Reply With Quotethis is an OUTSTANDING analysis! thank you very much for clarifying that....
If it were just another hotel in Oxford(aka, a third party business), the hotel owner would be disassociated, thus preventing future violations at the hotel. Allegation #11 shows this, the Hampton Inn owner Chan Patel has been disassociated for allowing recruits to stay at his hotel free of charge. Easy enough, right? Not exactly, because the Inn at Ole Miss is not just another hotel in Oxford.
-It's a hotel located on campus, and ran by the Ole Miss Alumni Association. The same Ole Miss Alumni Assocation that paid for Freeze's cell phone bill.
-It's a hotel that funds renovations through 6 digit "one time gifts" to the University.
-It's a hotel that serves as a home away from home for the wealthiest of OM Boosters.
An August 5, 2017 hottytoddy.com article states:
In conjunction with the new breakfast and catering offerings, The Inn released a new logo featuring the signature Ole Miss script.
"We want the new logo to act as a stamp of approval to show that we are the only hotel affiliated with the University of Mississippi" said Liz Lancaster McIntyre, marketing manager. "By staying at The Inn at Ole Miss, you are supporting the Ole Miss Alumni Association and the University of Mississippi."
It's also a hotel that has been the setting for 5 different allegations over a 2 year period involving:
-7 prospective student athletes
-3 assistant coaches(Kiffin, Harris and Farrar) and 1 grad assistant(Tray Scott, who was rehired as DL coach in 2017 before mysteriously taking a pay cut a month later)
-3 boosters(Walter Hughes, Arya Keyes, and Booster 12)
-atleast 5 family members and friends
It's also a hotel that has changed it's position to OM from nonredactable in the 2016 NOA to [third party business 3] in the 2017 ammendment.
-in the 2016 redacted NOA, the Inn at Ole Miss was named in 3 allegations; 6(j), 6(m) and 8(b).
-in the 2017 redacted ammended NOA, [Third Party Business 3] was named in 4 allegations; 6(j), 6(m), 8(b), and 14(d).
-When the enforcement staff made their reply to Ole Miss's response public, the Inn at Ole Miss was named 5 times; 6(j), 6(m), 8(b), 14(d), and 14(i). In the OM released version of the unredacted NOA, allegation 14(i) only referenced "free hotel lodging", without naming a redacted [Third Party Business]. When the NCAA posted their reply, allegation 14(i) referenced "free hotel lodging at the Inn at Ole Miss", once again OM was being deceptive when it comes to the Inn.
Four of the five allegations regarding the Inn at Ole Miss took place during Official Visit weekends and illegally lodged unofficial visitors(commits who were visiting on a different weekend), friends of the official visitors, or family members of the official visitors. The only allegation that was not during an Official Visit weekend, was allegation 14(d), which took place on August 15, 16 and 17 of 2014. Farrar arranged a room for Student Athlete 39 in this instance. In the Enforcement Staff's reply, there is an interesting text message conversation between Farrar and Booster 12 on August 17, 2014, the final day of Leo's stay at the Inn at Ole Miss.
Farrar: "He's in and wants to stay quiet"
Booster 12: "Yep I know"
Farrar: "Awesome!!!"
Booster 12: "God Mom is awesome. Is it done yet?"
Farrar: "He's in and wants to stay quiet That's what I meant, yes its done he committed. Just wants it to stay quiet."
Now these 5 allegations all come from 3 sources, an immune Leo Lewis, a pissed Tunsil step daddy, and a caught red handed Walter Hughes. The NCAA doesn't have Subpoena power, but they do have the power to assume, and anyone with a brain can assume that dozens if not hundreds of violations were committed at the Inn at Ole Miss during Freeze's tenure. This is not an isolated rouge booster/hotel owner allowing a few recruits to stay for free. This is an on-campus, university owned and operated hotel, that has been used as a safe space for boosters and coaches to work together in hooking up recruits and their family/friends with free rooms, food, goody bag back packs full of cash, and God knows what else...
-Allegations 14(d) and 14(i) occured over a year after Kiffin/Harris were interviewed for committing violations at the Inn.
