5* UGAg recruit received brand new Ford Raptor yesterday...

18in32 said:
1. So now the standard for purchases is appreciation? Pretty sure you don't buy the cheapest food and cheapest clothes and cheapest cars that you could. That doesn't make those purchases foolish. It makes them consumption tailored to your particular tastes and preferences. Everybody does it. Even you. You have no idea if this purchase is having some kind of adverse impact on this family's long-term finances or not.
2. Nor sure what you're talking about, but if somebody asks who bought you the car, you just show them the bill of sale and the 'investigation' is over. You might watch too many movies where the serial killer starts sweating and the cop says, hey, did I hear something in your basement?
3. The whole point of social media is to share events in your life, especially exciting ones. This falls squarely in that purpose. Not a big deal.
4. I've got just as many negative assumptions about you, based on the little I know about you and stereotypes about "people like you," as you do about this kid and his family. Whatever your personal prejudices and assumptions, the reality is that you don't know. So insisting these folks are rule-breakers is pretty classless, IMHO.
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1. Moved the goalpost from appreciating/depreciating to most appreciating / less than most appreciating
2. Bill of Sale then opens the dealership to questioning (is it run by a booster?) and can open financial records to scrutiny (is this an abnormal purchase?). The IRS could even become involved. Even if none of that happens, it’s at an increased risk because of poor timing and social media posts. Even if he’s innocent, innocent people sometimes get convicted.
3. See above.
4. Now we’re going ad hominem? The only assumption I’m making is that it’s stupid to give someone a $70,000 vehicle on NSD and stupid for him to post that on social media. Very bad look. It’s the same if he lives in a trailer park in Athens or a mansion in Atlanta. Oh, and I assumed he’s not serious about engineering because he chose uga, but that’s more of a statement of fact.
 
gtphd said:
1. Moved the goalpost from appreciating/depreciating to most appreciating / less than most appreciating
2. Bill of Sale then opens the dealership to questioning (is it run by a booster?) and can open financial records to scrutiny (is this an abnormal purchase?). The IRS could even become involved. Even if none of that happens, it’s at an increased risk because of poor timing and social media posts. Even if he’s innocent, innocent people sometimes get convicted.
3. See above.
4. Now we’re going ad hominem?
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1. No, I didn't. The only goalpost has always been: What's the basis for complaining about this particularly variety of consumption? You don't know enough about these people or this purchase to have strong opinions.
2-3. You've got a very active imagination. People who go to college on athletic scholarships don't need to stop having fun and celebrating good things out of fear of the Big Bad NCAA.
4. That's actually my point. You're attacking them individually without knowing them individually. Hey, everybody stereotypes, including myself. But have the honesty to acknowledge that stereotypes don't justify the kind of confidence you're demonstrating.
 
Dirty Jacket said:
Why the öööö does everything come back to watches when someone wants to debate @gtphd. The man likes nice watches, you like Apple watches wear that öööö
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I don't get it either.

18, buying a college freshman a 70k vehicle is dwag level stupidity. Its completely different if a 40-50 year old phd married to a hotel executive who wastes that kind of money on a ride.

I've heard both his parents are doctors. I heard his dad is a longshoreman who makes $120 with a $20k bonus. Yet he tweeted at one point he wanted to buy his mom a house. There is a lot of öööö flying around right now.
 
GTCrew said:
18, buying a college freshman a 70k vehicle is dwag level stupidity. Its completely different if a 40-50 year old phd married to a hotel executive who wastes that kind of money on a ride.
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Well, I drove a V-12 Jag in high school. Guess I don't think it's a big deal if the family can afford it and the kids got his head screwed on straight.

(Of course, some think I was spoiled and am now a jackass.)
 
We turn away the de/lb who wants to play at GT that can’t school and maybe this truck was bought for the guy going to Ugag.
 
18in32 said:
Well, I drove a V-12 Jag in high school. Guess I don't think it's a big deal if the family can afford it and the kids got his head screwed on straight.

(Of course, some think I was spoiled and am now a jackass.)
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Anytime I saw someone in a V12 Jaguar I thought "poor sucker" if it weren't a classic old xke or something. I hope that is what you had. Rolling artwork. Even then, back in my day, a classic Jag wasn't too expensive to buy. Our choice in British cars was Triumph. Dad had a 1969 TR6 and I had a 1978 Spitfire.

In the old days, any car getting you to 100K miles without major repairs was a miracle car.
 
GTCrew said:
I don't get it either.

18, buying a college freshman a 70k vehicle is dwag level stupidity. Its completely different if a 40-50 year old phd married to a hotel executive who wastes that kind of money on a ride.

I've heard both his parents are doctors. I heard his dad is a longshoreman who makes $120 with a $20k bonus. Yet he tweeted at one point he wanted to buy his mom a house. There is a lot of öööö flying around right now.
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öööö him öööö his parents öööö Kirby öööö fords god knows how I feel about ford raptors and motheröööö uga.
 
NotTomNotPhilButGCollins said:
This recruit's parents doesn't have to do crap to your liking and your timing nor do they have to do crap to the NCAA's liking either

The NCAA ain't the effin Federal Govt., it is a Rules Organization made up of voluntary members (colleges)

Your attitude above is why GT doesn't get 5* recruits like this guy, the attitude of smug, suburban, schmuck elitism, turns off most normal folks, and a majority of elite recruits come from "normal folks"

This Recruit secured a FB scholly likely to be worth 250K for an out of State player, and his parents wanted to top it off by getting him a Car, end of story

I know students from back when I was going to college that got cars because they secured certain academic scholarships that would save their parents money, why is he any different?

GT Folks whining & snitching hasn't done a damn thing to move the meter for GT FB

We should be asking why a kid that is the #2 overall player in the country that dreams about majoring in Engr isn't coming to our school, and if he does change majors then he should be doing it as a effing YELLOW JACKET

When it comes to crootin' , snitches get ditches which it why we gotta dig ourselves outta oblivion and onto the radar of good players that do qualify

Git yo' mind rite!!

Time to dream bigger when it comes to recrootin'
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Gr8 b8 m8

Mostly true too.
 
18in32 said:
Well, I drove a V-12 Jag in high school. Guess I don't think it's a big deal if the family can afford it and the kids got his head screwed on straight.

(Of course, some think I was spoiled and am now a jackass.)
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In your defense, I think you could've driven a Saturn in high school and still come across as pretentious.
 
BainbridgeJacket said:
In your defense, I think you could've driven a Saturn in high school and still come across as pretentious.
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I was jealous when one of my classmates got a brand new 1984 Fiero 2m4. What a dog car. I was driving a sweet convertible Spitfire and jealous of an iron duke Fiero? Plus, the 84 Fieros had a tendency to catch fire
 
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