Seriously...

Sour Grapes. 

Agents NEVER talk to Miami players.  You would be singing a different tune if it was your precious Miami Hurricanes.  Nobody outside of Coral Gables gives a shit about Miami that is why it would be a blurb on the back page and when they retract the story or give them some secondary violation slap on the wrist you wouldn't even hear about it.

Every high profile athlete in college has the same type of things go down.  ESPN runs with these overblown stories to create drama.  Yes there were probably some improper benefits but if this was 1999 it would be a blurb on the back page.

Thanks to Pete Carroll and Trojan football it appears the ENTIRE college sports world centers at USC even an underachieving basketball team irks you people and it all goes back to football!

You either hate them or love them but you all have an opinion.  You just want to see them go down so bad because the Football team is better then your team.  And you can say that about any football team in the nation right now!

USC has been under the microscope since 2004.  They already investigated Mayo on every level.  They investigate everything at USC these days because they and you can't compete against them so you have to try and knock em down.

 I'm sure most schools do it, but this will make players think twice...

Most schools do what?  What did the school do?  Did the school or any booster of the school provide money to bush or mayo?  So because an outside agency completely seperate from the school may have provided money to an athlete the school should be punished.  If a donor or member of the school paid for a player to come to a school then I would fully agree that something would need to be done.  In terms of the bush case how is the school going to stop his parents from renting a house and supposedly not paying rent to live there.  It is a big job to monitor what the players do away from the school, but as for what their families do it is nearly impossible.  I believe what the players did, assuming it is true, is wrong, but I don't know what punishing the school will do.  As I said before the school did not provide extra benefits to either one of them.  As for players thinking twice...sometimes it seems hard enough for them to think at all.  But seriously I doubt any resulting fall out from this will not make players think differently because for the most part they are only concerned about their future and not the school. 

Nebraska?  Seriously?

You have a lot of nerve.  Go back to 1994.  Maybe USC can hand you another 40 point loss and then lose to Stanford.  Where does that put the Huskers but a million "sour grape" miles and 14 years behind USC football. 

USC had nothing to do with the money Bush received from an agency or with any monies that Mayo allegedly received from an agency via a promoter.  In fact, before Mayo was enrolled, the PAC-10 and the NCAA investigated Mayo at USC's request and found nothing.  So, again, how is this any of USC's fault?  And, it hurts me to defend the Trojans.

These situations are similar to what happened at Michigan with Chris Webber and the boys.  The school had no involvement but they got slapped anyways.

I'm not sure they've "gotten away with it" yet, at least not with OJ Mayo... Plus, future premium players similar to Mayo & Reggie Bush won't think twice about taking money because they know they won't have to pay a price - they'll just leave school & head to the pros.  If the NFL & NBA punished them somehow, then the next guy might think twice, but that'll never happen.

In any case, while I don't think USC really tried to make certain Bush & Mayo were clean, I don't know how they (or any school) can police everything a player does & everybody they hang around with, especially before college.

I am not sure, but OU finds out a couple of players get paid a couple thousand dollars for not clocking in, finds out, and kicks them straight off the team, the day before two a days start...USC has Reg and OJ (fitting name) taking upwards, together, of half a million, and I guarantee you they won't spend 5 seconds on probation...

By the time 1 & Done players became a phenomenon, Bobby Knight wasn't getting them AND his teams weren't relevant any more.  And Coach K is certainly willing to coach that type of player: Luol Deng was at Duke 1 year, as was Corey Maggette.  Elton Brand only stayed 2 years at Duke.

Any school will take a 1 & Done player, the coaches simply feel lucky to have them for a year.  I'm not defending Mayo, just pointing out the flaw in your logic.  I thought it was totally fishy that Mayo would travel all across the country to play at a school with a crap basketball tradition.

There is enormous amounts of evidence against Reggie Bush and Mayo

Bush? I guess you're the new Perry Mason. Funny how people pick and choose what the want to read. As for Mayo, I can't form an opinion as I have not read up on the particulars kinda like you didn't do with the Bush non-issue because if you did then you'd know the facts and the facts are that USC is not culpable and frankly nothing to date shows Bush to be guilty of anything other than knowing and dealing with a convicted felon. If Mayo is guilty and if the school was found to be a knowing participant (by turning a blind eye) then they should be punished.

It's a damn shame that any of these athletes get off scot-free in my opinion.

Nothing personal but it's kind of hilarious you screaming from the roof tops Mr. Uof Miamifan. The original gangsta school of cheaters. Talk about the pot calling the kettle black.

Lastly...unless it is just blatant, I can't see any school being responsible (again unless it's blatant). What are they frickn baby sitters? I think not. That's just my opinion.