TRY TO HELP GIVE THEM FRESH START. WHY SOME SAY THE PRESIDENT’S
PLAN, A IS ALSO A CAUSE FOR
CONCERN.
GOOD EVENING AND THANK YOU FOR
JOINING US, I’M JOHN COM
AND I’M RACHEL LUCAS FINGER
POINTING AND THE BLAME GAME.
>>OUR INVESTIGATION INTO THE
FALL OF LOCAL FOOTBALL PROGRAM
HAS TAKEN YET
ANOTHER TURN.
>>10 NEWS REPORTER ALYSSA RAY
HAS BEEN LOOKING INTO THIS FOR
WEEKS AND SHE EXPLAINS WHY WE
NOW KNOW THIS
STORY GOES BEYOND THE STAR CITY
ALL THE WAY TO THE OTHER SIDE
OF THE COUNTRY.
>>SINCE OUR INITIAL REPORTS,
THE HEAD COACH POPE MITCHELL
HAS RESIGNED, BUT AFTER
SPEAKING TO FORMER PLAYERS AND
AN ASSISTANT COACH.
MANY BELIEVE THE ROOT OF THE
PROBLEM WAS MUCH BIGGER THAN
HIM.
WHEN WE SAT DOWN WITH SOUTHWEST COMMUNITY, CHRISTIAN HEAD COACH AND ATHLETIC DIRECTOR POPE
MITCHELL IN JULY,
HE WAS ADAMANT HIS TEAM WAS
FUNDED BY COMMUNITY CHRISTIAN
COLLEGE AN ONLINE SCHOOL
IN CALIFORNIA.
>>THE FUNDING COMES FROM
THE BODIES AND
THE ACADEMICS TO BE TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR OUR PROGRAM. YOU MUST TAKE CLASSES
THROUGH CCC.
>>AT THAT TIME CCC WAS QUICK TO
DENY THE STATEMENTS
TELLING 10 NEWS, THEY HAVE NO
AFFILIATION WITH THE TEAM IN
ROANOKE AND THEY MAINTAIN THAT.
THAT’S ONE OF CCS REGIONAL ATHLETIC DIRECTORS TRACY DAVIS WHO SAYS HE NOR
COMMUNITY CHRISTIAN COLLEGE HAD
ANYTHING TO DO WITH
S FCC.
BUT HE HAS A THEORY WHY THEY’RE
BEING INVOLVED.
MITCHELL IS HIS SON.
BUT SINCE OUR INITIAL STORIES ON THE BROKEN PROMISES OF THE SFC SEE
PROGRAM AIRED WE’VE OBTAINED
DOCUMENTS THAT MAY SUGGEST
CCS INVOLVEMENT.
THE FIRST A MEMORANDUM OF
UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN AN
ASSISTANT COACH SISI’S
PRESIDENT RIGHT AND CAROL
IN DAVIS.
I ASKED IF THEY
ARE INVOLVED THEN WHY ARE THEIR
NAMES LISTED ON THE M O U.
SO DO YOU THINK POPE ALTERED IT TO PUT ROANOKE VIRGINIA BETTER.
>>HOWEVER THAT MEMO YOO WAS SENT FROM DAVIS’S EMAIL ACCOUNT TO MITCHELL BACK IN 20 20 WHEN
THE PROGRAM WAS JUST STARTING
UP.
WE SENT THIS EVIDENCE
TO CCC THEY SAY IT APPEARS THE
DOCUMENTS ARE ALL
MADE UP THAT WAS JUST THE START
OF COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN DAVIS
AND THE TEAM HERE IN ROANOKE
ALSO IN
2020.
HE SENT AUSTIN WILHELM A FORMER
WIDE RECEIVER FOR ALLEGHENY
HIGH SCHOOL AN E-MAIL WELCOMING
HIM TO THE BOBCATS PROGRAM.
SOME THINK DAVIS DENIES EVER
DOING.
WE HAVEN’T FROM U C C C E MAIL ANOTHER LINK BETWEEN A LOCAL TEAM IN THE CALIFORNIA SCHOOL
IS THE $1500 ATHLETIC FEE THAT
WILL HELP SAYS CCC ADDED TO
HIS INVOICE
HE SAYS THE COLLEGE STILL CALLS
TRYING TO COLLECT THE MONEY
THOUGH HE LEFT THE TEAM BEFORE
EVEN PLAYING A GAME.
2 YEARS AGO.
AN OPINION THAT
WAS ISSUED THEN
WHY DO WE HAVE A RECEIPT FROM A
PLAYER A TRANSCRIPT SAYING
THAT.
>>CCC TOOK OUT
$1500 FOR AN
ATHLETIC C.
WHEN HE HAS HE’S NOT PLAYING
FOR CCC WHY WOULD THEY DO THAT.
