PLaw
1/12/2008, 09:32 AM
As reported in today's DOK:
Sat January 12, 2008
By Jenni Carlson
The Oklahoman
Perhaps Trojans should face NCAA sanctionsRelated Articles
Oklahoma fans miffed about those football games that the NCAA wanted vacated should probably sit down.
Reggie Bush reportedly accepted nearly $300,000 while at USC.
Makes the $17,000 overpaid to Rhett Bomar and Co. look like chump change, eh?
A new book details the claims that Bush received payments totaling more than a quarter of a million dollars for everything from shopping sprees to a customized car. "Tarnished Heisman” is based largely on interviews with Lloyd Lake, the aspiring agent who tried to buy his way into Bush's world and who recently spoke to NCAA investigators.
Lake taped numerous conversations with Bush and his stepfather, and while that fact has been reported, the contents of the calls had not.
Here's one alarming excerpt:
Lake: I'm thinking you know your dad told me, "I told Reggie, you know. Reggie said thanks, and he appreciates the way you're looking out for us.” ...
Bush: I'll make sure you get all that back. I don't know how much it is, I am not going to say it, but I'll make sure you get it all back.
That conversation happened after Bush won the Heisman Trophy in Dec. 2005 but before he played his final game for the Trojans.
The book's authors, Don Yaeger and Jim Henry, warn in the opening page, "The reader should be aware that Lake has been compensated in return for his full cooperation, including his provision of the tapes.” The disclosure is appreciated, but the tapes speak for themselves.
So, what will the NCAA have to say about all this?
If it slapped down Oklahoma for the transgressions of Bomar, J.D. Quinn and Jermaine Hardison, why wouldn't it do the same with USC? The NCAA forced the Sooners to vacate victories, slapped them with a failure-to-monitor charge — rulings under appeal — and called the violations "significant and serious” because of the amount of money involved.
If $17,000 was enough to draw sanctions for the Sooners, then $300,000 should be more than enough to do the same for the Trojans.
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Hmmm, Reggie knocked down a cool quarter mil while playing at SUC. Makes you wonder what other SUC stars are able to get. These issues typically involve multiple players and are rarely, if ever, limited to an individual. McKnight??
BOOMER
Sat January 12, 2008
By Jenni Carlson
The Oklahoman
Perhaps Trojans should face NCAA sanctionsRelated Articles
Oklahoma fans miffed about those football games that the NCAA wanted vacated should probably sit down.
Reggie Bush reportedly accepted nearly $300,000 while at USC.
Makes the $17,000 overpaid to Rhett Bomar and Co. look like chump change, eh?
A new book details the claims that Bush received payments totaling more than a quarter of a million dollars for everything from shopping sprees to a customized car. "Tarnished Heisman” is based largely on interviews with Lloyd Lake, the aspiring agent who tried to buy his way into Bush's world and who recently spoke to NCAA investigators.
Lake taped numerous conversations with Bush and his stepfather, and while that fact has been reported, the contents of the calls had not.
Here's one alarming excerpt:
Lake: I'm thinking you know your dad told me, "I told Reggie, you know. Reggie said thanks, and he appreciates the way you're looking out for us.” ...
Bush: I'll make sure you get all that back. I don't know how much it is, I am not going to say it, but I'll make sure you get it all back.
That conversation happened after Bush won the Heisman Trophy in Dec. 2005 but before he played his final game for the Trojans.
The book's authors, Don Yaeger and Jim Henry, warn in the opening page, "The reader should be aware that Lake has been compensated in return for his full cooperation, including his provision of the tapes.” The disclosure is appreciated, but the tapes speak for themselves.
So, what will the NCAA have to say about all this?
If it slapped down Oklahoma for the transgressions of Bomar, J.D. Quinn and Jermaine Hardison, why wouldn't it do the same with USC? The NCAA forced the Sooners to vacate victories, slapped them with a failure-to-monitor charge — rulings under appeal — and called the violations "significant and serious” because of the amount of money involved.
If $17,000 was enough to draw sanctions for the Sooners, then $300,000 should be more than enough to do the same for the Trojans.
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Hmmm, Reggie knocked down a cool quarter mil while playing at SUC. Makes you wonder what other SUC stars are able to get. These issues typically involve multiple players and are rarely, if ever, limited to an individual. McKnight??
BOOMER