30 biggest college football scandals of all time
By Ethan Lee
Georgia’s A.J. Green and Todd Gurley made money off of memorabilia
The NCAA has a long list of regulations that it imposes upon student-athletes. One of those regulations pertains to charging money for signing autographs. A similar regulation exists prohibiting players from selling a game-worn jersey to someone who fits the NCAA’s designation of an agent.
The University of Georgia is familiar with the scrutiny and penalties that come from violating these regulations. It just so happens that two star Bulldogs in the past nine seasons have been busted for breaking these rules.
Wide receiver A.J. Green was suspended for four games in 2010 and then running back Todd Gurley was hit with a four-game suspension of his own in 2014.
Green, in 2009, reportedly accepted $1,000 from someone the NCAA classified as an agent in exchange for Green’s game-worn jersey from the 2009 Independence Bowl. He was then suspended for four games and donated the money to charity.
Gurley, according to Sports Illustrated, accepted more than $3,000 over the span of a couple of seasons before being suspended in 2014. Shortly after Gurley returned from being suspended, he then suffered a torn ACL and missed the remainder of his final season in Athens.