Remember when the OM PR cheerleaders said...

[57stratdawg]

in an effort to discredit Leo, that he originally told the NCAA he received $50,000 (i don't remember the exact amount) from OM, but that after being warned about possible IRS implications, he changed his story to $10,000.

So, their version is: originally said $50,000 -> amended to $10,000 -> signed with MSU for $11,000.

That logic doesn't seem to reconcile for me.

 

[BigMotherTucker]

complete denial.

 

[Drebin]

in an effort to discredit Leo, that he originally told the NCAA he received $50,000 (i don't remember the exact amount) from OM, but that after being warned about possible IRS implications, he changed his story to $10,000.

So, their version is: originally said $50,000 -> amended to $10,000 -> signed with MSU for $11,000.

That logic doesn't seem to reconcile for me.

Here is a great lesson for the gullible wing of our fanbase:

The truth is the truth.

A false narrative evolves and changes over time.

If the story is changing, if the details change, etc., it's ********.

 

[Maroon Eagle]

I don't remember $50K mentioned. When did that happen?

Not saying you're wrong - just don't remember that high a figure mentioned in what I've seen.

 

[Drebin]

It was a reb talking point...that he allegedly gave a higher dollar figure in an early interview, but changed his story when he learned of IRS implications.

 

[engie]

I honestly do not remember when they said that. They have said so many different things so many different times. It's a comedy of errors on their end that is being delivered to them from high places on that totem pole.

I'm just waiting on the "normal" ones to start calling a spade a spade and turning on their own bs'ers in charge. One just called Bo's show for the first of that perspective that I've heard.

How does Yancy, Chuck, David, etal come back from this when literally nothing they have claimed from the beginning finds itself panning out? The only one I really exclude from that group is McCready, who seems to be relatively mum on the topic at least in what is pasted/discussed here. He at least seems to have enough sense to not trust the information he's being fed -- or otherwise attempts to give honest perspective.

 

[MSUDC11]

It was a reb talking point...that he allegedly gave a higher dollar figure in an early interview, but changed his story when he learned of IRS implications.

I love the old IRS argument, mostly because the people that are arguing it are clueless.

Even if Leo did take 50,000, it's not income taxable to the recipient. It would be a gift that's not taxable to Leo but definitely taxable to whoever paid it.

I'm sure that their rogue boosters are upstanding citizens that reported every cent of that, right?***

 

[ShrubDog]

I believe it was 80k

 

[57stratdawg]

It was shortly after Leo's name started coming out. So, i'm guessing it was February or March of 2017.

 

[engie]

I dunno about that. Leo's name was leaked by them a week or two before the Egg Bowl for sure. Remember "he's sitting for the game" line we heard from all of their talking heads.

 

[57stratdawg]

That's true, but if you Google search Leo Lewis + IRS, the hits are primarily in the timeframe I mentioned. Pretty sure Yancy had a post on it too. It must have been around the time of the Amended Notice / Leo pushback.

 

[FreeDawg]

That's true. He got burned early so he's been more measured. But the funny thing is that he's the most hated of the OM beat guys by the fans. They still think he asked Tunsil the question but it wasn't him.

 

[Drebin]

That's how I recall it.....it was a Yancy nugget