The women's basketball coach at the University of Mississippi blamed her campus and the local community for poor attendance at her team's games‚ saying that the locals need to "catch up" to the "rest of the world" and support women's sports.Yolett McPhee-McCuin‚ women's basketball coach at Ole Miss‚ made scathing remarks during a recent press conference where she implied her team deserved more fans attending games.The topic of the program's revenue appeared to be initially brought up by Mississippi sports reporter and author Chase Parham‚ who noted that both the Ole Miss men's and women's teams produced a deficit in fiscal year 2023.Parham stated that the university football program took in over $12 million and the baseball program made just $166‚126. At the same time‚ men's basketball lost over $3.6 million‚ while the women's program was deeper in the red‚ losing over $8 million. #OleMiss reported the following net profits (or losses) in these sports for fiscal year 2023: Football: $12‚301‚036Men's Basketball: $-3‚673‚921Women's Basketball: $-8‚394‚594Baseball: $166‚126More here for subs: https://t.co/IpL6R0KhT8— Chase Parham (@ChaseParham) January 25‚ 2024 McPhee-McCuin‚ whose nickname is Coach Yo‚ expressed displeasure in her response."Someone tried to put out a narrative … as if all we do is we’re a waste‚" McPhee-McCuin said‚ according to Outkick. "We’re not a waste. That just pissed me off. And when I walk out and I see my fans‚ the fans come out‚ and we can’t get Club Red to come out‚ that pisses me off. Because why not come out and support us? Why not be a cool school for everybody? Turn on ESPN. There are people out there watching that game. So we’ve gotta catch up‚ man. We’re behind. It’s disappointing."The attendance for Ole Miss versus Florida was reportedly 2‚450‚ and Coach Yo soon blamed the local community of Oxford‚ Mississippi‚ and the school's campus for the poor attendance."If you've been paying attention to the landscape of women's sports‚ there is no doubt that women's sports is on the uptick. From viewership‚ to the level of talent‚ from the investments‚ from the NIL space to programs ... our time is now‚" McPhee-McCuin declared. "Women's basketball is a legitimate entity in the sports world."Coach Yo repeatedly stated that the community needed to "catch up" with the "rest of the world‚" which has apparently embraced women's sports."What I'm trying get the Oxford community to do is to catch up. Because the rest of the world has caught up on the fact that women's sports is legit‚ and it's real‚" she continued. "I'm not going to allow people to make it seem like what we do doesn't matter."The coach then complained that there was no reason that the team shouldn't be averaging 5‚000 fans per game.WATCH: Ole Miss women’s basketball coach Yolett McPhee-McCuin following the win over Florida. She shares her thoughts on the state of women’s sports. via @OleMissVideo | #OleMiss pic.twitter.com/ShmgBcwAVu— Brad Logan (@BradLoganCOTE) January 26‚ 2024 McPhee-McCuin later took to her X account to state that the narrative around the team's finances "was weak and with absolutely no context."She also called reporter Parham's story "click bait [sic]."I have issues with your response related to my work product and integrity‚ but I know Twitter isn’t always real life. How about a podcast face to face next week? I’ll come to you. Happy to talk about it. https://t.co/9q4oVsXBtR— Chase Parham (@ChaseParham) January 26‚ 2024 McPhee-McCuin went on to state that 'you can’t put a dollar amount" on the women's team‚ while continuously defending her comments about the school's community. She also labeled herself "an advocate for women’s sports."Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors‚ sign up for our newsletters‚ and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Three former Department of Homeland Security employees were sentenced Friday for conspiring to steal proprietary software and personal data belonging to federal government workers‚ according to a Department of Justice press release.Charles Edwards‚ 63‚ the former acting inspector general of the DHS Office of Inspector General‚ was sentenced to one year and six months in prison after he pleaded guilty in 2022 to “conspiracy to commit theft of government property and to defraud the United States and theft of government property.”In 2019‚ Sonal Patel‚ 49‚ a former employee in the DHS-OIG’s information technology department‚ pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit theft of government property. Patel was recently sentenced to two years of probation.Murali Venkata‚ 58‚ who worked in the same department as Patel‚ was sentenced to four months in prison. Venkata was convicted by a jury in 2022 of “conspiracy to commit theft of government property and to defraud the United States‚ theft of government property‚ wire fraud‚ and destruction of records‚” the DOJ reported. Venkata was convicted of “delet[ing] incriminating text messages and other communications in an effort to obstruct the investigation.”All three were previously employed at the United States Postal Service Office of Inspector General. According to court records‚ the men plotted to steal proprietary software and databases containing sensitive law enforcement information‚ which they planned to use to build a software product they would sell to government agencies through Edwards’ Maryland-based company‚ Delta Business Solutions. The men were also accused of stealing personally identifiable information belonging to 200‚000 federal government workers. The trio shared the stolen information with India-based software developers.“After leaving DHS-OIG‚ Edwards founded Delta Business Solutions Inc.‚ located in Maryland. From at least 2015 until 2017‚ he stole software from DHS-OIG‚ along with sensitive government databases containing personal identifying information of DHS and USPS employees‚ so that his company could develop a commercially-owned version of a case management system to be offered for sale to government agencies‚” the DOJ explained.Edwards’ attorney‚ Jonathan Jeffress with KaiserDillon‚ told Reuters in 2022 that his client was attempting to create a better system for the government. Jeffress said Edwards “understands that his possession of the system and the sensitive data within it as a private citizen was inappropriate” and “sincerely regrets his error in judgment.”The DHS-OIG and the USPS-OIG investigated the case.The DHS did not respond to a request for comment‚ the New York Post reported.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors‚ sign up for our newsletters‚ and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

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