Mizzou’s Corporate Card Was Used For $7,600 At A Vegas Strip Club
 

Mizzou’s Corporate Card Was Used For $7,600 At A Vegas Strip Club
Barry Petchesky

Mizzou's Corporate Card Was Used For $7,600 At A Vegas Strip Club

Missouri, like many schools, handed out credit cards to athletics department employees and trusted them not to abuse the privilege. Anyone who's ever had a corporate card can guess how that worked out: strip clubs and steakhouses. After an external audit of the program's finances, they're cracking down on who they give those cards to. And you've got two folks to thank for ruining it for everyone:

Director of video operations Michael Schumacher spent $7,605.50 in a single night at Olympic Garden, a club conveniently located on the Strip that "feature[s] literally hundreds of the world's most beautiful ladies (known as the Dreamgirls) in a relaxing and spacious setting." One of those charges included a $2,000 tip on a $4,400 bill. Maybe I don't understand how strip clubs work, but was Schumacher being extra generous, or is "tip" just how you say "blowjob" on a receipt?

Schumacher has since repaid the university for his Vegas fun, which took place while he was representing the school at a conference. He was there alone, so that $7,600 is all him.

Another charge, for nearly $3,000, was racked up by former basketball director of operations Jeff Daniels. He took the entire team out to dinner at the Vince Young Steakhouse in Austin, including coaches and support staff. Spending $100 a person at Vince Young's steakhouse is more of a crime against taste than dropping $7,600 at a strip club.

Missouri has deactivated 32 credit cards, and says all in all, it could have been a lot worse. The strip club could have been in Downtown Vegas.

http://deadspin.com/5954304/mizzous-...gas-strip-club

Thats pretty cool...

Ok, I get the strip club deal but $100/person for very large, hungry student athletes at a steakhouse isn't that shocking.

My Alumni Association funds at work....

Yeah, I am not seeing the big deal with that one either.

$100/person for students not drinking alcohol?



You guys are insane. That is waaaaay overboard.

Just think of it as putting back into the education system. Most of those girls go to UNLV

Team 'bonding' experience.

Their cheapest steak is $38. Sides are $8 each. Soup or salad is another $8-10. Appetizers are $14. Dessert is another $8.

I'm sure most of these athletes can throw down more than 1 steak.

http://www.vinceyoungsteakhouse.com/menu.html

Take those bitches to Applebees then.

I went to that VY Steak House. Wasnt bad

At least somebody's having fun this year. :banghead:

:rockon:

Wow, talk about horrible deal!

The strip club incedent was an individual who got drunk and didn't think with his head. That was isolated, and I'm sure the guy is feeling the pain. That was an individual mistake.

the Dinner incedent... isn't even an incedent. Why are these in our paper, again?

KCStar is struggling for stories.

Shit happens all the time with government travel cards in the military. If you give people the opportunity to abuse something.....chances are they will.

You don't think the taxpayer, the donor, the alumni member deserves to know where their money is going?

Dude, I can't get out of a steakhouse in Los Angeles for under $100 without alcohol, regardless of where we go.

I took the wife to Wolfgang Puck's Cut steakhouse for her birthday a few years back and with drinks and tips, dropped $500.00.

Steaks are expensive outside of your area.

You've got a sizzler within walking distance of your front door. :p

Time to up my donation to Mizzou again............

Since it was repaid by the individual, how is it their money?

Before railing on the local paper, check the link. It's Deadspin, not KC Star.

Thanks Mizzou. ZERO SEC wins, over-priced steak, and strip clubs. Welcome to the big-time.

How was the strip club initially paid?

With nearly $8,000 in singles and fives...............

Actually, this was on the front page of the KC Star's sports section this AM, so the Star did report it as well.

http://www.kansascity.com/2012/10/23...-put-7600.html

Paid by Mizzou.

These people work with Budgets. If they are staying within their budget, that's what they are doing. If they're spending a portion of their budget on a nice steak dinner during a team Meeting once a year, then that's what the budget is in place for.

I read the article on the KC Star, before i saw it here.

http://www.kansascity.com/2012/10/23...-put-7600.html

So, that's a no vote on governmental transparency?

With a credit card.

I would be fine with Mizzou firing the guy, given the nature of the card's use and the negative attention. But, he repaid the expense. Ergo, it was his money that was used.

