NBA Finals Time!
The NCAA has ruled that the University of Southern California athletic department exhibited a lack of institutional control from 2004 to 2009 for a wide array of rules violations committed in its football, men’s basketball and women’s tennis programs.The findings of its investigation, spurred by a 2006 Yahoo! Sports probe, came in a 67-page report released Thursday.As a result of those violations – which mainly centered on Heisman Trophy-winning running back Reggie Bush and basketball star O.J. Mayo – the NCAA’s probe resulted in USC being hit with multiple penalties. Among them:• A postseason ban in football following the 2010 and 2011 seasons.• A loss of 30 total football scholarships over the 2011, 2012 and 2013 seasons.• A vacation of all football victories starting in December 2004 and running through the 2005 season. This includes the national championship win over Oklahoma on Jan. 4, 2005.• An acceptance of USC’s self-imposed penalties on its basketball program, which included a forfeiture of all wins in 2007-2008 and a one-year postseason ban.• All statistics vacated for Bush, Mayo and an unnamed women’s tennis athlete in the games which the NCAA deemed them ineligible due to rules violations.• All titles won during ineligible games must be vacated and trophies and banners must be removed.• Bush and Mayo must be disassociated from USC athletics.• A forfeiture of wins in the women’s tennis program from May 2006 to May 2009, for long-distance telephone violations committed by an athlete.• A reduction of recruiting days for the men’s basketball program in 2010-2011.• Four years of probation.
Damn, they really went all out of USC
