Come on now, Mizzou. Now that you’re in the SEC, it’s time to start investing this money in recruits, not in flowers for your boss:
Missouri to Fiesta Bowl
Missouri athletics department employees spent thousands of dollars on a school credit card at a Las Vegas strip club and the Vince Young Steakhouse, but none on convincing talented recruits to attend the university.
The Missouri athletics department is tightening employee use of school-issued credit cards after an audit found a series of improper purchases, including bills for more than $7,600 from a Las Vegas strip club.
Daniels billed the school for two charges of $1,489.54 each at the Vince Young Steakhouse in Austin, Texas, in January 2011; there is a $2,500 transaction limit. Those charges were for a team meal, both he and Moller said. Moller estimated the traveling party consisted of approximately 30 people, including coaches, team members and support staff, meaning an average dinner cost of nearly $100 per person.
Most of the remaining 85 purchases singled out by auditors involved much smaller amounts, from Federal Express invoices to three-ring notebooks for athletes’ academic support. There was a $77.83 purchase of flowers for athletic director Mike Alden.
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