Ole Miss AD Ross Bjork tweets warning about tampering with Rebels players (cc: Jim Harbaugh?)

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“We will use every avenue available to hold those accountable who tamper with our student-athletes,” Bjork said.

“As far as the limitations initially placed on the permission to contact, the restrictions are common,” the athletic department statement to Yahoo Sports said. “Until we were notified (Tuesday) morning, none of the student-athletes had communicated they were unhappy with those restrictions. Frankly, if they had any objections and a legitimate reason to seek transfer to one of the limited schools, we would ordinarily work through those issues with the student-athlete and his family. The student-athletes’ best interest is always the priority. Coach (Matt) Luke and (athletic director) Ross Bjork discussed the matter this morning. To be consistent, they are removing any restrictions on their permission to contact for all those who have requested permission. Our compliance office has reached out to the student-athletes to let them know.”

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Wolverinefan84

December 6th, 2017 at 8:00 PM ^

"... and we will use every avenue available to hold those accountable who tamper with our student athletes."

No sir, I believe it is you who are seeing the effects of accountability (or lack thereof).

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December 6th, 2017 at 8:03 PM ^

“Our University has gone through a lot” That’s like me getting caught for plagiarism for no reason other than I was too lazy to play by the rules. But I even plagarized in a lazy way, like I copied Wikipedia. And then me telling my parents who are paying y tuition that I’ve been through a lot this semester so just stick with me. This dude should not even have a job

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mgob-rad

December 6th, 2017 at 8:10 PM ^

Yeah, there’s no way Jim Harbaugh is committing any sort of violation here. This is the same AD that refused to release his players for a transfer in the first place after it was shown the department he was running is a shit show.

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December 6th, 2017 at 8:15 PM ^

We will use every avenue available to hold those accountable who tamper with our student-athletes

Because to me he's about to change course 180 degrees and lay the smackdown on those within the Old Miss program (or who were recently part of), for lying to and/or attempting to elicit bad behavior from impressionable 17-18 year olds....

or am I reading that wrong?

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