Allegation No. 10

Allegation No. 10 alleges that over a two-year period several prospective student-athletes and their hosts were entertained by strippers at parties held at the University Highland Apartments during official campus visits.

The enforcement staff and the University are in agreement with the facts and the allegations and the violations occurred.

YEAGER states “You guys have taken a beating in the press already over this thing. I guess the University concedes that the expense level was what made it a violation?”

DEE asked “Just out of curiosity, was this prior arranged that such stuff would be part of the recruiting or was it that they were out partying on the town and they went somewhere and they had an unusual?

JOHAN responds that This was arranged and it became kind of an institutionalized practice, period. Marie quickly points out “I would just clarify that it seems the only person arranging it was Fernando Bryant as opposed to it being an institutional practice.

YEAGER said So it was cooked up by a couple of student-athletes, without any knowledge of the coaches and clearly not endorsed by the University being involved in any way. MS. ROBBINS: Correct.

Mr. DEE makes a interesting point. If we are going to talk about it, I think entertainment has to be provided. I don't think you can just go to a house party somewhere and something is going on that you could say “it's excessive entertainment.” If it is something regularly organized and orchestrated that recruits go there, absolutely. I understand that. If you happen to go somewhere and something goes on …

JOHAN says If this had come to my attention that someone went downtown and went into a perfectly legal establishment (strip club) and took part in this, we wouldn't be here.

This was something where Carroll told us that Fernando really knew how to show everybody a good time and he was responsible for bringing the women in and the liquor. This thing just continued on through a two-year period. In fact one of the current student-athletes even said to us that he went there when he was brought on campus for his official paid visit and then when he hosted someone the following year, he took them to the party that he had gone to.

YEAGER asked “Fernando Bryant had that $ capability?” JOHAN says Well, as we told you, Travis Carroll told us that he always had money and he was a very good friend of Ray Keller.

I can’t defend this one. Fernando Should Not have Done this if it did happen. As soon as anyone found out about it he should have been kicked off of the team. I don’t as throughout this thing don’t see proof this took place other than Carroll’s statements.

That’s All I got.