By Douglas V. Gibbs
Southern California is abuzz about the news surfacing from the USC Trojans' campus. USC is imposing sanctions on its own basketball program because a booster made secret payments to former player O.J. Mayo in violation of NCAA rules.
The self-imposed sanctions includes:
--USC will not participate in post-season play this year, including the Pacific 10 Conference basketball tournament or the NIT or NCAA tournaments.
--USC will forfeit all of its wins during the 2007-08 season, when Mayo was on the team. Mayo now plays in the NBA.
--USC will return to the NCAA all of the money it received from the Pac-10 Conference for its participation in the 2008 NCAA Basketball Tournament.
--USC will eliminate one basketball scholarship for two years.
--USC will prohibit one coach from recruiting trips and cut 20 days out of the 130-day period that its coaches could use to travel to recruit candidates.
The private university released a statement indicating that the self-imposed sanctions were a result of the former player's involvement with Rodney Guillory, whom under NCAA rules became a USC booster because of his role in Mayo's recruitment.
Some believe USC may be penalizing its basketball program in the hopes of minimizing any sanctions by the NCAA that may also affect their football program.
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