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I suspect they did...but the story has changed since first released...and I don't know if this is intentional or what...
--at first...supposedly Coach Stallings wanted everything kept quiet and nothing about the source of the finances being public.
--then there were numerous reports that Coach Stallings paid for the trip himself..
"when a budget shortfall threatened a six-years-in-the-making roundball tour of Australia,
he poneyed up $100,000 from his own bank account to keep a promise he'd made to his team."
--now the latest comments say he didn't pay for it himself, but declined about $100,000 of his salary, which was the exact amount needed and the school then used it for the costs of the trip
(but isn't this just a paperwork scheme that is essentially the same thing, maybe just to buffalo the NCAA?)
"Vanderbilt cut it's athletic expenses by 20% and eliminated all raises except those that were contractually owed.
The Tennessean reports that Stallings declined the money this spring when it became evident the department wouldn't be able to pay for the trip."
Chico...here's an example...
if I give $5000 as a gift to Bradley University then I am allowed to take it as a tax deduction and it is perfectly acceptable and Bradley will thank me.
BUT-- if I give $5000 either to Sam Maniscalco and tell him to use it on college expenses, or even if I give it to Bradley BUT stipulate that it must be used to pay expenses for Sam Maniscalco, then.....
not only have I violated NCAA rules, but I also cannot even take the gift as a tax deduction since I have stipulated where it goes.
This is then NOT acceptable and Bradley would NOT thank me as it would get the NCAA hounds digging around on campus and handing down MORE penalties.
I would suspect the same rules and even more apply to Coach Stallings!
--at first...supposedly Coach Stallings wanted everything kept quiet and nothing about the source of the finances being public.
--then there were numerous reports that Coach Stallings paid for the trip himself..
"when a budget shortfall threatened a six-years-in-the-making roundball tour of Australia,
he poneyed up $100,000 from his own bank account to keep a promise he'd made to his team."
--now the latest comments say he didn't pay for it himself, but declined about $100,000 of his salary, which was the exact amount needed and the school then used it for the costs of the trip
(but isn't this just a paperwork scheme that is essentially the same thing, maybe just to buffalo the NCAA?)
"Vanderbilt cut it's athletic expenses by 20% and eliminated all raises except those that were contractually owed.
The Tennessean reports that Stallings declined the money this spring when it became evident the department wouldn't be able to pay for the trip."
Chico...here's an example...
if I give $5000 as a gift to Bradley University then I am allowed to take it as a tax deduction and it is perfectly acceptable and Bradley will thank me.
BUT-- if I give $5000 either to Sam Maniscalco and tell him to use it on college expenses, or even if I give it to Bradley BUT stipulate that it must be used to pay expenses for Sam Maniscalco, then.....
not only have I violated NCAA rules, but I also cannot even take the gift as a tax deduction since I have stipulated where it goes.
This is then NOT acceptable and Bradley would NOT thank me as it would get the NCAA hounds digging around on campus and handing down MORE penalties.
I would suspect the same rules and even more apply to Coach Stallings!
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