$7600 wasn't for the tip. It was for the whole thing

With a credit card backed by the security of the taxpayers, donors, and alumni of Missouri.

It wasn't his money that was used UNTIL he paid it back. I'm not sure why you're defending this.

I hope this guy isn't married. Talk about spending eternity in the dog house!

Jesus, people on here argue just to argue. No tangent left unturned.

Where's the tangent? The people paying the bills deserve to know what the money is for.

Do you really think it's that big a deal? It's certainly a fireable offense using that type of money for personal use - Paying it back or not, but he's not going unpunished. Don't make it out to be more than it is simply because it's MIZZOU and you're a KU fan. :p

Personally, yeah, I think it's that big a deal. But then, I'm not the kind of guy who blows 7000 dollars in a strip club.

Well, if you worked at MIZZOU, you could be.

Why on earth would someone abuse a corporate CC at a strip club?

Idiot.

oh wait, his wife probably checks his personal CC bill.

Hopefully she doesn't read the paper either. :shake:

Dies Mizzou's AA get tax dollars? I know UFAA is a self-funded separate entity from the university.

:thumb:

This might be a dumb question, but is this unusual? I guess I assumed something of this nature happens a couple times a year and is figured into the team's budget.



I was apart of a couple collegiate teams that traveled the Midwest and once or twice a season, usually after a good performance, the meals were picked up with what appeared to be the same University CC that picked up the hotel rooms and travel costs. They weren't $100 dollar meals, but the team's budget was no where near what I assume the Basketball team works with.

....Now that I think about it, I believe a portion of the team's budget was funded through private donations the University never seen so I don't know who actually paid for the occasional meal tabs at the end of the transaction.

Austin has a LOT of cattle around it, and a lot of natually grown cattle at that.

I used to fly for a company (still do every once in a while) in NW Texas that sells beef to high-end restaraunts in NY, Chicago, Dallas, and I can tell you that Vince Young's place is marking up their steaks at least 300%, and the side prices are a crime.

But, I am a believer in the market, so if people are buying what he is selling at that price I say keep up the good work.

There is no way I would pay that price for a steak, but like you said I live in the middle of beef paradise.

Look at it this way. Now the people who financially support the university know that the school will not tolerate these types of actions. It breeds confidence that the money is handled in the proper manner that it should.

What is he defending? He isn't saying that it was okay for the guy to do what he did. He's saying that, because the situation was handled by the university and the money was repaid, there isn't really much worth reporting.

Come on now. This is not that difficult to grasp. It is a story and one that should be reported. I do not see how any one can say otherwise.

It's a story worthy of deadspin.

I don't recall defending anything. You asked:

"You don't think the taxpayer, the donor, the alumni member deserves to know where their money is going?"

I noted that it wasn't their money going anywhere. He reimbursed the U for the tab. I suppose American Express (or whoever) could be upset, but I doubt they are.

Again, I'd have zero problem with the guy being fired. What he did was beyond stupid. I'm not sure why you've chosen to entrench yourself into such an angle, but, hey, go for it.

Nobody fired?

Only because he got caught and because school officials didn't tolerate it. Otherwise it was very much the tax and donation money being used.

People are acting like he planned to pay it back. And even if he did, that is still a gross misuse of company resources.

Must be all the Prozac the food's infused with...

What the **** are you talking about? Nobody is defending the guy. Nobody.

No, people are just acting like it isn't newd worthy. I whole heartedly disagree.

I'll be sure to try your logic the next time I misuse the corporate credit card. "Hey, it wasn't your money, it was mastercard's". Jesus. :rolleyes:

Anything that takes attention away from our abortion of a season works for me.

I tried to use a credit card at the strip club but the dancer got a little pissy when I tried to swipe my card in the slot.

Again, nobody is defending the guy using the card. Keep ****ing that chicken, though.

I approve.. Everybody needs to decompress, folks just do it in different places! What a joke!

I'm not sure why you can't seem to understand my posts. The guy could/should be fired. He did the wrong thing (using the school's card). He did, however, reimburse the school.

I would encourage your company to similarly fire you, if that helps your comprehension at all.

Beakers just can't stop not caring.

Evidently, they have video footage from the club:

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a78...ge_Account.gif