Q: Isn’t the real reason Lil’ Romeo and his father, Master P, insisted that he got a basketball scholarship to USC, as opposed to being a walk on, the fact that he could have only gotten into USC under athletic department admissions but not through the regular admission office process?

A: Actually, a walk-on athlete in any sport is able to circumvent the regular admissions process. So if you’re a 17-year-old out there and want to go to USC, I suggest you take a sudden interest in crew.
And Miller did not need to do much insisting on anything, because it was a package deal with Demar DeRozan.