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Soccer captain key to team’s comer kick goals
By EDWARD KIM
The Red & Black
As the Georgia drumline began ratting
and tatting to fire up Georgia soccer Cans,
senior Kelli Corless placed the ball onto
the right comer of the field in a 0-0 tie.
She took a few steps back and looked
out across the field to see what the LSU
defense was giving her to work with.
“We have certain plays for our comer
kicks and there are a few girls on the team
that are normal targets, so I [was] just
looking to put the ball in a good area that
[could] give us a chance to score,” Corless
said.
But things weren’t playing in her favor.
Georgia was already missing its tallest
player, 5-foot-11 defender Bailey Powell,
who was out with a hamstring ir\jury
and the Bulldogs had yet to score off a set
piece all season.
Corless, of course, already knew this.
The team captain recognized that the
given play called for junior Jamie Pollock
to cut across the box toward the middle
of the goal as senior Marah Falle ran in to
obstruct the LSU’s goalkeeper’s view.
Corless raised her right hand and then
struck the ball towards goal.
The shot, however, was too high, and
there was no way Pollock or Falle would
be able to get a head on the ball.
But then something unexpected hap
pened.
The ball began curving in toward the
goal, as the opposing keeper was too far
Richt makes example with suspension
By RACHEL G. BOWERS
The Red & Black
Tailback Caleb King
has been suspended for
two games following his
arrest Monday, head coach
Mark Richt announced
Tuesday.
In his Tuesday news
conference, Richt gave
three short responses in a
row to questions about
whether punishment has
gotten tougher for off-the
fleld troubles, as 11 players
have now been arrested
this year.
Richt said “yes, sir,”
King’s punishment is an
example of the harsher
consequences and also
said “obviously, yes sir"
King’s punishment was
meant to send a message.
Richt said the responsi
bility to take care of traffic
violations falls on the
shoulders of the “student-
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▲ Senior Kelli Corless (15) has solidified her role as the go-to taker of
the Bulldogs’ corner kicks under new head coach Steve Hoieman.
out of the net to try and stop Falle’s
attempt. LSU’s goalkeeper jumped to
knock the attempt away, but Corless’ shot
kept going right into the back of the net
FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK
athlete” and that “Georgia
is not going to take care of
the traffic violations.”
However, the head coach
did say the staff will now
be making weekly checks
to see if the players’ licens
es are in “good standing,”
rather than monthly.
“In order to really know
something like that we
would’ve had to be made
aware of it and then we
can make sure that thing
gets taken care of," Richt
said. “Again, we are not
taking care of it. We just
have to make sure it gets
taken care of by the stu
dent-athlete.”
Wide receiver Kris
Durham took the same
stance as Richt. saying the
players need to take care
of their off-the-field busi
ness.
“It’s more on the play
ers. We're responsible for
our actions. We
make the decisions
that we make,”
Durham said. “You
have to pay the con
sequences, but at
the same time we’re
100 percent behind
each other. We’re a
team. We’re gonna
support everyone.”
King makes for
the fourth major
contributor on
Georgia’s offense to
be suspended for at
least one game this
season.
Coaches getting
Ken Malcome ready
With King sus
pended and tail
back Carlton
Thomas “questionable” for
Tuesday practice due to a
SPORTS
for the go-ahead goal —and another
Georgia win.
Throughout her Georgia career, Corless
has had a knack of scoring goals such as
hamstring injury, Richt
said he and the staff have
been getting fresh
man tailback Ken
Malcome ready
“for the last month
or so,” though
Ealey will still be
carrying the major
ity of the load for
the Bulldogs
Saturday against
Vanderbilt.
“We were watch
ing him in drill
work and we feel
like he has great
potential,” Richt
said. “We were very
encouraged by
what we saw, so we
said let’s get him
up here and just
keep spoon-feeding
him and get him to
a position to where
if we need him he’ll
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be ready to go. That’s
where he’s at right now.”
these. She had; two such goals in her
freshman and junior years, including one
against South Carolina in last season’s
SEC quarterfinals, although neither was
on purpose.
“I would love to say ‘Oh yeah, I meant
to shoot that.’ But really, I just try to put
the ball in a dangerous area,” Corless
said.
Corless was given the responsibility at
Georgia as a freshman after former head
coach Patrick Baker found out that she
could “strike a decent ball.” But when
new head coach Steve Hoieman was hired
from Ole Miss last spring, Corless was not
just given the role.
