University of
Georgia Apologizes for Giving Ludacris $65,000, Condoms, Liquor for 15-Minute
Performance
by Jerome Hudson 28 May 2016
A month after the University
of Georgia paid Ludacris to
perform for its sold-out annual “G-Day” spring football game, the school’s
athletic director apologized for paying the Atlanta-based rapper $65,000 for
his 15-minute performance.
“I do want to take this opportunity to apologize to our
board for mistakes we made with certain aspects of the details of an entertainment
agreement,” UGA athletic director Greg McGarity said
Thursday while addressing the university’s athletic board of directors.
“Few things in my professional life have bothered me more
than this situation,” McGarity said. “There are no reruns in life so we need to
turn the page, learn from our mistakes and do everything we can to make sure
errors of this nature do not reoccur.”
The rapper-actor bagged roughly $4,300 per minute
for his April 16 show. His performance helped set an Southeastern Conference spring
game attendance record. But the three-time Grammy winner’s
hospitality rider was what led to McGarity’s apology.
The Furious 7 star requested UGA provide
him and his entourage an array of
favors, including one box of Trojan Magnum Condoms
(Ecstasy), two bottles of his own cognac, two
cases of Snapple,
one bar of Dove
soap, two Jo Malone candles, unsalted trail mix, among
various other items.
Even if UGA staffers weren’t happy with what Ludacris was
demanding they provide, the Bulldog crowd was certainly satisfied with his
albeit brief performance.
After McGarity apologized to the university’s athletic
board of directors, UGA’s president, Jere Morehead, said
he “certainly appreciated that the athletic department took responsibility for
some of the terms in that contract.”
“Obviously in retrospect they should have done a more
thorough job of reviewing all of the riders and removing those that were
objectionable,” Morehead said,
according to OnlineAthens.com. “I appreciate that he’s accepted that that’s
what athletics should have done and what it will do moving forward.”
University of Georgia
Michael F. Adams
is the president for the University of
Georgia, and a member of the Cosmos
Club.
Note: Maya Angelou was a
member of the Cosmos Club, a
director at the Children's Defense Fund,
and a friend of Oprah Winfrey.
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Children's Defense Fund.
George
Soros was the chairman for the Foundation
to Promote Open Society.
Oprah Winfrey was
a friend of Maya Angelou, and a parishioner
at the Trinity United Church of Christ
(Chicago).
Common
is a parishioner at the Trinity United
Church of Christ (Chicago), and Kanye
West is his producer.
Kanye
West is Common & Ludacris’s producer, and a William Morris Endeavor Entertainment
client.
Jeremiah A.
Wright Jr. is an associate pastor for the Trinity United Church of Christ (Chicago), was a member of the African American Religious Leadership
Committee, and Harold Washington’s
adviser.
African
American Religious Leadership Committee was an advisory group for the 2008 Barack Obama presidential campaign.
Barack
Obama was the candidate for the 2008
Barack Obama presidential campaign, a parishioner at the Trinity United Church of Christ (Chicago),
and is the president of the Barack Obama
administration.
Trumpeter
Newsmagazine is a publication for the Trinity
United Church of Christ (Chicago).
Louis Farrakhan
was awarded the 2007 Jeremiah Wright Jr. Trumpeter award from the Trumpeter Newsmagazine, and is acting
head for the Nation of Islam.
Harold Washington’s
adviser was Jeremiah A. Wright Jr.,
and was the Chicago (IL) mayor.
Rahm I. Emanuel
is the Chicago (IL) mayor, a member
of the Commercial Club of Chicago, Ari Emanuel’s brother, and was the
White House chief of staff for the Barack
Obama administration.
Ari
Emanuel is Rahm I.
Emanuel’s brother, and the co-CEO & director for William Morris Endeavor Entertainment.
Kanye
West is a William Morris Endeavor
Entertainment client, and
Common & Ludacris’s producer.
R. Eden Martin is
the president of the Commercial Club of
Chicago, and counsel at Sidley
Austin LLP.
Newton N. Minow
is a member of the Commercial Club of
Chicago, and a senior counsel at Sidley
Austin LLP.
Commercial Club of
Chicago, Members Directory A-Z (Past Research)
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
Mellody L. Hobson
is a member of the Commercial Club of
Chicago, and a director at the Estee
Lauder Companies Inc.
Jo Malone
In 1999, Malone sold Jo Malone London
to Estée Lauder for "undisclosed millions".
Michelle Obama
was a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP.
Barack
Obama was an intern at Sidley Austin
LLP, the candidate for the 2008
Barack Obama presidential campaign, a parishioner at the Trinity United Church of Christ (Chicago),
and is the president of the Barack Obama
administration.
Trumpeter
Newsmagazine is a publication for the Trinity
United Church of Christ (Chicago).
Louis Farrakhan
was awarded the 2007 Jeremiah Wright Jr.
Trumpeter award from the Trumpeter
Newsmagazine, and is acting head for the Nation of Islam.
Oprah Winfrey was a
parishioner at the Trinity United Church
of Christ (Chicago), and a friend of Maya
Angelou.
Maya Angelou was a
friend of Oprah Winfrey, a director
at the Children's Defense Fund, and a
member of the Cosmos Club.
Michael F. Adams
is a member of the Cosmos Club, and the
president for the University of Georgia.
Dennis R.
Beresford is a professor at the University
of Georgia, was a senior partner at Ernst
& Young, and a director at the Kimberly-Clark
Corporation.
David E.
Alexander was the vice chairman for Ernst
& Young, and is a director at the Dr.
Pepper Snapple Group, Inc.
Wayne R. Sanders
was the chairman & CEO for the Kimberly-Clark
Corporation, and is the chairman for the Dr. Pepper Snapple Group, Inc.
Dr.
Pepper Snapple Group, Inc. is a Deutsch
Inc. client.
Unilever PLC is
a Deutsch Inc. client, and a member
of the Unilever Group.
Dove
soap is a Unilever Group brand.
Michael F. Weinstein
was a director at the Dr. Pepper Snapple
Group, Inc., and a director at the H.J.
Heinz Co.
Arthur B.
Winkleblack was the EVP & CFO for the H.J. Heinz Co., and is a director at the Church & Dwight Co. Inc.
Trojan (brand)
Trojan is a brand name of condoms and sexual lubricants
manufactured by the Church &
Dwight Company.
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