>>THAT IF YOU READ IT.
>>BUT REMEMBER CCC AND DAVIS HAVE PREVIOUSLY SAID THE M O U AGREEMENT IS NOT REAL
AS FAR AS FUNDING DAVIS
OUTLINED IN AN EMAIL TO
MITCHELL IN 2020.
HOW CCC GETS PAID FROM THE
PLAYERS WHO ARE ON
THE COLLEGE SAYING SO WHATEVER
IS BOOKED IS WHAT WE WILL GET
COMPENSATED FOR HE GOES ON TO
SAY WE WILL NOT GET THE FEE FOR
ANY STUDENT WHO HAS NOT
COMPLETED FINANCIAL AID ON THE
PHONE HOWEVER, DAVIS CLAIMED HE HAD NO KNOWLEDGE IF CCC CAN EXPLAIN WHY
THEY’RE CHARGING.
THE KIDS FACTS, A $1500
A PLATE.
>>AND TO YOU BECAUSE THEY SAY
IT IS MADE UP.
>>HOWEVER DAVIS SENT ANOTHER E-MAIL TO MITCHELL WITH THE STUDENT CONSENT FORM FOR AN
ATHLETIC PROGRAM
PARTICIPATION FEE.
HE TOLD MITCHELL HIS PLAYERS
NEED TO FILL OUT THAT
FEE AGAIN IS LISTED AT $1500.
ASKED CCC ABOUT THE
ATHLETIC FEE AND THEY DIRECTED
US BACK TO THEIR WEBSITE.
THEY FOUND BOTH ON CAMPUS AND
OFF CAMPUS STUDENTS TO
PLAY SPORTS.
THERE IS NO FURTHER EXPLANATION
AS TO WHY THESE FEES WE’RE
APPLY TO ATHLETES IN VIRGINIA,
WHO AREN’T RECOGNIZED BY CCC
MITCHELL SPELLED OUT FROM
THE BEGINNING.
>>THAT’S WHERE OUR FUNDING
COMES FROM IS THAT ONCE THEY
HAVE TAKEN CLASSES
THROUGH CCC THEN THOSE FUNDS
FOR THAT PERSON WILL BE
RELEASED TO US
AFFLECK.
>>SO CCC GIVES YOU 5 AND IF THE
KIDS IN ROME.
YES.
>>THIS NOTION IS REITERATED YET
AGAIN BY EMAIL WE OBTAINED THAT
WAS SENT TO MITCHELL IN
2021 BY ON CAMPUS ATHLETIC
DIRECTOR ACCC WITH AN
ATTACHMENT OF THE FOOTBALL
ROSTER, AND THE PLAYERS WHO DID
NOT APPLY
FOR FAFSA THE E-MAIL GOES ON TO
SAY WITHOUT THIS PART BEING
COMPLETED FINES CAN NOT BE
DRAWN DOWN.
>>THE TOP OF NO ONE FROM COMMUNITY CHRISTIAN COLLEGE OR S FCC HAS BEEN
ACCUSED OF CHARGED WITH
CRIMINAL MISCONDUCT IN
CONNECTION WITH THE S FCC
BOBCATS PROGRAM.
DESPITE MANY DOCUMENTS
CONTRADICTING CCS POSITION.
THE COLLEGE SAYS IT STANDS BY
ITS INITIAL STATEMENT.
IT HAS NO TIES WITH SOUTH
FORCED COMMUNITY CHRISTIAN.
>>I SPOKE WITH MANY OF THE
PLAYERS WHO BELIEVE MITCHELL
HAD
GOOD INTENTIONS.
BUT THAT HE WASN’T GIVEN THE
HELP HE WAS PROMISED FROM DAVIS
AND CCC AND HE FRONTED MUCH OF
THE COST
HIMSELF.
MITCHELL TELLS ME ALL
HE WANTED WHAT’S FOR PLAYERS
WHO THOUGHT THEY COULDN’T MAKE
IT TO HAVE THE CHANCE
TO TRY IN THE STUDIO WITH THE
RAPE 10 NEWS WORKING FOR YOU.
>>THE PRESIDENT OF CCC ISSUED A STATEMENT SAYING QUOTE THIS IS A REGRETTABLE
EVENT AND WE APPRECIATE
ALYSSA RAY AT WSLS FOR BRINGING
THIS TO OUR ATTENTION WE WILL
DO EVERYTHING WE CAN
TO HELP COMMUNITY
CHRISTIAN COLLEGE IS OFFERING
TO ROANOKE STUDENTS AN
OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY FOR
OUR INS J C A A DIVISION, ONE
TEAMS IN CALIFORNIA AND
MICHIGAN OR WILL PROVIDE THEM A
FULL REFUND
WHILE ALLOWING THEM TO KEEP ALL
GRADES AND.