With the introduction of two new accusations this week that Mark Dantonio had made MSU Football staff members record other teams’ practices without consent and to also contact players at other schools about transferring to Michigan State, we have yet another chapter of the Curtis Blackwell lawsuit and his subsequent claims of NCAA misconduct committed by Michigan State under Dantonio.
Here is a record of every allegation the former director of college advancement Blackwell has made against Michigan State and Mark Dantonio:
- According to Blackwell, Mark Dantonio instructed staff members to record an opposing team’s practices without their knowledge.
- Blackwell accused Dantonio of reaching out to players who were already enrolled at other universities to try and recruit them to the Spartans.
- Blackwell says that Dantonio brought Blackwell with him to the home of top recruit Daelin Hayes although Blackwell wasn’t designated by the NCAA to attend the home visit. Blackwell also said that Dantonio helped find jobs for Hayes’ family.
- Title IX violations in the recruit of Auston Robertson, who was convicted of sexual assault in April of 2017.
- Blackwell also claimed that Mark Dantonio fired him because of his race.
- Finally, Blackwell claimed that Mark Dantonio, athletic director Bill Beekman, former AD Mark Hollis, and former MSU president Lou Anna K. Simon all made false statements meant to defame him.
Michigan State AD Bill Beekman called the claims “patently false” in a February 4 press conference after Mark Dantonio resigned.
