USC Football scandal. Earth Shaking stuff.

[Darth Elektra]

Also, if you think 'SC won't hurt from this then you a dead wrong.

Your right it will hurt them, but to say there going as far you say they are, lol.

 

[Blade_fan1911]

Your dead wrong, Any player is innocent until proven guilty.

Keep thinking that.

 

[Tangled Web]

Stop jumping to clonclusions(spell?).

'SC's been dodging stuff for years. Anthony Davis driving a brand new pink Cadilliac comes to mind.
All of the criminals on the team last year come to mind.

It's about time the NCAA gets tough.

 

[Tangled Web]

Your dead wrong, Any player is innocent until proven guilty.

Let's look at the facts.

After commiting to USC, Bush's parents bought brand new SUV's, we're talking 60 thousand a piece.
Bush bought diamond earings that cost thousands of dollars.
The house.

Let's face it. This is just a glance of the corruption that is $UC.

 

[DarthRekal]

sc bias???...is there such a thing..people who dont live in LA couldnt give a rats arse about sc

 

[DarthRekal]

Let's look at the facts.

After commiting to USC, Bush's parents bought brand new SUV's, we're talking 60 thousand a piece.
Bush bought diamond earings that cost thousands of dollars.
The house.

Let's face it. This is just a glance of the corruption that is $UC.

relax homes..i knew personally ..some football players at UCLA..... going from rags to riches too..dont act like its ONLY SC...your precious baby blue has money green eyes too

 

[Blade_fan1911]

relax homes..i knew personally ..some football players at UCLA..... going from rags to riches too..dont act like its ONLY SC...your precious baby blue has money green eyes too

No school has saints playing on the field. The difference is when their players do act up, they get punished for it.

 

[DarthRekal]

No school has saints playing on the field. The difference is when their players do act up, they get punished for it.

when did reggie .."act up"?????


tangled is making it seem like sc is buying recruits and college players ARENT gettin paid EXCEPT for SC's..i know cats that went to UCLA...who was bussing it in the ghetto ...and once they got recruited ..bam new escalades...denalis.......shoot even lebron got a hummer in high school...why does everyone get their panties in a bunch?

 

[Blade_fan1911]

when did reggie .."act up"?????


tangled is making it seem like sc is buying recruits and college players ARENT gettin paid EXCEPT for SC's..i know cats that went to UCLA...who was bussing it in the ghetto ...and once they got recruited ..bam new escalades...denalis.......shoot even lebron got a hummer in high school...why does everyone get their panties in a bunch?

His family was living in a house paid for by an up and coming agent looking for a client. That's illegal under NCAA rules.

SPRING VALLEY, Calif. � In this sprawling hilltop community with a breathtaking view of Sweetwater Lake, it was no secret who lived in the 3,000-square-foot house at the corner of Apple Street and Luther Avenue.

That home, residents would tell you, was where Reggie Bush's family lived.

That is, until this weekend, when the family abruptly packed up and vacated the residence � less than 24 hours after Yahoo! Sports approached Bush's mother about information linking the property to Michael Michaels, a man who is alleged to have tried to play a role in steering Bush toward an agent and who also has ties to a sports marketing company.

Days before Bush is expected to be the No. 1 pick in the NFL draft, unanswered questions about the residence and how his mother, stepfather and brother came to live in it within the last year have prompted the University of Southern California to refer the matter to the Pacific-10 Conference for an investigation.

NCAA statutes prohibit student-athletes or their families from receiving extra benefits from professional sports agents, marketing companies or their representatives. A breach of these statutes could result in an athlete being ruled ineligible, and games in which they played could be forfeited.

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USC finished 12-1 last season, its 35-game winning streak and national championship bid both ending with a loss in the Rose Bowl to Texas. Bush, a junior running back, won the Heisman Trophy and elected to skip his senior season and turn pro in January.

In response to reporters' questions about the matter late last week, USC athletic department officials said they would look into it.

"Rather than jumping to conclusions, we need to determine the facts before commenting on this report," Trojans athletic director Mike Garrett said in a statement released by the school on Friday. "We have asked the Pac-10 to look into this."

State records show the Apple Street home was built in late 2004 and early 2005, then purchased by Michaels on March 29, 2005 for $757,500. Around that time, neighbors say Bush's family moved in. Whether they had visited the house while it was being built is unknown, but there is an inscription in one of the cement slabs in the driveway reading "The Griffins '05."

Michaels is the only person who has been listed on the deed to the home.

Bush's mother, Denise Griffin, was approached in the driveway of the house on Thursday, but declined to comment.

"I have absolutely nothing to say," Griffin said when asked about ownership of the property, which is where Bush's mother, stepfather LaMar and brother Jovan lived during USC's 2005 season.

Before moving to the house on Apple Lane, Bush's family was listed as living in an apartment elsewhere in Spring Valley, a community located about 13 miles east of San Diego.

At some point after Bush's family moved into the residence, Michaels and an associate named Lloyd Lake are said to have contacted San Diego-based sports agent David Caravantes and offered to facilitate Bush's recruitment. A source with intimate knowledge of the meeting said it took place during the 2005 college football season and that Michaels was looking for a local agent to handle the contract negotiations for players he intended to sign to his marketing firm.

