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Scott Wolf: "USC was aware of the risks associated with Guillory"
Published 5/13/2008 by Ajax at Bruins Nation: Front Page Posts
... guard Angelo Johnson became eligible, Guillory told the Daily News first because he said Floyd told him. If you watched Guillory escape an ESPN reporter during Sunday's report, he does it by slipping into the basketball offices. USC was aware of the risks associated with Guillory. But that is the business of basketball these days. The potential for winning outweighs character or ethical risks. Emphasis added throughout. Read Wolf's whole article here. I'll throw this part in just for comedy: Rap star Romeo Miller gets ...

What we Want vs. What we Expect
Published 5/13/2008 by Paragon SC at Conquest Chronicles: Front Page Posts
... An interesting commentary by Scott Wolf today in the DN. With the NCAA, Pacific-10 Conference and even USC's own compliance office investigating the matter, the bigger question might be how much Floyd is willing to tolerate in the name of building a winning program. Instead of just figuring out whether Mayo allegedly took thousands of dollars funneled from a sports agency through his mentor, Rodney Guillory, there needs to be some reflection on what USC really wants to be in basketball. It cannot match USC's football tradition and simply draw ...

Pete Carroll, Tim Floyd, USC and Scandal (3rd Update)
Published 5/15/2008 by Menelaus at Bruins Nation: Front Page Posts
... 3, 2007, convicted felon Suge Knight was given a sideline pass to a USC game.  Knight joins O.J. Simpson and Snoop Dogg as USC's esteemed guests. In early November 2007, USC forward Davon Jefferson was suspended for the team's embarrassing season-opening loss to Mercer.  Jefferson, who required two years to meet the NCAA's minimum academic requirements and was kicked out of prep school before he joined USC, was also later benched for ...