Louisiana State
- Thread starter 60sdog
- Start date
Let’s not forget they lost a series to us…
Too bad money can’t cure pediatric cancer
LOTLSU laundered money through a children's hospital to pay players. Where the hell have you been? You probably think Tommy Tanks is a "neat story".
It's not that at ALL. Unless you consider looting a children's hospital to be normal.
But LSU didn’t loot a children’s hospital. A booster embezzled money from a Hospital’s foundation, was convicted, and is serving time for his actions.
LSU booster sentenced to 33 months after pleading guilty to wire fraud involving families of former players
John Paul Funes was sentenced Thursday after allegedly abusing funds from a local charity
www.cbssports.com
Last edited:
And where did a lot of that money go?But LSU didn’t loot a children’s hospital. A booster embezzled money from a Hospital’s foundation, was convicted, and is serving time for his actions.
LSU booster sentenced to 33 months after pleading guilty to wire fraud involving families of former players
John Paul Funes was sentenced Thursday after allegedly abusing funds from a local charity
Prosecutors alleged Funes approved payments of approximately $180,000 to an individual identified as "Individual C" in the bill of information.
Sources told ESPN that "Individual C" is the father of former LSU offensive lineman Vadal Alexander, who was a four-year starter for the Tigers from 2012 to 2015.
Loved me some King Jackie. We had some good years under him and some of the actions, so to speak, that managed to get talent on campus was acceptable to me. Amateur college athletics isn't church. Never knew about anyone stealing from a kid's cancer fund, though. That's a bit much.
Last edited:
So off it went for what the NCAA found to be improper benefits to LSU athletes. Which LSU reported when those payments came to light as part of an investigation into irregularities at a Hospital Foundation.
I’ve yet to see a published report where anyone within the LSU athletic department solicited those improper payments.
This is a case of embezzlement from a dishonest head of a Foundation that does great work in Baton Rouge. That person is paying his debt to society.
If you people want to spin it some other way because of a silly sports rivalry, knock yourself out. You be you.
Correct. As the posted article stated, John Paul Funes was charged AND convicted for his misdeeds. But thanks for confirming that point.
So LSU reported it after it came to light from a separate investigation? I’m sure they had no clue at all beforehand. Did they give the money back to the sick kids?
“Funes' alleged misconduct was discovered during an internal audit in August 2018. He was fired in November 2018. LSU has said, in a previously released statement by the school, that it was made aware of specific allegations by foundation officials in late 2018 and "made the information immediately available to the NCAA."”
Per the AP, “Funes was told to pay a $50,000 fine. He has paid $796,000 in restitution.”
If you would like to know more about the case against Funes, here is a good resource:
Former President of Our Lady of the Lake Foundation Sentenced to Federal Prison for Wire Fraud and Money Laundering
United States Attorney Brandon J. Fremin announced that U.S. District Judge John W. deGravelles sentenced John Paul Funes, age 49, of Baton Rouge, to 33 months in federal prison following his conviction for wire fraud and money laundering.
How long y’all been together?“Funes' alleged misconduct was discovered during an internal audit in August 2018. He was fired in November 2018. LSU has said, in a previously released statement by the school, that it was made aware of specific allegations by foundation officials in late 2018 and "made the information immediately available to the NCAA."”
Per the AP, “Funes was told to pay a $50,000 fine. He has paid $796,000 in restitution.”
If you would like to know more about the case against Funes, here is a good resource:
Former President of Our Lady of the Lake Foundation Sentenced to Federal Prison for Wire Fraud and Money Laundering
United States Attorney Brandon J. Fremin announced that U.S. District Judge John W. deGravelles sentenced John Paul Funes, age 49, of Baton Rouge, to 33 months in federal prison following his conviction for wire fraud and money laundering.www.justice.gov
Did LSU return the money stolen from the sick kids?
You’re such a sensitive dill doh
Just pointing out for you the connection with LSU athletics, which you were struggling with.
What money are you referring to? The money that went to the the families of Rohan and Alexander?
The money LSU facilitated getting from a fund that was intended to be used to help kids not die to recruits families. I’m struggling to understand your stance on this issue. Are you closely connected to these people?
Which of these people are you closely connected to?
It can’t continue this way. If it doesn’t change, expect college sports as we knew it to deteriorate. Interest will wane.
I’m curious about this as well. If he’s in jail and it’s been proven that the money went to someone else, why aren’t they pursuing this further instead of stopping with him and jail time and less than the total amount restitution?
Why isn’t the IRS trying to get in on this and capture their share of the funds that went to the third-party? Improper funds were obtained in a truly disgusting manner and they’re not doing anything besides jailing one guy?
This, along with LSUx’s pathetic “penalty“, shows our justice system truly is 2-tiered.
they certainly benefited from it but surely they claim plausable deniability, even though they had to vacate all those W's
We said for a while that MSU actually won the last amateur college baseball national championship. Sort of like winning the last gold medal in the Olympics before they allowed all the pros to come in and compete.