I haven’t met UGA Athletic Director Greg McGarity, but I give him high marks for the way in which he has handled the blowback from the ludicrous Ludacris debacle. Evidently, he heard from a lot of you who were appalled at the idea of giving the rapper $65,000 to perform for 15 minutes during the G-Day Game last month but were stupefied at the additional demands contained in a “rider,” that might not have seen the light of day but for an Open Records request by the Macon Telegraph and a few choice words in this space a few weeks back about the ridiculous situation. In addition to paying the guy $4,333.33 a minute, the UGA athletic department agreed to provide Ludacris and friends with dinner for 10 people, complete with grilled chicken, chicken wings, pasta, brown rice, mixed vegetables, fruit salad, mashed potatoes and sweet potatoes, a loaf of whole grain bread, organic peanut butter and organic jelly — or in lieu of fine dining, to pay the staff members $40 each.