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ScriptOhio said:
USC disassociation with Reggie Bush expected to end as NCAA mandate set to expire, per report

The former Trojans star running back was an all-time great for the program

Former USC running back Reggie Bush has been disassociated from the program since the NCAA brought down massive sanctions on the Trojans in 2010. That appears to be changing in the near future as ESPN reported on Tuesday that USC and Bush are in the stages of finalizing an agreement that will allow one of the best players in program history to begin associating with the program again.

The NCAA determined that Bush's family received extra benefits while he was a student-athlete at USC. Among those benefits were a $600,000 house near San Diego and a $10,000 allowance to furnish the home. Bush had to return his 2005 Heisman Trophy, USC was docked 30 scholarships, and the Trojans was forced to vacate the 2004 national championship as a result of the investigation.

The NCAA's Committee on Infractions adopted a rule in 2017 that any NCAA-mandated disassociation from a school can only last 10 years rather than indefinitely. From there, it is up to the program to decide whether to allow a sanctioned player or coach can return to being part of its efforts either on or off the field, according to CBS Sports' Dennis Dodd.

The NCAA's sanctions against USC were handed down on June 10, 2010, making Thursday 10 years to the day of the initial penalty. USC had tried to reinstate Bush to the program three times since the sanctions were levied, according to the Los Angeles Times via an October 2019 report from the Daily Trojan.

"USC has long said that we would love to have Reggie back around campus but the NCAA has mandated the school permanently disassociate from Reggie," USC spokesman Tim Tessalone said at the time. "If we did so, it would lead to further NCAA penalties. We have tried several times to appeal the permanent disassociation with no luck. We would love to have him back."

Entire article: https://www.cbssports.com/college-f...end-as-ncaa-mandate-set-to-expire-per-report/
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About time
 
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ScriptOhio said:
USC disassociation with Reggie Bush expected to end as NCAA mandate set to expire, per report

The former Trojans star running back was an all-time great for the program

Former USC running back Reggie Bush has been disassociated from the program since the NCAA brought down massive sanctions on the Trojans in 2010. That appears to be changing in the near future as ESPN reported on Tuesday that USC and Bush are in the stages of finalizing an agreement that will allow one of the best players in program history to begin associating with the program again.

The NCAA determined that Bush's family received extra benefits while he was a student-athlete at USC. Among those benefits were a $600,000 house near San Diego and a $10,000 allowance to furnish the home. Bush had to return his 2005 Heisman Trophy, USC was docked 30 scholarships, and the Trojans was forced to vacate the 2004 national championship as a result of the investigation.

The NCAA's Committee on Infractions adopted a rule in 2017 that any NCAA-mandated disassociation from a school can only last 10 years rather than indefinitely. From there, it is up to the program to decide whether to allow a sanctioned player or coach can return to being part of its efforts either on or off the field, according to CBS Sports' Dennis Dodd.

The NCAA's sanctions against USC were handed down on June 10, 2010, making Thursday 10 years to the day of the initial penalty. USC had tried to reinstate Bush to the program three times since the sanctions were levied, according to the Los Angeles Times via an October 2019 report from the Daily Trojan.

"USC has long said that we would love to have Reggie back around campus but the NCAA has mandated the school permanently disassociate from Reggie," USC spokesman Tim Tessalone said at the time. "If we did so, it would lead to further NCAA penalties. We have tried several times to appeal the permanent disassociation with no luck. We would love to have him back."

Entire article: https://www.cbssports.com/college-f...end-as-ncaa-mandate-set-to-expire-per-report/
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Just saying that you can't find offense in this and think it was perfectly cool for JT to be on the field that day.*

*tell Jeff Snook
 
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colobuck79 said:
I'm still shaking my head about how hard the NCAA came down on them. Penn State got what it deserved, if not enough. USC and OSU got hammered for being too cooperative. North Carolina, gmafb.
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I didn't see USC being cooperative at all. Remember their AD Mike Garrett giving a press conference where he said that the ncaa had "trojan envy." They were somewhat cooperative on the OJ Mayo/Basketball situation only because Garrett was trying to make the basketball program the sacrificial lamb to protect the foosball.
 
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I'm assuming you mean Tressel (JT) but the connection is lost on me.

What isn't lost is the scale of what USC did for the Bush family. Granted that they have a problem in that the campus is surrounded by a rough neighborhood and a 600K house near San Diego is a three-bedroom ranch w/wo a garage and a postage stamp lawn, but it far exceeds NCAA standards. It's also not like this was the first probation rodeo for USC and probably won't be the last.

UNC simply defies logic, a clearcut case of academic fraud that reached from classroom to AD to Admin and yet they walk.
 
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cincibuck said:
UNC simply defies logic, a clearcut case of academic fraud that reached from classroom to AD to Admin and yet they walk.
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Yeah, the gist of that was that since regular students could also take fake classes, there was no special benefit for UNC athletes so all was well. Basically, you need to sell the integrity of your entire institution, not just the athletes to get off the hook. And that it magically implicated the football team but not the hoops program was almost as laughable.
 
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cincibuck said:
I'm assuming you mean Tressel (JT) but the connection is lost on me.

What isn't lost is the scale of what USC did for the Bush family. Granted that they have a problem in that the campus is surrounded by a rough neighborhood and a 600K house near San Diego is a three-bedroom ranch w/wo a garage and a postage stamp lawn, but it far exceeds NCAA standards. It's also not like this was the first probation rodeo for USC and probably won't be the last.

UNC simply defies logic, a clearcut case of academic fraud that reached from classroom to AD to Admin and yet they walk.
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Some people got all twisted up because Tressel was honored with the 2002 team.
 
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The University of Southern California was, with the exception of one pretty dope Year of Vince, was the program of the 2000's. It's easy to forget that given what happened to them once Pete Carroll left/ducked the NCAA hammer, but for the better part of a decade they were hot shit in a champagne glass.
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According to the NCAA, the schools with the most number of major infractions cases:

SMU, 10

Arizona State, 9

Oklahoma, 8

Wichita State, 8

Auburn, 7

Florida State, 7

Texas A&M, 7

University of California (Berkeley), 7

Georgia, 7

Memphis, 7

Minnesota, 7

Wisconsin, 7

West Virginia, 7

Baylor, 6

Kansas State, 6

Mississippi State, 6

UCLA, 6

Cincinnati, 6

Illinois, 6

Kansas, 6

Kentucky, 6

Miami (Florida), 6

Southern California, 6

Texas-Rio Grande Valley, 6

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Source: NCAA

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Online: NCAA database: http://web1.ncaa.org/LSDBi/exec/miSearch
 
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