Michaels and Lake told Caravantes they were planning to start a sports marketing agency with Bush as their anchor client. It was also during this meeting that Michaels and Lake mentioned the potential name of the agency: New Era Sports & Entertainment.

The pitch to Caravantes was said to have been simple: He would be Bush's agent and Michaels' marketing creation would handle the promotion of the USC star.

 

[DarthRekal]

i know the story...but he's not "acting up"..sure its "illegal"..but dont act like he's the only cat doing it......and if the NCAA really wanted to crack down they would ....they know what goes on...they just wana be in the koolaid right now..this will die...watch

 

[Tangled Web]

relax homes..i knew personally ..some football players at UCLA..... going from rags to riches too..dont act like its ONLY SC...your precious baby blue has money green eyes too

Mind giving an example? The only think I can think of is when Deshaun Foster drove an allumnists car. He got suspended for the rest of his college career because of that.

 

[StorminNorman]

No school has saints playing on the field. The difference is when their players do act up, they get punished for it.

Georgia may have no saints - but they have a God in Matt Stafford

 

[StorminNorman]

I will be interested to see if anything comes out of this, it seems like USC got caught with their hand in the cookie jar - I mean new SUV's, new houses, its pretty bad. While I dont think a lot will happen to the USC past, I think USC's future will be very badly hurt by this.

 

[Tangled Web]

http://www.bevosports.com/2006/04/23/reggie-bushs-posh-family-home/
Pretty funny. Texas' take on the issue.

 

[DarthRekal]

Mind giving an example? The only think I can think of is when Deshaun Foster drove an allumnists car. He got suspended for the rest of his college career because of that.

i do mind homie...i love kobe...but i aint a snitch like him...i'm just sayin .... cats in all colleges(publicized or not) are gettin theres..dog.. recruiting is no holds barred..... trust that

 

[Tangled Web]

i do mind homie...i love kobe...but i aint a snitch like him...i'm just sayin .... cats in all colleges(publicized or not) are gettin theres..dog.. recruiting is no holds barred..... trust that

Now you're just making insane claims without facts.

Anyway, regarding Foster, that crap happened when Toledo was coach and he was fired for running an out of control program (though not nearly as bad as Carroll.)
So don't put UCLA in the same group as $C.

 

[Tangled Web]

You have to admit that Reggie Bush’s parents look pretty guilty by hiring a moving van and moving out the day after a reporter questions them about the lease.

 

[DarthRekal]

Now you're just making insane claims without facts.

Anyway, regarding Foster, that crap happened when Toledo was coach and he was fired for running an out of control program (though not nearly as bad as Carroll.)
So don't put UCLA in the same group as $C.

i know what i know ..i dont expect you to believe me.... nor do i NEED you to..... but you are incredibly NAIVE(sp) if you believe this (and the only ones in the news) are isolated incidents..... next you're gonna tell me theres WMD's in Iraq


oh no..never teh BRUIN$ theyre the cleanest org in the double A!

 

[Tangled Web]

i know what i know ..i dont expect you to believe me.... nor do i NEED you to..... but you are incredibly NAIVE(sp) if you believe this (and the only ones in the news) are isolated incidents..... next you're gonna tell me theres WMD's in Iraq


oh no..never teh BRUIN$ theyre the cleanest org in the double A!

Of course there are probably other schools who run dirty programs. Obviously not as dirty as 'SC.

And how can you say that UCLA runs a dirty program when we fired a coach for letting his players get away with stuff.

We fired Harrick after winning a National Title because he over payed for a recruits dinner and lied about it.

'SC is in a class of it's own when it comes to cheating. It's been that way for 50 years.

Karma is a *****.
2004 against UCLA and 2005 against USC.
Cheating on and off the field is finally catching up to them.
I'm looking forward to 'SCum getting the death penalty.

 

[DarthRekal]

Of course there are probably other schools who run dirty programs. Obviously not as dirty as 'SC.

And how can you say that UCLA runs a dirty program when we fired a coach for letting his players get away with stuff.

We fired Harrick after winning a National Title because he over payed for a recruits dinner and lied about it.

'SC is in a class of it's own when it comes to cheating. It's been that way for 50 years.

Karma is a *****.
2004 against UCLA and 2005 against USC.
Cheating on and off the field is finally catching up to them.
I'm looking forward to 'SCum getting the death penalty.

its a sad state when your life revolves on the demise of others as opposed to the uprising of yours

 

[StorminNorman]

You have to admit that Reggie Bush’s parents look pretty guilty by hiring a moving van and moving out the day after a reporter questions them about the lease.

yea, that wasnt the greatest move IMO.

 

[Tangled Web]

its a sad state when your life revolves on the demise of others as opposed to the uprising of yours

Look who's talking.

 

[StorminNorman]

Look who's talking.

You are taking this a bit too far with the whole "no team has cheated more than USC" crap.

 

[Tangled Web]

Hey Storming, look at the facts. This has been going on for years. They just slipped up.

 

[StorminNorman]

Hey Storming, look at the facts. This has been going on for years. They just slipped up.

Thats all fine and dandy, but to call them the most cheating team in the country is going a little to far. Sadly crap like this happens all the time. They should all be punished.