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MERCER KICKED OFF TEAM

Felton said guard was 'a disruption'

Issue date: 11/19/07 Section: Sports
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Mike Mercer
Mike Mercer
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Georgia men's basketball coach Dennis Felton announced Monday that junior guard Mike Mercer has been dismissed from the team.

Mercer, carrying a black trash bag of his belongings, was escorted out of the practice facility a little before 4 p.m.

Felton said Mercer "had become a disruption." He was on a 15-game suspension for violations of the Athletic Association's academic attendance policy.

Mercer was the team's second-leading scorer last year. He missed the last 10 games of the year with a knee injury.
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Adrienne Journey

posted 11/19/07 @ 6:16 PM EST

Are we even going to have a men's basketball team? It seems as if the team is falling apart!

Travis

posted 11/19/07 @ 6:22 PM EST

What an idiot! If getting suspended for half the season wasn't bad enough. Too bad you can't give talent away to good people. What a waste, good luck though Mike at Savannah State or wherever they will take you. (Continued…)

ummmmm

posted 11/19/07 @ 8:33 PM EST

Did no one notice three members of the track team made the crime watch today??? The R&B just loves to dog on the bball team these days

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Steve-O

posted 11/19/07 @ 10:31 PM EST

The R&B is not "dogging" on the basketball team. The team is just simply being idiots. It started with Brown, Mercer and Jackson getting suspsended for having better things to do than earn an education. (Continued…)

mick

posted 11/19/07 @ 11:07 PM EST

I think Felton is being a disciplinarian. What else do you call kicking two players off the team for either being a disruption or breaking team rules. (Continued…)

Josh

posted 11/20/07 @ 10:14 AM EST

I have been a big fan of Dennis Felton and the intensity that he brings to our basketball program. I'm also a big fan of him being a disciplinarian. However, I don't understand why everything that happens always leads to a dismissal or suspension. (Continued…)

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