re: USC Trojans...under NCAA Investigation for McKnight....again.

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Reggie Bush's sugar daddy wasn't an SC booster.

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Good point. The NCAA's take was that a USC coach "should have known" that Bush was receiving illegal benefits from an agent. Also, the NCAA made up this phrase to go along with the Bush investigation: "high profile athletes require high profile compliance"; never stipulating what the definition of high profile compliance was.

In the aftermath, USC fires AD Mike Garrett, hires Haden in his stead, and beefs the compliance department up to an unprecedented level. This is post McKnight, who never played football again after USC self-reported him for the car he was driving.

In that light, and in light of the culture change at USC, I just don't see us getting worked by the NCAA again. We got screwed the first time because Garrett basically dissed the NCAA. Badly. Obviously Haden's changed all that.