Georgia Bulldogs Running Back Washaun Ealey Arrested for Hit and Run
by T Kyle King on Aug 27, 2010 9:34 AM EDT
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PrintFirst, the facts, straight from Seth Emerson:
Georgia tailback Washaun Ealey was arrested early on Friday morning on charges of hit and run and driving on a suspended license.
Ealey, 21, was arrested by the UGA Police, who said alcohol was not involved. The player was still at the Clarke County jail as of 9 a.m. on Friday. . . .
At 3:19 a.m., a vehicle made contact with a parked vehicle in the East parking deck at UGA. That was witnessed by parking service employees, who confronted the driver. The driver parked the car and left the scene.
Officers arrived and tracked the car to an Athens residence. They first talked to his roommate, who informed them it had been his roommate, Ealey, driving the car.
The police spoke to Ealey, and determined that he had been driving on a suspended license. He was subsequently arrested.
Now, the analysis, straight from me:
If you're inclined to look on the bright side, there are, of course, these facts upon which to hang your hat: the police say alcohol was not involved, and Ealey didn't have anyone's panties in his lap.
I, of course, am not inclined to look on the bright side, and going on three straight years of crap like this is why.
I mean, Nehemiah going snowboarding in St. Moritz, how does a sober 21-year-old who's maybe one of the five or ten most identifiable students on campus not know to stick around and face the music after he knows he was seen by witnesses nudging a car in a way that probably would have been no big deal if he'd simply stayed put? The legally problematic part of this wasn't the hit, it was the run; I can understand how a tailback might think the hit was the bad part of the equation, but this was bad judgment in the wake of something rather minor.
Beyond that, he was driving on a suspended license? Somewhere, tankertoad is totally surprised. When Greg McGarity begins his new job next Wednesday, his first act needs to be to appoint Suzanne Yoculan the license and registration czar of University of Georgia athletics. If he does that, I'll personally start a letter-writing campaign to convince Michael Adams to kick in one of McGarity's contract bonuses (boni?) on Thursday morning.
Finally, for crying out loud, can I please just get to the office on a Friday morning and finish my cup of coffee before being whacked across the face with more bad news out of Athens?
To recap, AAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH!
Go 'Dawgs!
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The suspended license thing going on in Athens is mind-boggling.
Truly.
The legally problematic part of this wasn’t the hit, it was the run; I can understand how a tailback might think the hit was the bad part of the equation, but this was bad judgment in the wake of something rather minor.
On the contrary, if anything a tailback should be forgiven for running at the first sign of trouble. That’s what they do best.
In all seriousness, will this off-season ever end?
Dum spiro spero - "While I breathe, I hope"
State motto of South Carolina
by The Feathered Warrior on Aug 27, 2010 9:47 AM EDT reply actions
I thought it was hyperbole when I said that the Furies had been relentlessly pursuing us
but it now seems clinically accurate. What but design of darkness to appall could explain such needless and calamitous events?
I think it's important to note...
that he wasn’t charged with hit and run. He was charged with failure to obey duty upon strike. That seems a good bit better than hit and run to me.
As for the staying put thing…I think it’s evident that he left because his license was suspended. If he stayed put, he would probably still have been hit with the driving on a suspended license charge. Granted, that’s better than two charges…but I can atleast see the logic (albeit not agree with it).
Move along...
Nothing to see here.
I think this is a non-story. He won’t be suspended for more than a game, if at all. I am confident that we can handle the Fightin’ Delhommes of Southern Louisiana without him.
"You can't print what I said, but they have to catch us." - Chipper Jones
I say we give it the Urban Meyer treatment
He should be suspended for one half of the ULA-LA game, particularly the second half. That seems reasonable.
But on a serious note, I’m beyond disbelief at this point at how we seem to have the market cornered on 18-22 year olds that have invalid drivers’ licenses. For the life of me I just don’t understand how this continues to be an issue. Maybe the first one or two arrests for a suspended/invalid license would be acceptable, but this has been going on for what seems like five years. At what point do these guys learn? I love UGA football, but man do our guys seem really dumb at times.
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Better solution
We’ll suspend him for the parts of the game when the defense and special teams are on the field.
"You can't print what I said, but they have to catch us." - Chipper Jones
Dude don't give Urban Good ideas like that,
Cause he’ll totally steal that. And use it the next time someone commits a felony.
Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may win.
I Corinthians 9:24
by Southern Dawg on Aug 27, 2010 11:00 AM EDT up reply actions
I was thinking more to the tune of
calling in Brandon Spikes to administer another eye gouging – maybe gouge some sense into the kid, no??
