OT football- USC takes scholarship from player to give to another player just released from jail

[Da Coach]

This is an embarrassment- USC takes a scholarship away from a former walkon who had earned the scholarship, so they can give it to another player who was released early from jail for leaving the scene of an accident he caused while driving drunk. He ended up serving only 3 months of his 1 year sentence, and missing only 1 game.

http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2012/09/05/usc-walk-on-loses-scholarship-to-make-room-for-linebacker-recently-released-from-jail/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

[BUFanatic]

This is an embarrassment- USC takes a scholarship away from a former walkon who had earned the scholarship, so they can give it to another player who was released early from jail for leaving the scene of an accident he caused while driving drunk. He ended up serving only 3 months of his 1 year sentence, and missing only 1 game.
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2012/09/...medium=twitter

Anyone who regularly reads this board will know how much I hate USC and it's for reasons like this. I don't necessarily like how a certain situation at ND has been handled involving a QB, but it's still not giving away a scholie to someone who got out of jail early. That's the kind of program they run.

[Future Walk-On]

THIS is why some programs win national champions/are good every year and some aren't

[Future Walk-On]

its the same as bashing Tom Crean for booting out players like Matt Roth....uh I'd rather have the #1 team in the country than Matt Roth.

[doug shank's crossover]

Absolutely nothing....nothing, shocks me anymore with regard to big time college athletics. I read the story you're referring to and shrugged my shoulders. It's all about winning and revenue - revenue and winning. Did i mention revenue? Teams like USC (and many others) have developed a "win at any cost" mentality and that's what they're going to do. There are a few large conference teams that are a breath of fresh air...but for the most part big time athletics has become a moral and ethical embarrassment. Academics and character development are minor footnotes in the agendas of those who are charged with one thing: Win.

[Da Coach]

its the same as bashing Tom Crean for booting out players like Matt Roth....uh I'd rather have the #1 team in the country than Matt Roth.

Though there may be nothing with this instance that violates NCAA rules, USC has a history of doing things in pursuing their "win at all costs" philosophy that are an embarrassment to their school, and others that are blatantly illegal (i.e. Reggie Bush). Does anyone doubt that for each instance where they have been caught cheating, that there are likely more that go undiscovered?

[Future Walk-On]

Though there may be nothing with this instance that violates NCAA rules, USC has a history of doing things in pursuing their "win at all costs" philosophy that are an embarrassment to their school, and others that are blatantly illegal (i.e. Reggie Bush). Does anyone doubt that for each instance where they have been caught cheating, that there are likely more that go undiscovered?

like when they say one stopped for a DUI has driven drug an average of 80 times prior?