spadukins
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I've been a buckeye fan a long time. Like everyone else here I lived through Clarett-gate and Smith-gate etc. When looking at these rumours flying about USC I can't help but compare these to what tOSU had going on. If what is being reported is true, it certainly looks as if Bush (his family) and Jarrett have both received illegal benefit. Whether Carroll and the USC sports department was involved doesn't really matter. These players, because of who they are and what they are capable of doing on the football field, received extra monetary benefit that they were not supposed to recieve if they wanted to maintain amateur status. In post number 286 of this thread there is an article posted that says the Leinart's father basically acknowledges the fact the Jarrett might have to repay him about $10,000 in back rent. From this I conclude that Jarrett has received $10,000 in extra benefit and is no longer an amateur. Parents of a player SHOULD in my opinion be able to provide whatever they want for their own son but parents SHOULD NOT be able to provide ANYTHING for one of their son's teammates. To me that is the same as if the money was provided by a booster. Parents of an athlete should be considered boosters if they monetarily assist any player other than their own son. Who's closer to the program than the parent's of the players? Troy Smith received what turned out to be $500 dollars from a former booster. This money was reportedly to pay off a cell phone bill ran up by Maurice Jackass. Compare this to Jarrett getting $10,000 in benefit so he could live like a rockstar in some high profile apartment in Hollywood! Let's see here, Smith got suspended 2 games and had to pay back the money before he could be reinstated. How many game suspension does $10,000 get you. So far none! This is the difference between Carroll and Tressell. If it was Ginn Jr. who was being reported to have received $10,000 in illegal benefit he would have likely been immediately suspended. Tressel self reports and self imposes penalty. Carroll will have to be forced to take action. He won't stand up take charge and clean it up himself. Now Carroll comes out in the press and essentially says that he believes that there has been NO WRONGDOING and NOTHING will likely come from it. Bullshit! Reggie Bush's family receives by one account $300,000 in benefit by having a son who's SUPPOSED to be an AMATEUR and that's OK in the eyes of Pete Carroll. Whether Carroll or USC had any prior knowledge or not, action still must be taken. In the cases of Bush and Jarrett, all games that they participated in from the time they first received illegal benefits until the time of discovery of these benefits must be forfeited. All games! If one of those games happens to be a BCS National Championship game well then shit! If USC competed with ineligible players and didn't know it then it looks like they failed to monitor properly didn't they? The previous poster who said that this is much worse than the issues tOSU had in the past was correct in saying so. Also, like Troy Smith, Jarrett should be suspended and have to make restitution payments. Smith got 2 games for $500 so I'd guess $10,000 should get Jarrett an entire season suspension including a bowl game. Paying back that 10 grand sure will suck but hey he's got until kick off of the 2007 season to do it. Unless of course he decides to go pro first! I feel sorry for USC's fans. I know how they feel and what they are going through. However, NCAA football is played by amateurs and only amateurs and it's important to maintain balance and to maintain fairness. University of Southern California Trojans, it's your turn to run the gauntlet! I wish you all the best! Oh and GO BUCKS!
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