-All 5 allegations occured after(from the Enforcement Staff's reply to OM response):
"It should be noted that on October 12, 2012, the institution committed a similar violation(recruits staying at the Inn against NCAA bylaws) in the same program. As corrective action, the institution provided rules education to the football staff regarding a prospect on an unofficial visit staying overnight in the hotel room of a prospect on an official paid visit. Branden Wenzel (Wenzel), then assistant recruiting director, acknowledged the football staff received the education and knew this rule"
With all of this said, someone has to take responsibility for these repeated blatant violations of NCAA rules. If OM wants to claim that it is a [Third Party Business], then it should be treated as such and become disassociated. If OM wants to claim that it is part of the university, then the University, and specifically the Athletic Department should be punished accordingly. You can't just say well it's a 3rd party business, so the school is not responsible for the actions allowed there, then turn around and say well it's part of the university so no one at the Inn should be individually punished/disassociated. Either way, someone must be held responsible, and if it's my choice it's obvious.
This is a alumni association run hotel that is being used by boosters and coaches to cheat behind friendly closed doors. This is on the Alumni Association, and they should be treated as a whole as a booster that has participated in and allowed multiple similar allegations to occur after being told not to on multiple occasions over a 2-3 year period. OM is trying to avoid this scenario, disguising the Inn as a third party business, or not even referencing to it at all in hopes that people don't realize that 5 similar to identical allegations have occurred there over Freeze's tenure. The Inn's allegations together perfectly define Lack of Institutional Control, the COI knows this, and OM doesn't want to admit this, although they have already admitted that all 5 allegations are true in their response with no dispute.
What's my opinion? OM quietly accepted these 5 allegations, without mentioning, discussing or bringing attention to the Inn, while leaking Leo's name and spending 60 pages spewing BS claims of Leo lying, while knowing that phone records have confirmed that Leo's story was true. It was a diversion tactic to get people talking about something that we now know wasn't worth talking about. What's worth talking about?
1. Coaches arranging for an elite 17 year old recruit to have a room to himself in the Inn, without checking in or any supervision once inside the halls of the Inn.
2. Coaches personally assisting recruits in checking into their OWN hotel suite in the Inn.
3. Coaches(Freeze) escorting recruits up to the top of the Tower and dropping them off in the Taco Bell themed room to meet with the Taco man himself.
4. Backpack's full of cash being left in the rooms prior to the recruits checking in.
5. The institution allowing under aged recruits to bring back girls, or even have girls waiting on them in their rooms, while under a roof owned by the university.
6. All 5 of the allegations also include free meals. There is only one place to get these meals in the Inn, that's the McCormick Cafe. That's David McCormick, past OM Alumni Association President, current Vaught Society Board Member, and buddy of Dickie Scruggs. Who caters the McCormick Cafe? A restaurant/catering business called My Michelle. My Michelle is named after the owner, Michelle Rounsaville, daughter of OM Spirit owner Chuck Rounsaville.
Plain and simple, recruits are staying in a university run hotel, that has rooms owned by coaches and sponsored by the wealthiest boosters OM has to offer. Anyone outside of Oxford can see that these 5 allegations are not anomalies at the Inn, but the norm, or more accurately, the plan. The Inn is a microcosm of the OM playbook, an orchestrated attempt to cheat from all ends of the equation; the University, the Alumni Association, the #Network, and the coaches #ALLIN together to achieve their number 1 goal, a championship in February.
Last edited by DeviousDawg; 08-16-2017 at 10:20 AM.
this is an OUTSTANDING analysis! thank you very much for clarifying that....
Wow! I've been meaning to post "Shouldn't The Inn be considered 'a representative of athletic interests' and disassociated from OM?", but that was all I had.
Tremendous amount of detail/evidence! Well done!
Devious do you think 3 days will be long enough for the COI to wrap their mind around all this corruption?
Death penalty or bust!!!***
Liz Lancaster McIntyre, Marketing Manager
Liz McIntyre joined the Alumni Association in July 2016 as Marketing Manager for the Inn at Ole Miss. Her roles include managing all advertising, updating social and digital media, and creating community relationships.
https://www.theinnatolemiss.com/liz-lancaster-mcintyre/
One Call that's all......
The INN's POLICY..... on renting rooms
Policies
General Policy:
You must be twenty one (21) years or older to rent a guestroom at The Inn at Ole Miss. Valid photo identification will be required, as well as a valid credit card, at the time of check-in. In accordance with state law, The Inn at Ole Miss has a zero tolerance policy in which it will refuse to admit or refuse service or accommodation in the hotel or may remove a person who: while on the premises of the hotel acts in an obviously intoxicated or disorderly manner, destroys or threatens to destroy hotel property, or causes or threatens to cause a public disturbance; or refuses or is unable to pay for the accommodations or services. The Inn at Ole Miss may limit the number of persons who may occupy a particular guestroom in the hotel and will only allow registered guests to use its facilities. A person who negligently or intentionally causes damage to the hotel or any furniture or furnishings within the hotel, shall be liable for damages sustained by the innkeeper, including the hotel?s loss of revenue resulting from the inability to rent or lease rooms while the damage is being repaired.
