NCAA punishes USC - Reggie Bush, OJ Mayo, Dwayne Jarrett, Joe McKnight investigation

[BB73]

I personally think the attacks on your character are alarming and propose we lock this thread until people learn to post more responsibly. By the way, can you cash the checks I give you in a more timely fashion so that I can keep my checkbook balanced?

You lost your credibility by going too far. Everybody knows I only accept vCash.

 

[Steve19]

I apologize for sidetracking a discussion that had a whopping zero posts in the 5 hours prior to mine. And I further apologize that my post, which responded directly to an article quoted in the thread, is of no relevance to the question at hand, since determining how severe these violations are is of no help in deciding whether the sanctions were severe enough (such as by comparing the violations and penalties to prior cases in history and their penalties). I conclude by apologizing for breaking the time-honored BP tradition of ignoring ridiculous comments by the media and making no mention of them.

Geez. I love apologies.

 

[Jagdaddy]

USC self imposed BB penalties. Will this deflect attention away from the football scandal?

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USC has self-imposed sanctions on its men's basketball program for NCAA rules violations, including a ban on postseason competition at the end of this season, a reduction of scholarships and vacating all of its wins from 2007-08.
The university said the sanctions resulted from an internal investigation that found NCAA rules violations related to O.J. Mayo, who played for the Trojans during the 2007-2008 season under former coach Tim Floyd. Mayo is now with the NBA's Memphis Grizzlies.
The sanctions are connected to Mayo's involvement with Rodney Guillory, whom under NCAA rules became a USC booster due to his role in Mayo's recruitment.
In 2008, on ESPN's "Outside The Lines," Louis Johnson, a former associate of Mayo and Guillory, accused Guillory of providing Mayo with improper benefits while the guard played for USC.
Floyd abruptly quit in June following allegations that he gave $1,000 in cash to Guillory, who helped steer Mayo to the Trojans. Mayo was one of the nation's most highly-sought prep recruits at the time.
Floyd, now an assistant with the New Orleans Hornets, has never addressed the allegations involving Mayo.
Current USC coach Kevin O'Neill told ESPN's Kelly Naqi he first learned of the self-imposed sanctions from USC athletic director Michael Garrett after Saturday night's game against Arizona State. O'Neill says he met with the USC players Sunday morning and called his recruits after that.

The self-imposed sanctions include:
? No postseason play in 2009-10, including the Pac-10 Conference Tournament.
? A reduction of one scholarship for the 2009-10 and 2010-11 academic years.
? Reducing the number of coaches permitted to recruit off-campus by one during the summer of 2010.
? Reducing the number of recruiting days for the 2010-11 academic year, to 110 from 130.

Since USC seems to need to keep deflecting attention away from its football program by punishing its other programs, I hereby volunteer to help them out by administering "punishment", of a sort, to their Song Girls . . .

 

[Dryden]

Since USC seems to need to keep deflecting attention away from its football program by punishing its other programs, I hereby volunteer to help them out by administering "punishment", of a sort, to their Song Girls . . .

- You must spank her well, and after you are done with her, you may deal with her as you like... and then... spank me.
- And me. And me too. And me.
- Yes. Yes, you must give us all a good spanking. And after the spanking, the oral sex.

- Well, I could stay a bit longer...

 

[Fungo Squiggly]

I personally think the attacks on your character are alarming and propose we lock this thread until people learn to post more responsibly. By the way, can you cash the checks I give you in a more timely fashion so that I can keep my checkbook balanced?

What's the fun in balancing a checkbook if every transaction has cleared?

 

[CookyPuss]

One of the commentators on ESPN's NFL pregame show this morning claimed that USC had been told by the NCAA that they would not be allowed to self-impose punishment for the football program. I hadn't heard that reported elsewhere. Interesting if true.

 

[Dryden]

Bush met with NCAA over probe - College Football - Rivals.com

Bush met with NCAA over probe
By Jason Cole and Charles Robinson, Yahoo! Sports
Jan 10, 1:12 am EST

In what is believed to represent one of the NCAA?s last major hurdles in its investigation of the University of Southern California, Yahoo! Sports has learned former Trojans running back Reggie Bush has been interviewed by investigators.

