According to tax records obtained by ESPN, the University of Southern Mississippi Athletic Foundation received more than $130,000 in donations from the charity of former football player and current motivational speaker.
During this time, he was trying to raise money for a new volleyball stadium at the university, where he played football and his daughter was a player. The largest public fraud case in Mississippi's history involves funds for that stadium.
The mission statement of the organization says it provides support for disadvantaged and disabled children and breast Cancer patients. The USM Athletic Foundation received $60,000 in tax records. The other organizations received a certain amount of money. The USM Athletic Foundation received a large amount of money. The next highest donation was $11k. The USM Athletic Foundation received $26,175 from the next year, while no other organizations received more than that.
A combined $47,900 was given to the Athletic Foundation by his daughter's father. The tax records for 2016 were not available. Tax records show that the school's booster club received $60,000 from the foundation in 2015. The booster club received a large amount of money in the last year.
Since he played ball at Southern Miss, he has been very generous to the school, according to his lawyer. I don't know, but he has always given back, something most athletes don't do
The University of Southern Mississippi Athletic Foundation received donations from the charity of the quarterback.
The Pro Football Hall of Fame member is involved in a probe into welfare spending in Mississippi. According to a state auditor, he received over one million dollars in speaking fees. He said he didn't know where the money came from and paid the money back. The welfare funds were diverted to the volleyball stadium.
Criminal charges have not been brought against the man. He denied to Mississippi Today that he received welfare funds.
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