COLUMBIA, Mo. -- A Georgia businessman who gave internships to several Missouri men's basketball players and ran afoul of NCAA rules says he "had good intentions and no ill intent."
Christopher Mark Tuley admitted that he's the employer accused of providing benefits that are not permitted to three players and one recruit in 2013 and 2014, the Columbia Daily Tribune reports. The benefits included compensation for work not done through a summer intern program, along with housing, $520 cash, local transportation, iPads, meals and use of a local gym, according to a 19-month review that Missouri conducted collaboratively with the NCAA.