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

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OCBucksFan;728257; said:
I think the worst thing happening to him is losing the backing of his school. I mean sure, there may be no immediate consequences if USC gets in trouble, but sooner or later he may have a kid, and he may want to send that kid to college. Beyond that, LA is a pretty cool town to party in, if things went to all hell and say Petey lost his job, I would hate to be the person that made that happen :(

It's all speculation at this point, more details will come out, but if the NCAA was really interested I think they would have looked into this by now.
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Losing the USC hookup could hurt him -- but nothing he couldn't overcome, especially with his newlifound Sainthood.
I think if sanctions did come down on USC, Pete would just high-tail it to the NFL. I'm not sure Pete really cares one way or the other either. It's well documented that he straddles the line when it comes to agents and NCAA rules (by his own admission.)
As for speculation -- I usually agree, but in this case it seems there is smoke everywhere. Something happened, and the silence of everyone involved just casts more doubt. His parents' jobs don't match up with the transactions going on, and right now it seems the FBI was called in to basically keep the dirty agents quiet and any NCAA-related-evidence out of the mix. The NCAA is investigating -- but they never discuss "ongoing investigations" with the media, except to confirm that there is one (which they and the P10 have confirmed.)
That's all my spin... but if nothing happened, why doesn't Bush or his parents tell the NCAA? It's not like they face any legal consequences talking to the NCAA...
 
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23Skidoo;728246; said:
I don't get why Bush is in a hardspot right now? Even if the NCAA takes action, the worst that can happen to him is giving up the Heisman.
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No, the worst thing that can happen to him is USC is stripped of its titles and he is viewed as someone who abused the system and disregarded his school in the process. I'm not saying that's what happened, but there seem to be worse things that COULD happen to him than losing the Heisman.
 
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buckeyeboy;728016; said:
What makes you say this? I can't think of any reason Bush would want to hang USC out to dry, except for the fact that they wouldn't give him a sideline pass for this year's Rose Bowl.
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How about taking over 100 grand while in college with the full knowledge he shouldn't do it. I didn't say he dislikes them because of the rose bowl, I said it looks like he never cared about USC.
 
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Anyone think the NFL could take a hand in stamping out illegal benefits by declaring that any player made ineligible by the NCAA for taking benefits is also ineligible to play in the NFL? At least for a time? If the NCAA really wanted to get serious about it, they might consider asking the NFL to take that step. I can foresee a bunch of legal pitfalls with that and details to work out, but if they really wanted to get it done, it'd happen.

Losing NFL eligibility, even for just a year or two, would be the most powerful deterrent I can think of. After all, it's already been pointed out, I think: once the guy gets drafted, what does he care? He loses nothing and the school loses everything.
 
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HailToMichigan;728350; said:
Anyone think the NFL could take a hand in stamping out illegal benefits by declaring that any player made ineligible by the NCAA for taking benefits is also ineligible to play in the NFL? At least for a time? If the NCAA really wanted to get serious about it, they might consider asking the NFL to take that step. I can foresee a bunch of legal pitfalls with that and details to work out, but if they really wanted to get it done, it'd happen.

Losing NFL eligibility, even for just a year or two, would be the most powerful deterrent I can think of. After all, it's already been pointed out, I think: once the guy gets drafted, what does he care? He loses nothing and the school loses everything.
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I couldn't see NFL owners ever agreeing to that... unless it involved a large yearly sum of cash, which nobody in college football would be thrilled about either. I just couldn't see that ever happening.
 
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HTM brings up a very interesting idea, but the NFL is big, big business and I doubt the owners would do anything that could possibly stem the flow of top-notch players into the league.
 
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If I am the ESPiN product manager of the college football page, I'm thinkin"...

Thank you Lord, I got content!

The bucks behind that would be quite an unexpected positive hit to the revenue line. I'd go for it. Big time.

But then, I'm just a marketing guy.
 
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jwinslow;728299; said:
ESPN's disinterest on the matter is pretty interesting, imo.
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I agree. It's as if (1) they don't want to say anything negative about USC, a program they were hyping like none other in the last few years or (2) they don't want to admit that they're behind yahoo sports on the investigating curve.
 
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Short of a USC coach showing up on one of the tapes discussing payouts, or may be Bush talking about getting payouts from the school (even the later might well not be enough) nothing will happen to USC regarding this issue. It's entirely possible it will drag on long enough for the Woodson statute of limitations to kick in too.
 
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Jagdaddy;728536; said:
Short of a USC coach showing up on one of the tapes discussing payouts, or may be Bush talking about getting payouts from the school (even the later might well not be enough) nothing will happen to USC regarding this issue. It's entirely possible it will drag on long enough for the Woodson statute of limitations to kick in too.
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Are you serious? You must have been nowhere near Columbus in late '04 and the beginning of '05. Far less evidence did us in.
 
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