She had to earn it.
"I was obviously familiar with her from
having played against her for the past
three years,” Hoieman said. “I [knew] she
had a great left foot and that she took
[Georgia’s] comers in the past and I
watched a lot of video. It was not an auto
matic, but she stepped up and [did] what
she needed to and it has been good. She
has a great left foot and left-footed serve
and she has the ability to float a hall,
bend a ball, drive a ball”
Like many team captains, anytime she
makes the perfect service to a teammate
is a top moment for her. And with three
years of experience behind her, Corless
knows exactly how important her role is
on this year’s team.
“Anytime that we have been able to
capitalize on [a comer], score a goal off of
it, or anything -itis a crucial thing.”
KING: Case to be
passed on to SEC
>- From Page 1
interests to provide a stu
dent-athlete or the stu
dent-athlete’s relative or
friend a benefit not
expressly authorized by
NCAA legislation.”
By the same bylaw,
“loans (even if interest is
charged) or guarantee of
bond” are clearly expressed
as an example of an imper
missible extra benefit.
Loans are permitted by
the NCAA if the relation
ship between the student
athlete and the loaner can
be described as an "estab
lished family friend.” While
the wording of the bylaw
remains in question, even
with NCAA’s own compli
ance officers, it is clear
there is tin issue to be
addressed by the Athletic
Association.
“There is a bylaw
[Bylaw] 16.11.1.3 —and it
says ‘A student-athlete
may receive a loan from an
established family friend
without such an arrange
ment constituting as an
extra benefit.’ I think [a
family friend] has to be an
established relationship,”
said Michael Paciorek, fac
ulty compliance associate
at Eastern Michigan
University. “There’s a prior
relationship that goes back
for a period of time it
doesn't specify exactly
what the length of that
relationship would be. And
actually it states here that
the relationship must exist
prior to the initiation of
the student-athlete’s
recruitment [by the
University].”
Therefore, if the NCAA
were to find that King’s
female “friend” does not
meet the definition of an
established family firiend,
the running back and the
Georgia program could
potentially face punish
ment from the NCAA.
Clouding the issue even
further is the fact that the
woman loaning King the
money is a former
University employee —a
previous University transit
bus driver. Such past
employment could qualify
the woman as “an institu
tional employee,” which
would fall in direct viola
tion of NCAA bylaws.
When asked if a situa
tion such as King’s could
constitute a possible
NCAA violation, Paciorek
said the possibility exists
and that “it might be
something that would have
to be looked into.”
Georgia’s NCAA com
pliance officer, Eric
Baumgartner, was unavail
able for comment.
Georgia athletic direc
tor Greg McGarity first
addressed King’s loan situ
ation as a non-violation
under NCAA policy.
"No, no I don’t think it
is [an NCAA violation]. If
it was, I’m sure we would
be on top of that as far as
doing that, but it's not a
situation where we feel
rises to that level, but I
can certainly check on
that,” McGarity said. “But
no, I think on the surface
it’s not because it’s not a
representative of [the
University], it’s not a
booster. But this is all new
to us.”
After reviewing the facts
of the case with
Baumgartner, McGarity
made it clear that issue
would need to be dealt
with by conference offi
cials.
“I’ll tell you what we’ll
do is we’ll probably send
this over to the SEC office,”
McGarity said. “We’ll send
it over to the SEC office
over there and ask for an
[interpretation], and ask
them to look at it and see
if we have any issues
there.”
The rulings on such
matters are handled on a
case-by-case basis by the
NCAA, with the investiga
tion independently finding
whether there was an
infraction warranting pun
ishment.
If found to be in viola
tion, the Implications could
be damaging for the
Georgia program. As the
NCAA iterates in reference
to impermissible extra
benefits: "If the student
athlete receives an extra
benefit not authorized by
NCAA legislation ... the
Individual is ineligible in all
sports.”
In either case, Georgia
certainly has some Issues
to sort out with the league
offices.
There is no definitive
answer available as to
whether King violated
NCAA rules, but the con
clusion could affect the
outcome of the Bulldogs’
season for if King played
as an ineligible player, the
NCAA has demonstrated
before that they will not
hesitate to strip away
wins.
And if worst comes to
worst, Georgia could for
feit the few wins it has
already earned in 2010.