NCAA Severely Punishes USC Athletic Program

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<p>I know this isn't the USC thread, but the NCAA passed some major violations against the school. The Michigan football violations are a slap on the hand compared to this!</p>

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In a long-awaited decision, the National Collegiate Athletic Association severely punished the high-profile football and men’s basketball teams at the University of Southern California for improper commercial dealings involving Heisman Trophy-winning running back Reggie Bush and basketball standout O.J. Mayo.</p>

<p>Among the most severe penalties, the football team is banned from postseason bowl games for two seasons, loses 30 athletic scholarships for the next three years and must vacate a slew of victories, including the 2005 Orange Bowl which awarded the Trojans the Bowl Championship Series National Championship. (Since the NCAA does not officially recognize a champion in Division I Football Bowl Subdivision football, only the BCS can determine whether to take away USC's national championship, so this action applies only to the NCAA's records of the game.) The men’s basketball team is banned from postseason play for one season, loses an athletic scholarship for two years, must vacate numerous wins and return money it received for its participation in March Madness in 2008.

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<p>News:</a> Trojans Trashed by NCAA - Inside Higher Ed</p>

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<p>Not enough for a renegade program. They should have done what was done to SMU years ago.</p>

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<p>Here’s freep’s take:</p>

<p>[What</a> the USC-NCAA situation means for Michigan | freep.com | Detroit Free Press](<a href=“http://www.freep.com/article/20100611/SPORTS06/6110374/What-the-USC-NCAA-situation-means-for-Michigan]What”>http://www.freep.com/article/20100611/SPORTS06/6110374/What-the-USC-NCAA-situation-means-for-Michigan)</p>

<p>no opinion yet</p>

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<p>It they wipe out the 2008 victory over Minnesota, will we have to send the Gophers the jug?</p>

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<p>Soy sauce, never link to the freep.</p>

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<p>How bout that Big 10 expansion</p>