Check-in/Check-out Policy:
Guests are invited to check in at 3 pm and, per hotel policy, check out time is 11 am. Guests must be twenty one (21) or over to check into a guestroom. Late check-outs are subject to half-day rate or more.
Last edited by Mimi's Babies; 08-16-2017 at 10:37 AM.
Devious Dawg you have done it again. Excellent post with more facts in it than unm has given during the whole investigation.
Devious man you keep bringing us gold! I want to make a documentary with you on this!! Shit is fascinating. Who wants to fund my documentary? Get your name in the credits as a producer
Oh and Devious can I post this to SEC Rant? Thanks for being awesome
Flim Flam! Bim Bam!Originally Posted by Mimi's Babies
Yeah, that's gonna leave a mark.
Chan Patel? Chinese Indian? Whaaas sappening?
I was thinking they probably have cameras in these rooms they let the recruits use so they can gather blackmailing material on these underage kids.
Honestly, if there is a video out there of Leo and his mom talking money, that's probably how they got it. Farrar checked both Leo and his mom into the Inn for his OV on Jan 23, 2015, Leo got his $10,000 February 3rd.
Speaking of $10,000. That's the max you can withdraw without getting flagged by the IRS. Remember when an unamed man called Leo's mom on February 4th at 6am? It's in the Enforcement staff's reply to the OM response. He promised Leo's mom $50,000 if he signed with OM. Can't withdraw $50,000. However, if you make a LLC and have a small town bank who you are friendly with, you can get an exception to be able to deposit/withdraw more than $10,000 through your business. If you dig in deep enough, you might find a LLC that was incorporated in Oxford but the principle location is in Brookehaven, MS. That LLC might have formed on February 17th, which might be exactly 10 business days after February 3rd, which might be the amount of time it takes to form an LLC through expedited processing...
4. Backpack's full of cash being left in the rooms prior to the recruits checking in.
I wonder if the picture that "Paidwell" put out with his cash has any of the decor of the Inn in the background?
If that were the case we could have the FBI involved... Child pron laws being broken with escorts and videos, etc.
Seems pretty simple. Alumni association must be disassociated including all of its members who paid dues during the years when violations took place.
This is what I'm saying. Ole Miss is scared shitless of this getting any attention because they would almost have to do something. The Inn has been on both NOA's, with Boosters and coaches setting up private rooms for recruits, atleast on 5 separate occasions. Good luck ever convincing me that OM didn't change the Inn's name to [third party business 3] in the ammended NOA for a reason, they are some devious mofo's and don't do anything on accident. Any oversight they make is most likely on purpose, like leaving "the university Inn" unredacted on exactly one occasion in their 2017 response. This was to make people think that all of the hotel allegations in #14 were from the University Inn, effectively getting the heat off the Inn, which has been recruitapalooza HQ since Freeze was hired.
There is a reason you haven't heard a peep from OM regarding the Inn, although it is probably the most extensively involved business in the investigation, and owned by the alumni association at the same time. The fact that OM's coaches were checking the recruits into the Inn themselves says a lot. They had planned activities for the cruits and the alumni assocation/Inn management did nothing but look the other way as they walk by the front desk. This is a situation, if it unfolded correctly, would not just expose the network, but the whole damn alumni association. It should be getting a lot more talk than it has, really the only talk it has gotten is from ED. If OM isn't talking about it, it doesn't get talked about. If a national guy could take a hold of this, and finally get a list of those sponsors(looking at you Mars team), it could get pretty ugly as guys start transferring and potentially running their mouths.
When the backpack full of cash rumors started going around, I couldn't figure out which hotel they had a hook up with them with that let a booster in a hotel room paid for by the university. And it was always strange to me that the front desk worker didn't see those red backpacks going in and at some point, decide to have a peek when the booster left.
I never knew the Inn existed. It all makes perfect sense now. Recruits were using special recruiting suites. The coaches were the ones carrying the backpacks to their rooms. The front desk knew what was going on. Man they got sloppy.
You should send your thoughts to D Wok..........
Oh please please please, let Ole Miss be as stupid as they can and let the world know they made videos of 16 year olds having sex. Lets ratchet this scandel from SMU level to Penn State level asap.
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