Monday, January 19, 2004

Bill Curry comments about his goof at GT...

... regarding ethics.

".....As a very young head coach at Georgia Tech, Curry once promised Tech supporters that he was aware of what other coaches at other more successful programs were doing, and that he would turn them in and, in his words, "bring them to their knees."

"I was on the Ethics Committee of the AFCA at the time," Curry said. "They took me off that committee until I had time to simmer down and learn my lesson. I never did anything that irresponsible again. I faced a negative reaction from my colleagues, and I deserved it. From that point on, I tried to let my colleagues know that if I came across a violation, first I'd let them know, then I'd report it to the conference and the NCAA....."