Interesting story...it seems that a tutor (convicted felon) to star Memphis Players for the last 10 plus years was unknown to the Men's Basketball Coach.

She also tutored some of the local Memphis HS players that ended up at UM, all for seemingly "no pay".

Tutor to top basketball players draws University of Memphis' scrutiny

April 03--The University of Memphis is investigating claims that a woman unaffiliated with the university provided academic assistance to former Tiger basketball players during their collegiate careers unbeknownst to the athletic department.

Stacie-Leigh Greer, 45, told The Commercial Appeal she provided academic support to Chris Crawford and Adonis Thomas during high school and continued the relationships after they enrolled at Memphis. Her involvement in recent years, she said, included extra academic sessions arranged by the athletes, help with papers or essays sent to her by the athletes and holding weekend barbecues at her house, all of which has sparked an "internal inquiry" by the U of M.

See link for investigated story.

http://www.equities.com/index.php?option...&id=260813

So... how'd she get convicted of 2 felonies? Not knowing all the details of this story I'd have to say it's pretty ridiculous that players can't have a tutor outside of the school regardless of the payment arrangements or whether it's free tutoring.

why would you believe a convicted felon?

Quote:U OF M'S FRIDAY STATEMENT:

At this time, the University has no knowledge of any compliance issues regarding any of our programs and Ms. Greer. Until a few weeks ago, we were unaware of Ms. Greer’s work in the Memphis community. In our internal review, we’ve found no evidence of any compliance violations with regard to Ms. Greer and her relationships with any University of Memphis student-athletes. The University of Memphis Athletics Program is and will remain committed to the letter and intent of American Athletic Conference and NCAA rules regarding compliance and academic integrity. If any compliance issues arise, the University will respond accordingly.

Grant Milner ‏@GrantMilner 11s11 seconds ago
I have confirmed @Michael_Cohen13's story. There is an investigation going on, but don't expect any NCAA violations to come of it.

Michael Cohen ‏@Michael_Cohen13 2m2 minutes ago
Chris Crawford, Adonis Thomas, Joe Jackson all denied being tutored by Greer, who said they were funneled to her by Eric "Cowboy" Robinson.

"Convicted felon" sounds scary in the media, but that could mean anything from murder/bank-robbery to driving with expired tags.

It's all in the CA story...(which was not picked up nationally)

Quote:Absent from Greer’s narrative was any mention of a criminal record. Court documents obtained by the newspaper revealed Greer, referenced in the documents as Stacie Smith, pleaded guilty to two felonies in 2004, both connected to the educational company for which she was the chief manager.

Fayette County, according to the documents, was awarded a grant from the U.S. Department of Education for use in remedial reading, math and other enrichment programs, and Greer was contracted to be the project administrator. She was later indicted for theft of property from the Fayette County Board of Education valued at $60,000 or more and forgery for falsifying a contract.

Eventually, Greer pleaded guilty to theft of property valued between $10,000 and $60,000 and entered an Alford plea for the forgery charge, according to court documents. Her sentence included two weekends of jail time, $20,000 in restitution and three years of probation.

http://www.commercialappeal.com/sports/t...y_42067266

(04-06-2015 08:51 AM)UofMemphis Wrote:  why would you believe a convicted felon?

Quote:U OF M'S FRIDAY STATEMENT:

At this time, the University has no knowledge of any compliance issues regarding any of our programs and Ms. Greer. Until a few weeks ago, we were unaware of Ms. Greer’s work in the Memphis community. In our internal review, we’ve found no evidence of any compliance violations with regard to Ms. Greer and her relationships with any University of Memphis student-athletes. The University of Memphis Athletics Program is and will remain committed to the letter and intent of American Athletic Conference and NCAA rules regarding compliance and academic integrity. If any compliance issues arise, the University will respond accordingly.

Grant Milner ‏@GrantMilner 11s11 seconds ago
I have confirmed @Michael_Cohen13's story. There is an investigation going on, but don't expect any NCAA violations to come of it.

Michael Cohen ‏@Michael_Cohen13 2m2 minutes ago
Chris Crawford, Adonis Thomas, Joe Jackson all denied being tutored by Greer, who said they were funneled to her by Eric "Cowboy" Robinson.

This "Cowboy" character is well known in basketball Memphis. Most every promising talent in the city proper has probably been offered his 'helping hand' --- BTW, a "ten year plus relationship" means these guys where 11 or 12 when this began.

(04-06-2015 08:53 AM)Native Georgian Wrote:  "Convicted felon" sounds scary in the media, but that could mean anything from murder/bank-robbery to driving with expired tags.

I guess I'm an ex-felon myself.

yep, this all comes back to Eric "Cowboy" Robinson...

(04-06-2015 08:50 AM)blunderbuss Wrote:  So... how'd she get convicted of 2 felonies? Not knowing all the details of this story I'd have to say it's pretty ridiculous that players can't have a tutor outside of the school regardless of the payment arrangements or whether it's free tutoring.

