O.J. Mayo received cash, gifts while at USC
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Rover found this 5/11/2008 on obscuresportsquarterly.wordpress.com [flag] |
As Noah already pointed out in the comments , ESPN came out with a report today showing O.J. Mayo received cash and gifts while he was at USC, which is obviously against NCAA rules about amateurism.
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Louis Johnson, who was a part of Mayo’s inner circle until recently, said Mayo accepted around $30,000 in cash and gifts during the past four years from Rodney Guillory, ...
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