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ESPN's Pat Forde Weighs in on Mayo This is rich…if not premature. In a just world, USC basketball would have something in common with SMU football in the near future. The death penalty. When I first read that this morning I said, Wow! That didn’t take long, think he had this one in the can ready to go? For the most part I have always respected Forde’s work ... [link]

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Dr. White's Strategy and Trouble In Troy
Published 5/12/2008 by CW at Rakes Of Mallow: Front Page Posts
... something to do with it. And Southern Cal basketball ticket sales didn't bump up just because they made the Sweet Sixteen the year before; the hype around OJ Mayo certainly made their athletic department some money. But as of now, said bonuses are illegal. The Mayo stuff - just like the Bush stuff and the Jarrett stuff - are just allegations, but all of these allegations are really starting to add up. Please check out Conquest Chronicles for the well-written Trojan side of this, here and ...

O.J. Mayo accepted $30,000? Chris Webber Laughs, Then Rubs Himself In $100 Bills
Published 5/12/2008 by Maize n Brew Dave at Maize n Brew: Front Page Posts
... I'm sorry, but all the righteous indignation over this is sickening. Everyone suspected Mayo was on the take, but everything he did at SC lead people to believe he wasn't. Hell, OTL reported at the end of their piece that Mayo's character was a major reason he was moving up the draft boards. Mayo even had the previously skeptical Conquest Chronicles singing his praises prior to this. ...

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Former USC basketball player O.J. Mayo, a projected lottery pick in this year's NBA draft, received thousands of dollars in cash, clothes and other benefits in apparent violation of NCAA rules while he was still in high school and during his one year in college, a former Mayo associate told ESPN's "Outside the Lines."
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So the alliance between a Los Angeles event promoter with a history of NCAA trouble, a West Virginia high school hoops star and the University of Southern California has ended in a major media investigation concerning agents, illegal payouts and likely eligibility violations. ESPN claims Rodney Guillory, on behalf of the sports agency Bill Duffy Associates, doled out some $30,000 to O.J. ...
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Note: As of this writing, I have not seen the piece on Outside the Lines yet. I am waiting for the 12pm EDT showing on ESPN News to see the whole thing. I am only going on what is on ESPN.com Before anyone goes and lights their hair on fire over ...
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Mayo's agency denies illegal activity

The sports agency representing O.J. Mayo denied any illegal activity involving the Southern California star on Monday, a day after ESPN reported Bill Duffy Associates gave cash to an event promoter who provided gifts. Mayo has declared for the NBA ...
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NCAA investigating allegations involving USC's Mayo - Los Angeles Times

The NCAA and Pacific 10 Conference on Monday opened an investigation into whether former USC basketball player O.J. Mayo received benefits in violation of college rules before and during the one season he played for the Trojans. Allegations that the ...
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