FlabLoser said:
Bulldog Backer says
A friend of mine, who is loyal to a fault to MSU, but closely associated
with Ole Miss tells me that there is a bomb about to drop in the lap of
the TSUN. The boys in Birmingham are investigating them. It seems
ineligible signees over the last two years have been housed in Jackson
and all their housing, transportation, tuition and book fees were paid
by David Saunders, former TSUN Athletic Department Official. This was
"The Plan." Over the past two years, unqualified recruits from
Virginia, Florida, and Georgia signed by TSUN were transported to the
Ed Center and all their fees paid by Ole Miss while they were getting
qualified. While this has been the subject of rumor in the past, it
seems the Boys in Birmingham now have photographic evidence of money
passing from Saunders to the driver of the players. Further, they were
also transported to Jackson State for illegal workouts.
Somebody write something on Bleacher Report pronto.
...over this post, allow a moment of reason.
"The Plan," Yancy Porter often referred to for Ole Miss, allegedly was
to send unqualified kids to Jackson to get qualified, BEFORE they
enrolled at Ole Miss. One recruit from a Virginia prep school,
originally from Baltimore, and recruits from Florida and Georgia were
housed, fed, entertained, and transported to and from the Education
Center to take classes and online courses. It seems Ole Miss payed
for their tuition and other expenses with cash provided by Saunders
through their van driver. The van driver also would take them to the
JSU campus to work out at their athletic complex. The people I have
talked too say this is fact, not fiction. One friend alluded to TS
being flipped because he was going to be a client of this program.
If
this is true, then Ole Miss was providing benefits not allowed under
NCAA rules. If you remember, former MSU coach Glenn Davis was accused
by the NCAA of paying $500 for the tuition for a fullback to attend the
Education Center to get qualified. Coach Glenn Davis didn't do it, but
he was accused and the accusation was included in the NCAA report. The
player, a fullback named Wheatley, signed with USM. After the report
came out, Coach Davis vehemently denied the accusation. If the NCAA
used this incident to help place us on probation, you can add the free
housing, food, entertainment, transportation and transportation to the
tuition as violations for Ole Miss. There is also questions whether the
workouts at JSU were designed by and supervised by Ole Miss training
staff.
What Cellular South set up was a noble and positive thing to do for<span style="font-weight: bold;"> Mississippi youngsters</span>, but bringing in kids from Florida, Georgia, and Virginia, i.e., from out of state and illegally housing, feeding, transporting, entertaining, and transporting them was not part of their vision. Further, I hear the van driver would transport them to JSU's athletic complex to participate in workouts designed and monitored by Ole Miss staff.