The NCAA declined to comment, but a source close to Bush confirmed the meeting took place prior to the 2009 NFL season. While the scope of the interview wasn?t revealed, the source indicated that Bush once again denied that he and his family took nearly $300,000 in extra benefits during his sophomore and junior seasons at USC. At the very least, the meeting satisfied a three-year-plus quest by the NCAA to interview the former Heisman Trophy winner.

Cont'd ...

 

[osubartender23]

Bush met with NCAA over probe - College Football - Rivals.com

I am willing to bet that as soon as Petey found out that this had happened he had his agent immediately start calling around the league to ask about any potential openings available.

This could also be why USC all of a sudden is trying to self impose penalties on the football team. I think USC realizes that the NCAA might have been able to uncover more information than USC originally thought and they realized that they can't just ignore it now like they have been over the years.

 

[HINYG8]

I am willing to bet that as soon as Petey found out that this had happened he had his agent immediately start calling around the league to ask about any potential openings available.

This could also be why USC all of a sudden is trying to self impose penalties on the football team. I think USC realizes that the NCAA might have been able to uncover more information than USC originally thought and they realized that they can't just ignore it now like they have been over the years.

And the NCAA has told them..you had your chance to do the right thing over the last...what....5 years... and decided to pretend it never happened..only to watch it continue to happen.... we'll see you soon enough.

Kisses,

The NCAA.

 

[ScriptOhio]

It could be a collector's item now...

 

[Gatorubet]

- You must spank her well, and after you are done with her, you may deal with her as you like... and then... spank me.
- And me. And me too. And me.
- Yes. Yes, you must give us all a good spanking. And after the spanking, the oral sex.

- Well, I could stay a bit longer...

Naughty, wicked Zoot!!

 

[Best Buckeye]

Per ESPN the NCAA to hold a hearing on both sports' infractions and self imposed penalites Feb. 19th-20th. Finally I do believe in closure. :2004::cheers:
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USC's significant self-imposed sanctions could be just the tip of the iceberg as the university tries to get in front of a hearing with the NCAA Committee on Infractions.
In a story about what will happen to wins and losses in 2007-08 against USC for other Pac-10 schools, conference spokesman Dave Hirsch told The Oregonian via e-mail that "USC's sanctions won't become official until the NCAA Committee on Infractions hears the case in February."
Under NCAA protocol, schools typically receive a notice of allegations at least three months prior to a hearing with the COI. A source told ESPN.com that USC did indeed receive a notice of allegations.
A source with knowledge of the situation told ESPN.com's Andy Katz that USC's notice of infractions included both football and men's basketball, which may make the timing of Pete Carroll's departure to the Seattle Seahawks a bit more interesting based on what will come out of the report. The NCAA had folded the two investigations into one so it can review the entire athletic department's culpability in any possible infractions. That is par for the course in investigations since a failure to monitor can be applied to the entire department.
Per NCAA policy, schools have 90 days to respond to the notice of allegations before a hearing is set on the committee on infractions calendar. That means USC received the notice more than three months ago since a hearing date has been set by the NCAA.The committee on infractions will meet Feb. 19-21 in Tempe, Ariz., and according to a source, USC will be the focus of that meeting with the committee.
The school has banned itself from postseason play this year, trimmed scholarships (one for each of the next two years), curtailed the number of days spent recruiting, forfeited victories and returned NCAA tournament revenue for improprieties involving one-year player O.J. Mayo during the 2007-08 season.

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[sandgk]

I am willing to bet that as soon as Petey found out that this had happened he had his agent immediately start calling around the league to ask about any potential openings available.

This could also be why USC all of a sudden is trying to self impose penalties on the football team. I think USC realizes that the NCAA might have been able to uncover more information than USC originally thought and they realized that they can't just ignore it now like they have been over the years.

Is it a reasonable assessment that USC AD Garrett is a doofus - perhaps incompetent?

 

[Best Buckeye]

Is it a reasonable assessment that USC AD Garrett is a doofus - perhaps incompetent?

Reading the wearesc boards one can see that some are ready for Garrett to go. I don't see why seeing what Pete accomplished in the last few years there. unless it had to do with other sports.

 

[Dryden]

Is it a reasonable assessment that USC AD Garrett is a doofus - perhaps incompetent?

Most athletic departments in turmoil fire their AD or force his resignation. In SC's case, as part of their self-imposed penalties, they've opted to keep Garrett.