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SC Gov. Nikki Haley lets Clemson use state plane for recruiting

Started by WayzUp, Feb 08 2013 10:16 AM

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Posted 08 February 2013 - 10:16 AM

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Not only as a USC alum, this would piss me off if I were any SC resident to know this is where my tax dollars go. Does SC State get to use the plane for recruiting? Wofford? PC? USC?!?! Doubt it.
Screw it Nikki, why not let Greenville Memorial Hospital use it to recruit new doctors? Or Bi-Lo to fly new recruits for management positions in for interviews? Serious waste and mis-appropriation of state resources, if you ask me....I'd be writing a letter to my rep asking WTF.
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S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley is fighting with state lawmakers in an effort to preserve her right to use the state’s official airplane for press conferences and bill signing ceremonies – but it’s her alma mater’s habitual use of the plane for football recruiting which probably deserves more scrutiny.
According to flight logs and passenger manifest records obtained by FITS, Clemson University football coaches – including head coach Dabo Swinney, offensive coordinator Chad Morris and defensive coordinator Brent Venables – have made numerous trips on the state plane since Haley took office. Even former Clemson head coach Danny Ford has joined them on a flight.
Among the frequent fliers? Tigers’ recruiting coordinator and wide receivers’ coach Jeff Scott – whose Twitter page we stumbled upon this week. Scrolling back through Scott’s Twitter pictures, an image he posted in October 2011 caught our eye.
“Heading to Jacksonville (on the Governor’s plane) trying to find some more ballpayers,” Scott tweeted.
Take a look …
http://www.fitsnews....all-recruiting/

Let me get this straight. We're going to be "gifted" with a health care plan we are forced to purchase and will be fined for if we don't, written by a committee whose chairman says he doesn't understand it, passed by a Congress that hasn't read it but exempts itself from it, signed by a president who smokes, with funding administered by a treasury chief who didn't pay his taxes, to be overseen by a surgeon general who is obese and financed by a country that's broke.

What could possibly go wrong?

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Posted 08 February 2013 - 10:27 AM

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Come on Nikki. Your better than that. Would enjoy bending her over while UGA sticks it to Clemson on week one. Lol

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Posted 08 February 2013 - 10:27 AM

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whoa!! what the hell.

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Posted 08 February 2013 - 10:33 AM

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I already dug into this with my contacts and while it sounds dirty and an NCAA violation it is not, unfortunately.

Clemson has an agreement with the state of South Carolina where they lease the plan from the Governor. So Clemson is paying to use it and the Governor isn't going with them or having contact with high school players.

It is legal and above board.

Edited by TrueGCFan, 08 February 2013 - 10:39 AM.

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Posted 08 February 2013 - 10:47 AM

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TrueGCFan, on 08 February 2013 - 10:33 AM, said:

I already dug into this with my contacts and while it sounds dirty and an NCAA violation it is not, unfortunately.

Clemson has an agreement with the state of South Carolina where they lease the plan from the Governor. So Clemson is paying to use it and the Governor isn't going with them or having contact with high school players.

It is legal and above board.

You beat me to it.

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Posted 08 February 2013 - 10:53 AM

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So much mad

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Posted 08 February 2013 - 10:53 AM

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In addition trolololololololol

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Posted 08 February 2013 - 11:15 AM

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Gidnik, on 08 February 2013 - 10:53 AM, said:

In addition trolololololololol

Don't you just wish your conference had worthwhile football you could follow, instead of wallowing in the SEC?

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Posted 08 February 2013 - 11:27 AM

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FlyingEagle, on 08 February 2013 - 11:15 AM, said:

Don't you just wish your conference had worthwhile football you could follow, instead of wallowing in the SEC?

big 12 football is the most competitive football 1-9 in the country. Bar none.

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Posted 08 February 2013 - 11:30 AM

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Gidnik, on 08 February 2013 - 11:27 AM, said:

big 12 football is the most competitive football 1-9 in the country. Bar none.

I think you misspelled "incompetent"

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Posted 08 February 2013 - 11:50 AM

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So what @TrueGCFan is saying is - don't get your feathers ruffled.

Get it????! Chickens have feathers!

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Posted 08 February 2013 - 12:11 PM

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HobnailedBoots, on 08 February 2013 - 11:50 AM, said:

So what @TrueGCFan is saying is - don't get your feathers ruffled.

Get it????! Chickens have feathers!

razorhead's rubber chicken doesn't.

Du-te la dracu 'LSU

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Posted 08 February 2013 - 12:11 PM

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FlyingEagle, on 08 February 2013 - 11:30 AM, said:

I think you misspelled "incompetent"

auburn fan saying anyones football is incompetent. Lol.

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Posted 08 February 2013 - 12:18 PM

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Gidnik, on 08 February 2013 - 12:11 PM, said:

auburn fan saying anyones football is incompetent. Lol.

We had A bad season buddy, nice try though

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Posted 08 February 2013 - 12:20 PM

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FlyingEagle, on 08 February 2013 - 12:18 PM, said:

We had A bad season buddy, nice try though

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