Mississippi State gave Leo Lewis 10 K

State might be next

The writer of that article is a huge Ole Miss fan

Things are starting to really stink coming out of the trailer parks....I mean more than they normally do.

google 'corroboration'


Also, I BELIEVE (But, could be incorrect) that an established, pre-existing relationship is excluded from the gift prohibition.

I recall that LeBron gave some buddy of his an excessive amount of gifts 9trips, vehicles, etc) that were not a problem for that guy's eligibility because they were buddies outside of the connection to a school, etc.


If the money was given (I have no idea if they corroborated this) AND it was from the parent of a friend....may not be prohibited. Obviously, the provenance of the money would be interesting to the NCAA committee.

Might this trigger a separate "look see"? Sure, I suppose.

Godfrey? Are we sure he isn't one of the Ole Miss Rant Posters

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providing Lewis with “normal and reasonable living expenses.” Bylaw 12.1.1.1.6 allows someone in Green’s position, “family of a teammate,” to give to a player like Lewis even if the relationship developed as a result of athletics as long as that person is not an agent or representing a school recruiting Lewis..

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This seems like a pretty big loophole for all teams to use.

Salty Saucy Sauces

You missed the part of the article about Calvin Green's payment to Leo might not be against NCAA bylaws.

And hasn't the NCAA already cleared State?

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On August 16, attorneys representing Ole Miss wrote a letter addressed to COI chairman Greg Christopher, AD for Xavier University, which requested access to a separate NCAA investigation into Mississippi State. The letter, which was obtained by SB Nation, alleges that NCAA enforcement confirmed to Ole Miss that they had “quickly opened and subsequently closed” the investigation because Lewis’s statements about receiving money from Mississippi State were deemed to be “ultimately... not sufficiently credible to support an allegation.”

The claim is directly at odds with enforcement seemingly doubling down on their belief that Lewis’ statements about receiving benefits from Ole Miss were credible. As recently as the enforcement staff’s July 21 response to the COI, the NCAA has stood by Lewis as credible. “Lewis consistently provided credible and reliable information during the investigation,” enforcement wrote on July 21.

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Source: LINK

From the article...

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like, okay. Dan Mullen was basically going to try and make it seem like [they] did nothing, but they were going to try and - like whatever, they was going to try and bounce it off to other people or other things, like other schools or whatever. So like that’s kind of the sense that I got from it. You know, just like he was - he was saying like - the way that he was saying like everything, it was basically like how - whatever - he was - like Coach Mullen was going to say whatever he needed to say to get them off of Leo. So it was just like whatever he - whatever - he basically asked Leo, like whatever I need to say to protect you, then let’s let that be known now, so when that time comes, you know.

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Seems like we are in tons of trouble...