Georgia athletic director Greg McGarity said his open records staff was overwhelmed and that "it gives us a chance administratively to respond in a timely manner." He never mentioned recruiting. Smart was asked again how the bill would help his program, yet refused to answer. So if it was simply to aid Georgia's recruiting efforts, why was it done so secretively? That bill is supposed to "close a loophole that was inadvertently in the 2012 legislation to keep competing states from gaining an unfair advantage while prospecting for new industries," according to. It wasn't debated on the floor until after midnight on March 23. This law was tacked onto an existing, unrelated bill late in a legilative session. MORE: Urban Meyer calls texting rule 'ignorant' So for me to get the credit for that is a little bit misleading." That was the extent of my conversation with those guys about that. One of the things I brought up - there’s a difference. “When I went over to the Capitol, I was asked what’s the difference in our program and some programs I’ve been at in the past.
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"First of all, I shouldn’t get any credit for that," Smart said at a press conference. Requests about player incidents - like the two Bulldogs arrested on weapons charges - are now being handled by the open records office instead of UGA police, apparently. Casey Cagle said he hopes "it brings us a national championship.” Earl Ehrhart, a co-sponsor, told 11Alive News in Atlanta that the "only intention on this is… so people don’t have access to find out who our schools are recruiting."
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That information comes almost exclusively from the players themselves. They had a (shorter) window where the documents were not yet public, but other states had 90 days.”īut no other state has 90 days to acknowledge it has received a Freedom of Information Act request, and reporters don't file requests to obtain information about recruiting. “It had to do with football teams or athletic departments that are recruiting people in the state of Georgia. “It’s a similar subject that, from what I understand, came to light through Kirby Smart at UGA,” Tom Krause, the Chief of Staff of state Sen.