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IMO, we are a society that loves the sensational. The media and experts say Mayo is the next LeBron and everyone involved wants to see the show rules be damned. Every year there is the next best player coming out and things like this just don't happen while a player of this supposed magnitude is in the spotlight. So after all the great players that have went on to D1, Mayo was singled out by an official and the official forced him to bump the official? Someone who is actually considered a professional, a judge, actually allowed this mess to go unpunished allowing the player to play in an "important" game. This is our society.
On another/better note, did Sportscenter ever run the story about Scottie Reynolds in high school? This is a kid who was late for games because he had a conflict with Bible class! That story isn't as sensational as a player playing withing the guidelines of the rules, but I think he is doing pretty good in the Big East right now.
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