That's no doubt not a problem but for UM, it seems that no one inside the basketball program knew about this 10 plus year relationship, no one on their academic side nor on the coaching side.

Add in the fact that she is a convicted felon...seemingly didn't accept payment from said players (was she paid by someone else?), and had close relationships with star players (regular BBQ's at her house, etc...), thats were the grey area meets the bone in regards to some NCAA regulations.

While nothing may come of this matter, I bet UM basically forces an end to their players' relationship with her. (probably for eligibility protection of said player and for the program).

(04-06-2015 08:53 AM)Native Georgian Wrote:  "Convicted felon" sounds scary in the media, but that could mean anything from murder/bank-robbery to driving with expired tags.

Believe the Commercial Appeal story noted that her 2 felony convictions were related to her "Education/Tutoring" Business.

Edit: From UofMemphis post:

Absent from Greer’s narrative was any mention of a criminal record. Court documents obtained by the newspaper revealed Greer, referenced in the documents as Stacie Smith, pleaded guilty to two felonies in 2004, both connected to the educational company for which she was the chief manager.

Fayette County, according to the documents, was awarded a grant from the U.S. Department of Education for use in remedial reading, math and other enrichment programs, and Greer was contracted to be the project administrator. She was later indicted for theft of property from the Fayette County Board of Education valued at $60,000 or more and forgery for falsifying a contract.

Eventually, Greer pleaded guilty to theft of property valued between $10,000 and $60,000 and entered an Alford plea for the forgery charge, according to court documents. Her sentence included two weekends of jail time, $20,000 in restitution and three years of probation.

(04-06-2015 09:02 AM)KnightLight Wrote:  

(04-06-2015 08:50 AM)blunderbuss Wrote:  So... how'd she get convicted of 2 felonies? Not knowing all the details of this story I'd have to say it's pretty ridiculous that players can't have a tutor outside of the school regardless of the payment arrangements or whether it's free tutoring.

That's no doubt not a problem but for UM, it seems that no one inside the basketball program knew about this 10 plus year relationship, no one on their academic side nor on the coaching side.

Add in the fact that she is a convicted felon...seemingly didn't accept payment from said players (was she paid by someone else?) nope...from the story: "Greer worked with groups as small as a handful of players and as large as a full classroom, Henning said. If someone needed one-on-one sessions, Greer did that too. All of it, Henning and Greer said, was free.", and had close relationships with star players (regular BBQ's at her house, etc...), thats were the grey area meets the bone in regards to some NCAA regulations. what NCAA rule does that violate?

While nothing may come of this matter the only thing we agree on , I bet UM basically forces an end to their players' relationship with her. (probably for eligibility protection of said player and for the program). her felony should have insured that IMHO

Michael Cohen is reaching with this story...

(04-06-2015 09:07 AM)UofMemphis Wrote:  

(04-06-2015 09:02 AM)KnightLight Wrote:  

(04-06-2015 08:50 AM)blunderbuss Wrote:  So... how'd she get convicted of 2 felonies? Not knowing all the details of this story I'd have to say it's pretty ridiculous that players can't have a tutor outside of the school regardless of the payment arrangements or whether it's free tutoring.

That's no doubt not a problem but for UM, it seems that no one inside the basketball program knew about this 10 plus year relationship, no one on their academic side nor on the coaching side.

Add in the fact that she is a convicted felon...seemingly didn't accept payment from said players (was she paid by someone else?) nope...from the story: "Greer worked with groups as small as a handful of players and as large as a full classroom, Henning said. If someone needed one-on-one sessions, Greer did that too. All of it, Henning and Greer said, was free.", and had close relationships with star players (regular BBQ's at her house, etc...), thats were the grey area meets the bone in regards to some NCAA regulations. what NCAA rule does that violate?

While nothing may come of this matter the only thing we agree on , I bet UM basically forces an end to their players' relationship with her. (probably for eligibility protection of said player and for the program). her felony should have insured that IMHO

story was written by a UConn grad with an axe to grind.

Can this board even collectively think of one reason why a UConn grad in the media would have an axe to grind with Memphis? That makes 0 sense. Not to mention the fact Michael Cohen is actually a Syracuse grad, but hey let's not let facts get in the way of a good conspiracy theory!

http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/michael-cohen

(04-06-2015 09:16 AM)Hank Schrader Wrote:  

(04-06-2015 09:07 AM)UofMemphis Wrote:  

(04-06-2015 09:02 AM)KnightLight Wrote:  

(04-06-2015 08:50 AM)blunderbuss Wrote:  So... how'd she get convicted of 2 felonies? Not knowing all the details of this story I'd have to say it's pretty ridiculous that players can't have a tutor outside of the school regardless of the payment arrangements or whether it's free tutoring.

That's no doubt not a problem but for UM, it seems that no one inside the basketball program knew about this 10 plus year relationship, no one on their academic side nor on the coaching side.

