Olde Hornet
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http://blogs.ajc.com/mark-bradley-blog/2010/07/04/sad-but-necessary-damon-evans-is-out-at-uga/
Had Damon Evans been the general manager of, say, the Atlanta Braves, he might have kept his job. A professional sports team exists for two reasons — to sell tickets and win games. Nobody gets a diploma from the University of the Atlanta Braves.
But Damon Evans was not GM of a pro team. He was, to borrow a phrase attributed to him on the infamous police report that clinched his apparent ouster, the athletics director of the University of Georgia. And there’s your difference: An awful lot of people have paid money to receive the diploma that graces their wall, and those people want that piece of paper to mean something.
Had Evans stayed in place, that diploma would have been cheapened by the memory of a regrettable mug shot and the image of red lingerie. The DUI arrest put his job in jeopardy, and the detailed nature of the police report clinched his fall. He might have fought — and might still fight, at least legally — the official charge, but the university could not allow him to fight it on the school’s dime.
The woman in the car (not his wife) - Courtney Fuhrmann
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/02/courtney-fuhrmann-who-was_n_634310.html
Had Damon Evans been the general manager of, say, the Atlanta Braves, he might have kept his job. A professional sports team exists for two reasons — to sell tickets and win games. Nobody gets a diploma from the University of the Atlanta Braves.
But Damon Evans was not GM of a pro team. He was, to borrow a phrase attributed to him on the infamous police report that clinched his apparent ouster, the athletics director of the University of Georgia. And there’s your difference: An awful lot of people have paid money to receive the diploma that graces their wall, and those people want that piece of paper to mean something.
Had Evans stayed in place, that diploma would have been cheapened by the memory of a regrettable mug shot and the image of red lingerie. The DUI arrest put his job in jeopardy, and the detailed nature of the police report clinched his fall. He might have fought — and might still fight, at least legally — the official charge, but the university could not allow him to fight it on the school’s dime.
The woman in the car (not his wife) - Courtney Fuhrmann
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/02/courtney-fuhrmann-who-was_n_634310.html
