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Thursday, July 1, 2010

Meet Damon Evans



Allow me to introduce you to Damon Evans. Evans played football at UGA from 1988-92. He worked his way up in the UGA athletic department and in 2004,at the age of 34 was named Athletic Director at the University of Georgia. His hiring made him the youngest and first African American AD of a major university in the SEC. As AD he is in charge of an $84 million budget.He was named one of the 10 most influential minorites in all of sports. The ultra conservative folks in Athens love Evans and his wife. They along with their two young kids are the perfect family. What a great example for the kids of Georgia,both black and white of what could happen when you work hard and do things the right way. Mr. Evans,who had a salary of $410,000 has done such a great job at UGA,that he was scheduled to sign a new contract on July 1st(oh,that's today)and get a raise of $140,000 which would make him one of the highest paid ADs in the SEC at $550,000.
Then came reports of Evans being arrested for DUI while driving his 2009 750Li BMW last night in Atlanta.There was also a female passenger arrested for disorderly conduct. You know me,you know the first thing came to my mind,"Someone wants to make sure he doesn't get that fat new contract". I'm not a conspiracy theorist by no means but I must admit something didn't sound right. Surely,this man who has everything going for him wouldn't get behind the wheel and drink and drive? Nooooo,not Damon Evans, who has been doing PSAs to curb drinking and driving after football games in Athens? Surely this was all a big misunderstanding. That was my thinking until I saw THIS:

Yep,that's your boy looking like I used to look leaving Vegas Nights in 2005.
"Whatch'all know bout dat Vegas Nights on a hot summer Saturday night in da "A",Shawty?"


And YEP,that's the passenger who was arrested for disorderly conduct.

I know,some of you are asking,"What's the big deal? Maybe he and his wife were just having a night out on the town." Well,that was a possiblity except for one small thing:
THIS IS HIS WIFE!!!!!!!!

Nooooo.......not the white woman,the sista!!!!!

*LETTING OUT A BIG SIGH*
Ok,listen!!!!!
If you're black,driving a BMW in downtown Atl,chances are people won't pay you any attention. But if you're black, the AD at a school like UGA,easily recognized wherever you go,AND you got a white woman in the car? Chances are,you're going to get noticed. And if you've been drinking,chances are,you're going to jail. And if you have a wife at home,who has to put up with the embarrassment of you getting a DUI,possibly losing that fat contract AND you had a 28 year old WHITE woman in the car(no offense to my white family,but the sistas go OFF when they see a brotha with a white woman) buddy,you are in more trouble than you will ever know!!!!! I guarantee one thing,there won't be no "standing by your man" press conference going on with THIS one.
SMH.............UNBELIEVEABLE!!!!!

1 comment:

  1. No one in the city of Atlants knows or cares who Damon Evans is. The cops didn't know who he was. Read the report. The only person Evans has to blames is the man in the mirror.
    Atlanta's a blcak town. How the hell does him being black have ANYTHING to do with the story.
    JEEZ you're a know nothing Magoo.

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