Add in the fact that she is a convicted felon...seemingly didn't accept payment from said players (was she paid by someone else?) nope...from the story: "Greer worked with groups as small as a handful of players and as large as a full classroom, Henning said. If someone needed one-on-one sessions, Greer did that too. All of it, Henning and Greer said, was free.", and had close relationships with star players (regular BBQ's at her house, etc...), thats were the grey area meets the bone in regards to some NCAA regulations. what NCAA rule does that violate?

While nothing may come of this matter the only thing we agree on , I bet UM basically forces an end to their players' relationship with her. (probably for eligibility protection of said player and for the program). her felony should have insured that IMHO

story was written by a UConn grad with an axe to grind.

Can this board even collectively think of one reason why a UConn grad in the media would have an axe to grind with Memphis? That makes 0 sense. Not to mention the fact Michael Cohen is actually a Syracuse grad, but hey let's not let facts get in the way of a good conspiracy theory!

http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/michael-cohen

that info came from MT.org so I should have known...but I hate UConn, and will continue to take swipes as I see them.

(04-06-2015 09:16 AM)Hank Schrader Wrote:  Can this board even collectively think of one reason why a UConn grad in the media would have an axe to grind with Memphis? That makes 0 sense. Not to mention the fact Michael Cohen is actually a Syracuse grad, but hey let's not let facts get in the way of a good conspiracy theory!

http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/michael-cohen

Thanks for that secretly supplied linked created by UConn's administration. So planting false evidence --- wouldn't that be a sign of something to hide? Sometimes it's wise to take a step back to see more clearly ---

(04-06-2015 08:51 AM)UofMemphis Wrote:  why would you believe a convicted felon?

Quote:U OF M'S FRIDAY STATEMENT:

At this time, the University has no knowledge of any compliance issues regarding any of our programs and Ms. Greer. Until a few weeks ago, we were unaware of Ms. Greer’s work in the Memphis community. In our internal review, we’ve found no evidence of any compliance violations with regard to Ms. Greer and her relationships with any University of Memphis student-athletes. The University of Memphis Athletics Program is and will remain committed to the letter and intent of American Athletic Conference and NCAA rules regarding compliance and academic integrity. If any compliance issues arise, the University will respond accordingly.

Grant Milner ‏@GrantMilner 11s11 seconds ago
I have confirmed @Michael_Cohen13's story. There is an investigation going on, but don't expect any NCAA violations to come of it.

Michael Cohen ‏@Michael_Cohen13 2m2 minutes ago
Chris Crawford, Adonis Thomas, Joe Jackson all denied being tutored by Greer, who said they were funneled to her by Eric "Cowboy" Robinson.

Eric "Cowboy" Robinson use to be (maybe still is) the Head Coach of Memphis Magic AAU Team.

(04-06-2015 09:54 AM)TIGERCITY Wrote:  

(04-06-2015 09:16 AM)Hank Schrader Wrote:  Can this board even collectively think of one reason why a UConn grad in the media would have an axe to grind with Memphis? That makes 0 sense. Not to mention the fact Michael Cohen is actually a Syracuse grad, but hey let's not let facts get in the way of a good conspiracy theory!

http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/michael-cohen

Thanks for that secretly supplied linked created by UConn's administration. So planting false evidence --- wouldn't that be a sign of something to hide? Sometimes it's wise to take a step back to see more clearly ---

For those that were trying to guess if this convicted felon who invited Memphis Basketball Players over to her house for BBQ's, also had another profession, you were right:

https://www.linkedin.com/pub/stacie-leig...83/b1b/868

^ that's befitting of the National Enquirer...total non-story

(04-06-2015 09:03 AM)KnightLight Wrote:  

(04-06-2015 08:53 AM)Native Georgian Wrote:  "Convicted felon" sounds scary in the media, but that could mean anything from murder/bank-robbery to driving with expired tags.

Believe the Commercial Appeal story noted that her 2 felony convictions were related to her "Education/Tutoring" Business.

Edit: From UofMemphis post:

Absent from Greer’s narrative was any mention of a criminal record. Court documents obtained by the newspaper revealed Greer, referenced in the documents as Stacie Smith, pleaded guilty to two felonies in 2004, both connected to the educational company for which she was the chief manager.

Fayette County, according to the documents, was awarded a grant from the U.S. Department of Education for use in remedial reading, math and other enrichment programs, and Greer was contracted to be the project administrator. She was later indicted for theft of property from the Fayette County Board of Education valued at $60,000 or more and forgery for falsifying a contract.

Eventually, Greer pleaded guilty to theft of property valued between $10,000 and $60,000 and entered an Alford plea for the forgery charge, according to court documents. Her sentence included two weekends of jail time, $20,000 in restitution and three years of probation.

So is she not allowed to work as a tutor? Does she grade the students athletes papers? Is there some kind of implication that she is actually doing their work? Ar there some kind of unsaid things that she supposedly did while tutor? What is the gist of what you are posting?

Trying to understand --- is the claim here that Memphis basketball players might have had off-campus consensual sex with a woman who is a felon? And that they had sex with this felon without the knowledge of Josh Pastner?