USC Accepts Post-Season Ban in 2010
Here's USC statement on its appeal to the NCAA, which asks for a one-year ban (implemented this season) and for a 15-scholarship reduction instead of 30.
The University of Southern California today filed an appeal with the NCAA asking that its Infractions Appeals Committee overturn certain findings of the Committee on Infractions and reduce some of the penalties recently imposed.
Pending the appeal consideration, USC will implement the post-season ban for the 2010 football season and certain scholarship-related penalties in football. The University noted that it is pleased that the NCAA determined that USC's self-imposed penalties on men's basketball and women's tennis were sufficient.
"The University recognizes that violations of NCAA rules did occur, especially involving impermissible benefits going to student athletes as well as their friends and families, from unscrupulous sports agents and sports marketers. And we take full responsibility for those violations given that they happened on our watch. However, we disagree with many of the findings in the report from the NCAA Committee on Infractions and assert that the penalties imposed are too severe for the violations identified and are inconsistent with precedent in similar cases," said Todd Dickey, USC's senior vice president for administration.
USC's appeal specifically asks that the two-year postseason ban in football be reduced to a one-year ban, and that the scholarship penalties in football for the 2011-12, 2012-13, and 2013-14 academic years be reduced to five rather than 10 each year. "We are hopeful that the NCAA Infractions Appeals Committee will agree with our position on appeal, and reduce the penalties," said Dickey.
but wait, they didn't do ANYTHING wrong, hey trogans?
well at least they're not letting a possible bowl ban drag for the next 2 years if they lose the appeal. i'm happy they're accepting this post-season.
Very wise decision! Let's go undefeated this year!
Fight On!!!!!!
Major violations in both FB and BB. Loss of institutional control in both with highest profile players in both programs...and got caught lying about all if it. Oh and repeat offenders.
You made your bed, USC. Sleep in it. (No one is jealous about that, Mike Garrett - get a clue!)
I predict that Tony Danza will be the greatest actor of the 2010s.
You heard it here first!!!
Excellent decision, waiving the stay on enforcement would have been my recommendation to my clients. Any newbie players will be less-impacted if the appeal is or is not successful since it will simply be over quicker. Other articles were highly critical of the inconsistent NCAA committee findings and suggest that there may be an opening for a modification in the decision.
Wise move. Fight On!!
Smart move. Too bad USC didn't decide to do that after the losses to Stanford and Oregon last year, when a BCS bowl was out of reach. The NCAA might have accepted just a one-year bowl ban (among other sanctions) if self-imposed. Oh well.
Where's the ucla person who kept saying that this was impossible?
Must be a good decision if there are more SC posters weighing in here than ucla persons.
And after last season it is unreasonable to believe this year's team would have been a National Championship contender anyway. But watch out in 2011 and/or 2012 assuming the scholie sanctions are reduced down to five and not ten.