Richt Not As Anti-Oversigning As Suggested

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A couple of weeks ago, Mark Richt told a Georgia booster club that it’s wrong for coaches to mislead student-athletes when it comes to their scholarship opportunities.  Richt said he was not in favor of schools telling kids — without warning — that there is no room for them in the inn despite the fact that they had signed with that program.

Georgia’s coach was cheered.  He was declared an “anti-oversigning guy.” 

But now the coach has clarified his remarks:


“First of all, I think everyone should have a right to manage their own numbers.  I think every university should be able to do that.  If you only have room for 20 and you sign 25 and then you come up in June and tell two or three of them that you don’t have room for them, then I think that is wrong.  But if everyone involved, the prospect, the parents and the high school coach all know the situation up front, and the prospect wants to enroll in the next semester, I don’t have a problem with that.  That’s all I have ever said.”


Sounds like Richt might’ve gotten a couple of phone calls from other coaches wondering why was chiming in on their business.