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[Nevadaref]

Report: Southern California Trojans Tim Floyd paid $1K to O.J. Mayo handler - ESPN

Tim Floyd has been accused of paying $1000 cash to middleman who helped steer OJ Mayo to USC.

[grunewar]

Sufficient Penalty?

USC punishes men's hoops team with ban on postseason play - CBK News - FOX Sports on MSN

[Nevadaref]

This is the part which I don't like. Why should the transgressions of the former people prevent the current ones from playing in the NCAA tourney? Not right. What should be done is that the current USC team is eligible for post-season play, but the school cannot earn any money for participating. The school should have to pick up the tab on its own. That would be a more fitting punishment in this case.

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Kevin O'Neill took over for Floyd and has guided the Trojans to a 10-4 record, including 2-0 in the Pac-10, and an eight-game winning streak.

"I think the university did the right thing in self-imposing sanctions. I respect and understand the action that was taken," O'Neill said in the statement. "While it is unfortunate that our players won't have the chance to compete in the postseason that just makes every game for us now a postseason game."

[grunewar]

UTEP hires Tim Floyd as basketball coach - College Basketball - Rivals.com

Welcome back......

[Adam]

Originally Posted by grunewar

UTEP hires Tim Floyd as basketball coach - College Basketball - Rivals.com

Welcome back......

To follow up on Nevada's proposal, the penalties should follow the coach for as long as they stick with the schools. If a school loses scholarships or post season eligibility, any school who hires that coach should also face the same penalty until the penalized school has served its time.

[M&M Guy]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

To follow up on Nevada's proposal, the penalties should follow the coach for as long as they stick with the schools. If a school loses scholarships or post season eligibility, any school who hires that coach should also face the same penalty until the penalized school has served its time.

While I appreciate the sentiment, and on one level I agree, I just don't think it will logistically work. For example, if it's not right that the current USC players have to pay for Tim Floyd's transgressions, it almost seems more wrong that UTEP's players would have to pay, simply because they have a new coach. And, how do you separate penalties that occur from actions by an assistant coach, administrator, or booster? If the NCAA imposes sanctions because a booster provided benefits to players, and the perhaps the coach gets fired or resigns because the school feels "they should've known what was going on", would you say those same penalties follow that coach as if they had provided the benefits themselves?

Sorry, I'm just in a "party-pooper" mood.