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James Cook was pulled over in a car that had dealer tags (edit)...

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his bro is a starting back in the NFL, there are no rules that your fam cant buy you a car... I can think of a bunch of Miami instances similar to that. Jarred Payton, Rohan, etc...
 
gabedm said:
OK do we know if its actual DEALER plates, OR White dealer paper tags... Post didnt say. I assumed it was white tags, eg, brand new car.
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Dealer plates have that D on them, and are more permanent in nature. I know the ones you're talking about that you keep on the car until you get to the insurance company. It sure doesn't sound like that was the case.
 
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Astcloud11 said:
By no valid driver's license do you mean he has a learner's permit? Or none at all
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I will post article today. Was hoping a major would run with story. From local paper:

“After he was pulled over, Cook told the officer he did not have his driver’s license and he was a Georgia football player. The officer later learned Cook’s license was invalid.”

@gabedm @ThomasM I apologize, original story I read from Dawgs247 made it seem like a permanent plate.
 
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PSU Cane said:
I'm sure it was all legit. His $5k pos car was in the shop getting fixed for 2 months so the $40k dealer car was a loaner.

Am i right?
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Though his brother can buy him pretty much any car he wants I'd say your scenario is spot on. SEC schools and several others can do this crap in the light of day as the ncaa plays deaf and blind to it while focusing on Miami looking to pounce and deliver the blow of death. How many coaches will want to jump into a situation like this? How many players? Yet people act like that bag game is a non factor.
 
NJshoreCane said:
Do (direct) family gifts fall under impermissible benefits?
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point is he cannot purchase a car and drive off lot without a driver’s license. Much less with a dealer tag on the back.

if he bought the car with clean (Dalvin’s) cash, he’d have had a temp tag and a DL.

There are two plausible explanations:

1. a dealer let him borrow the car; or,
2. He stole the car off the lot
 
MIA42178 said:
point is he cannot purchase a car and drive off lot without a driver’s license. Much less with a dealer tag on the back.

if he bought the car with clean (Dalvin’s) cash, he’d have had a temp tag and a DL.

There are two plausible explanations:

1. a dealer let him borrow the car; or,
2. He stole the car off the lot
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I got all that.
He's screwed, I know.

I was just questioning the second part of your comment...
And could not have purchased a new car with his brother’s money either.

I didn't know that family money was impermissible, if that is what you were saying.
 
NJshoreCane said:
I got all that.
He's screwed, I know.

I was just questioning the second part of your comment...
And could not have purchased a new car with his brother’s money either.

I didn't know that family money was impermissible, if that is what you were saying.
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Understood. Dalvin wouldn’t be a Georgia booster. Hypothetically if he were, it becomes pretty interesting.
 
ThomasM said:
Dealer plates have that D on them, and are more permanent in nature. I know the ones you're talking about that you keep on the car until you get to the insurance company. It sure doesn't sound like that was the case.
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Even if he was waiting on insurance he couldn’t do so without a drivers license, no?
 
Georgia bros and car bros, feel free to correct me:

Looks like in Georgia there is a difference between a "Dealer Tag" and a "TOPs Tag".

A "Dealer Tag" is the tag on the car at the dealer ship before it is sold. I think it could also mean the metal "Dealer" plates

A TOPs Tag per Georgia: "every dealership in the State of Georgia is required to issue a Temporary Operating Permit (TOP) to every retail customer they sell a vehicle to"

Every article has specifically stated "Dealer Tag" was used in police report

If someone had bought the car, it should have had a TOPs tag

If the tag is being reported correctly, we can rule out "brother bought it".

That might mean UGA has to go the "loaner car" route. And loaner cars led to two major investigations of two major programs. And there was a somewhat significant outcome. The difference here is how does someone get an overnight loaner car without a drivers license?

And if his brother did buy it for him, why isn't the local Athens paper doing anything to clear the air?


Here is the local Athens journalist who wrote the story:

Marc Weiszer (@marcweiszer) | Twitter

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Looks like a UGA student asked him immediately after he wrote the story and he has yet to respond:

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Lokest said:
Even if he was waiting on insurance he couldn’t do so without a drivers license, no?
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He shouldn't be driving any car at all, much less driving one off a lot. Even if it wasn't a dealer car, what dealership wouldn't check a license? If he wasn't buying the car, this should certainly qualify as an impermissible benefit. Besides, who sells a car to a dude with no license? What happens if he kills someone with this car?

Too many things scream "football player gets benefit no one else gets" for it to be anything else.
 
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