Bowling nights give UGA players alcohol-free fun

By Steve Hummer

"Welcome to the Coach Richt Challenge, an in-season bowling league that he began as an answer to the boozy temptations of downtown Athens. You get eight players arrested in the offseason, and you start searching for new ways to keep the fellas occupied."

"Forty-eight of Richt's players mingle weekly with 80 Georgia students in this alcohol-free league. On any given Thursday, on the whims of a random draw, the business majors four-man team might be bowling against the wide receivers squad. This is the one opportunity for all of them to compete on a level wooden field and, in the process, be steered away from the party scene on Broad Street..."

"There's a waiting list of 150. A dozen five-man teams were from the football team. The other 20 came from the student body, all competing for weekly plaques. The Athletic Association pays the expenses, estimated at just over $16,000 by the time the 12th and final week of bowling is done..."

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