See, when I'm not traveling with my job, I work out of my home office.
That’s why I can get away with a more NSFW reponse.
Geez we already had the Fulmer Cup wrapped up
Ealy just wanted to give Orson a legitimate reason to put us over 20 points, or get us a head-start to repeat next year.
And saying hit and run, really sounds worse that it probably was. A more accurate name for it would be “Ealy Ding Dong Ditched the Dumb Dodge”
Now the question is how many games will he be suspended. And if there is any just punishment for Ealy it would be having to get his suspended license renewed on a Saturday during the game.
Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may win.
I Corinthians 9:24
Seriously, that is a fantastic idea.
Washaun Ealey’s official punishment should be having to go to the State Patrol station out on Highway 29 during the Louisiana-Lafayette game and renew his license.
by vineyarddawg on Aug 27, 2010 10:15 AM EDT up reply actions
I know that this is like King Canute telling the waves to stop.....
….but why in HELL was he out running around at 3:20AM? Not illegal, mind you, but STUPID. Fully as dumb as his suspended licence and leaving the scene.
Washaun, call these people...
“Where it’s always Springtime!”
They do good work. Trust me.
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
Its a vicious cycle....
Ealey has a suspended license. As a result when he hit a car he panicked and ran off. As a result he will likely not be able to hold a drivers license for a period of time. So next time he has that 3 am hankering for milk and cookies (yeah, milk and cookies…that’s it), he’ll have to drive on a suspended license again. He’ll be so overwhelmed by the exotic call of those delicious cookies that naturally he will swerve into a parked vehicle. Knowing full well that his license is suspended, he will flee the scene…. which will result in, you guessed it, a suspended license.
There is no way to break this vicious cycle.
(RedCrake exits…stage left… and removes firmly planted tongue from cheek)
"I want anything wearing red and black to tear the head off anything that isn't."
- Lewis Grizzard
I contend
that since we’re one highest-grossing schools in terms of revenue dollars, shouldn’t we just put a milk ‘n cookie machine in every athletic dorm, or is that an extra benefit? Hell, I’d vote for putting in some that dispenses whole turkeys if it’ll fix this problem of nocturnal stupidity.
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
by DavetheDawg on Aug 27, 2010 10:33 AM EDT up reply actions
Dining hall cookies?
Dining hall cookies are okay, but can they get the football-shaped Oreos? That might be an extra benefit.
The dude abides.
Its this year's "I run this state"
"I want anything wearing red and black to tear the head off anything that isn't."
- Lewis Grizzard
by RedCrake on Aug 27, 2010 10:38 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Does Ealy not have any friends with legitimate licenses??
I would think the star RB at UGA would have a few people willing to chauffeur him around town if he wants to go get his “milk and cookies”.
Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may win.
I Corinthians 9:24
by Southern Dawg on Aug 27, 2010 10:58 AM EDT up reply actions
PLEDGE!! Go get me some cookies.....and milk.
Do the UGA athletes not join fraternities? They should have plenty of pledges to run those errands this time of year.
What's the projected punishment here?
Suspension for a few games at most, right?
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I will give my North Carolina for Tennessee Today. Apparently.
My guess would be one game.
The UGA policy is 10% of the season minimum for an arrest. Given that these are two pretty minor infractions (suspended license, failure to obey upon strike (not hit and run, as reported)), I wouldn’t see the suspension being raised at all…so my guess would be the Louisiana-Lafayette game and that’s it.
by hailtogeorgia on Aug 27, 2010 11:16 AM EDT up reply actions
And the hits just keep on comin'.
Ealey also being held on outstanding bench warrant, according to officials at jail.
from Seth Emerson
At this point, I’m just hoping the outstanding bench warrant doesn’t include the word “panties.”
Let's hope it's just unpaid parking tickets or something of that sort.
It could also be an unpaid speeding ticket, which would explain the suspended license.
by hailtogeorgia on Aug 27, 2010 11:17 AM EDT up reply actions
Just saw that
Just lovely. So…Richard Samuel still remembers how to play running back, right?
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SOME ONE
IS GOING TO THE BIG GRASS GNOLL IN THE SKY THIS AFTERNOON. (All emphasis on me yelling this.)
No kidding
I don’t think we can wait until October. We might need to have an emergency goat roast tomorrow.
by SG Standard on Aug 27, 2010 12:29 PM EDT up reply actions
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