BREAKING NEWS, OJ Mayo took money!!

[ljp24]

raise your hand if you didn't think he was taking money. I don't blame him anyways. He didnt benefit at all from the 1-year rule.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=3390695

[moocow007]

Mayo should be fine. USC OTOH? Derozan hasn't officially committed to USC has he?

[streetp0et]

what a punk. snitching only when he's been ousted from the inner circle and have no chance of benefiting from mayo's success.

[BMF Jet Jaguar]

yeah derozans committed.

[Billy]

USC's going to get a slap on the wrist.

[bigballa3jj]

i can't lie, i'd prolly take the money too if i was in his position, its not like he was shaving points or anything. yea its still against the rules but i can't get on a guy for something i'd do too

[mr.ankle]

Well since he is gone . The NCAA can not do anything to him

[GYBE]

Considering the Reggie Bush incident, it would be ridiculous if the NCAA didn't give USC a severe penalty. Forde wrote a pretty good article on it.

Link

[Cammo101]

This is not surprisng at all. Lets see if USC even gets punished. They seem to be above the law now.

[Dexmor]

They should be aloud to take money.

[nitetrain8603]

If I read it correctly, USC had nothing to do with the money though. I honestly don't believe they should have to pay for it. Keep this in mind, Floyd wasn't even recruiting OJ. OJ just came to him.

[Blame Rasho]

USC should get the death penalty.

[Troubadour]

Who cares? His ex-friend is a b**ch for ratting him out, but that's life.

[Billy]

If I read it correctly, USC had nothing to do with the money though. I honestly don't believe they should have to pay for it. Keep this in mind, Floyd wasn't even recruiting OJ. OJ just came to him.

That's the thing though. They never do. U$C has figured out exactly where not to look. They may as well make their motto "Ignorance is Bliss" because that is basically how they operate. So far it's worked, and the NCAA has gone ahead and enabled Teflon U to continue what they do.

To me, they either need to be punished for not taking action to stop this kind of thing, or need to be punished for not looking in the first place. That is really what it comes down to. They either weren't looking, or they looked the other way.

I know that every sports program in America is likely to have issues if people decide to look close enough. But you also have a lot of programs that work a hell of a lot harder than U$C to try to keep clean.

[Klomp]

So does this affect his draft stock?

[DanTown8587]

Reading the bottom line, the NCAA investigated Mayo before college and during and found nothing wrong. So I tend to side with the NCAA over some former friend bitter about not cashing in for the ride with Mayo.

[NO-KG-AI]

Who cares, I would take money too.

[shawngoat23]

USC has had nothing to do with it. The NCAA regulations are supposed to prevent buying of recruits. Even assuming USC could constantly monitor Mayo (which might very well be illegal), they get no recruiting benefit from some agent paying him money after he matriculated. In fact, they lose out, because that entices him to leave earlier.

Let's take a look at the parties involved:
- Mayo: Received a few thousand dollars. No penalty will be levied against him.
- Bill Duffy Associates: Tried to make some money off a college stud. The NCAA can't touch them.
- Johnson: Wanted to cash out on a childhood friend. Failed to do so, and instead resorted to blackmail. He'll be protected too.
- USC: Conducted a thorough investigation in good faith on Mayo, along with the Pac-10 and NCAA and found nothing. Earned no recruiting advantage or financial benefit from the alleged transactions. Does benefit to the extent that Mayo benefits the exposure of the team, but this has nothing to do with the allegations. But in this situation, everyone is crying for the university to receive the death penalty?

Sure, if the money was given by a USC booster, one could very well justify levying significant punishment against the university for lack of institutional control. But the money in this case comes from an agent, whose interests are completely opposite that of the university.

[Devin 1L]

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That's the thing though. They never do. U$C has figured out exactly where not to look. They may as well make their motto "Ignorance is Bliss" because that is basically how they operate. So far it's worked, and the NCAA has gone ahead and enabled Teflon U to continue what they do.

To me, they either need to be punished for not taking action to stop this kind of thing, or need to be punished for not looking in the first place. That is really what it comes down to. They either weren't looking, or they looked the other way.

I know that every sports program in America is likely to have issues if people decide to look close enough. But you also have a lot of programs that work a hell of a lot harder than U$C to try to keep clean.

Isn't this basically what happened with OU football in the Rhett Bomar/JD Quinn fiasco?

It seems a little vague, but I believe they got in trouble because they weren't doing their part in "monitoring", or looking for stuff like this. Essentially they weren't in trouble for actually doing something, but rather for their negligence in not doing something when they should have been. I could be wrong though.

[Turnpikebandit]

Congratulations to Forde for being the first writer to work in the "side of Mayo" reference effectively!