Georgia Bulldog offensive lineman Cade Mays is transferring to Tennessee in a surprising move this week, according a report Wednesday by ESPN. Mays is joining his brother Cooper in Knoxville. Mays has a path to immediate eligibility thanks to a lawsuit that’s suing UGA and the chair manufacturer over his father’s severed finger.
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Mays should be allowed to join his brother without sitting out a season, but this lawsuit is being filed very late in the process. Mays’ father severed off a portion of his finger on a fold-up chair on a recruiting visit in 2017.
Cade Mays' father had part of his pinky finger amputated at an #UGA athletic event when the folding chair he was in got wedged against a column. Sam Pittman put the finger on ice.
The Mays are suing the UGA and the chair manufacturer it appears.https://t.co/g5j35JItWS pic.twitter.com/t9FE6OT0js
— Radi Nabulsi (@RadiNabulsi) January 8, 2020
Mays went on to commit to UGA following the incident, where former UGA offensive line coach Sam Pittman picked up the severed finger and immediately put it on ice. Now, Pittman is tabbed as the head coach at Arkansas. Pittman’s departure is another likely reason for Mays’ transfer. The lawsuit was filed shortly after Pittman left.
Mays’ father is now being represented by attorney Tom Mars, who has experience with NCAA eligibility cases. The NCAA is impossible to predict, so we shall see if they grant the waiver. Mars is already getting into it with UGA’s administration and respected UGA sportswriter Radi Nabulsi:
In case this is not obvious, I am pointing out my incredulity at the idea that a sportswriter actually told Mars that UGA tipped them off. Even in the unlikely event UGA did (and they didn't since we would know), no writer in their right mind would reveal a source …to a lawyer. https://t.co/s3yxxnMZ02
— Radi Nabulsi (@RadiNabulsi) January 9, 2020
Very professional.
Who do we trust, journalists whose jobs depend on protecting sources or lawyers who will say anything to win a case while representing both sides in an obvious conflict of interest? https://t.co/VLBmsnwRiP
— Radi Nabulsi (@RadiNabulsi) January 9, 2020
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