment.

They didn't have to go and fark up the way a nukka talk

So it's more unfair if the kid involved can play football?

It's cool, we don't mind people being here illegally. Immigration laws are for other countries, not the USA.

Scrotastic Method: bubbaprog: You become a criminal illegal when you fabricate government documents or commit perjury in order to stay in this country.

You had me until this statement: you're also illegal if you, say, swim the Rio Grande because you know you won't be allowed in. Or if you pay a coyote to sneak you in, or if your visa expires and you elect to stay. If you know that you're not in the US with a work/student/tourist visa. "Illegal immigrant" doesn't mean a criminal lie was told to get in/stay in, it also just plain means "has no legal standing to be here." Hell, I know a 35-year-old Australian that's been working at a local magazine for about 12 years, paid cash under the table the whole time, because his tourist visa expired and he didn't feel like leaving. He hasn't criminally perjured himself in any way, he just never left.

CygnusDarius: interesting bit of trivia: Hunter Thompson was, actually, a football fan

Trivia? Interesting? He wrote for sports magazines on and off for his entire career -- remember, that's why he was sent to Vegas in the first place in Fear & Loathing -- and then he spent a few years writing a regular football column for ESPN. "Hunter liked football" is more of a "here's something anyone that knows anything about him would have observed" piece of trivia.

I heard he was sorta into politics too. Little known fact!

I bet this is somehow related to the increase in the price of Girl Scout cookies.

I once coached a kid who was full of talent but could not document his legal residence in the U.S.

That kid grew up to be Joe Paterno.

Ha! Ha!

I know a lot about Hunter, when I was younger I was one of tThe Homer Tax: Fascinating Listen if you get the chance (Lunk)

Thanks man! Listening now. Much as I hate Bill Simmons.

Looks like the real problem is he is only a 3* on Rivals and Scout. If he was a 5* you know this wouldn't be a problem.