by Kyle Golik
Social media platforms give everyone the chance to broadcast and report the happenings of our lives. We broadcast what we eat, the friends we are hanging out with, the places we go, and the major events of our lives that we celebrate, like opening a business.
On April 26, 2022, Michigan running back Blake Corum did what many of us do: went to our social media platform of choice, in his case Instagram, and posted, “I’m a walking business, I should be an LLC.”
Corum used the hashtag “BC2LLC” on the post. The post received 135 comments and nearly 12,000 likes.
The potential became a reality at some point according to the Wyoming Secretary of State Business Center website.
According to state documents, on the Limited Liability Company (LLC) Articles of Organization in Article V, the organizer(s) of the limited liability company that was filed on March 28, 2022, for the organization BC2 Housing LLC include Corum, Connor O’Dea, and the recently terminated staffer Connor Stalions. Kind of a coincidence about that hashtag Corum used on Instagram.
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Stalions appears to have digitally signed the LLC Articles of Organization and acknowledged on the document that Stalions had authorization to file these documents on behalf of the business. Stalions also agreed on the filing of this document that this was not a “false filing” and read that the punishment of falsely filing an LLC Articles of Organization can lead to felony charges brought against him.
Amidst the sign-stealing fallout, it appears Corum forgot that he is in business with the now-fired Stalions.
“I don’t have any businesses with Connor or anything like that,” Corum told reporters. “But I’m glad whoever found it, whoever searched the web, was able to find that, I appreciate you. My attorneys are on it. Definitely get that figured out right away, get my name taken off of whatever it is.”
Looking through the Wyoming Secretary of State LLC Portal, there is a 2023 LLC License Tax paid for the year, which is common in most states. $60 was paid for an accounts receivable invoice number 08147520 in February 2023 for B2C Housing LLC for the 2023 year.
Grant you $60 is nothing in the grand scheme of things, but the paying of the tax means there is some sort of business. Nobody just gives the state free money willingly and no one just picks a random state in the Union to just give free money to.
I find it hard to believe Corum was that ignorant of the whole process with Stalions. I get that he is young and naive, and with everything and everyone at his feet, he may have said yes in passing because he may have trusted Stalions.
At this point, if Corum can prove he was duped, Stalions just added more problems to his life, but I have to wonder where all the money BC2 LLC went and if Corum received money on it. Even if the company was licensing his name with NIL purposes with the “BC2”, he was aware of this business and paid as such. Ignorance is not a defense here, and as they say on day one of law school, “You can’t defend your actions by arguing you didn’t know they were illegal, even if you honestly did not realize you were breaking the law.”
Corum did not break the law, of course, but he knew enough of this business relationship, no matter how little he was involved with it. He should at least be forthright about what he knows and not pretend he is ignorant. He clearly knew enough to post about it on Instagram.
