Mayo accepts gift from Nugget's Anthony

by frak on Jan 23, 2008 10:23 AM PST

Apparantly OJ Mayo accepted tickets to the Lakers game against the Nuggets from Carmelo Anothony. The tickets were $230 tickets at Staples. It seems like an innocent mistake, but it is a secondary violation. OJ might have to donate the cost of the tickets to charity to square it up with the NCAA. No doubt there will be calls for OJ's head on a platter from some residents of Los Angeles.

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Whatever...

As DC said on the mainpage pay the market value and lets move on.

by Paragon SC on Jan 23, 2008 10:38 AM PST reply actions

It's good to know

that the NCAA goes after OJ for a simple mistake and John Wooden for nothing at all. You would think they'd be short on time as they assemble a college football playoff so we could have a true national champion, oh wait...

by Ryan Rosenblatt on Jan 23, 2008 11:31 AM PST reply actions

Wooden is untouchable

The man is an icon. I personally don't have a problem with him talking to potential recruits to ucla, even though its a violation. He is much part of the ucla program now as he was then. The stuff he got away with in the past was much worse in my opinion.

by frak on Jan 23, 2008 12:58 PM PST up reply actions

I read Wooden's deal is no violation at all

because he's a paid consultant to the campus. That's okay under the rules...right?

by guttylittlebruins on Jan 23, 2008 9:57 PM PST up reply actions

Yeah

it ended up not being a violation, but they investigated it and the fact that they spent their time on such a trivial thing is ridiculous, but so is the nature of the NCAA.

by Ryan Rosenblatt on Jan 24, 2008 1:25 AM PST up reply actions

Didn't know he was a consultant

If he had no connection officially to ucla it would be a violation, similar to the allegations that Reggie Bush talked to Joe McKnight. The NCAA focuses on the strangest stuff.

by frak on Jan 24, 2008 10:00 AM PST up reply actions

WTF?

Shouldn't it be required that ALL NCAA COMPLIANCE OFFICERS on any campus walk around their campus with A GIANT NEON SIGN denoting "NEED COMPLIANCE?" ???

by tapoutstylist on Jan 23, 2008 11:39 AM PST reply actions

What I do not get

is how you can be a student athlete at USC, with the Bush investigation going on, and not know that its a violation to accept free Laker tickets.

by frak on Jan 23, 2008 12:52 PM PST reply actions

Here's a good take on it

This blog has a good take on OJ's perspective.

I personally think this is BS, even though he did violate a rule.

http://crookedstraightsports.blogspot.com/2008/01/its-not-easy-being-oj.html

by killakev on Jan 24, 2008 11:02 AM PST reply actions

Well played killakev-

Great link! I was cracking the f_ck up!

Wanted to add a comment, but. . . .friggin' WORK! (oh, that again)

Thanks a bunch, got that blog bookmarked. Never heard about it before. It's got my attention in a big way now.

by tapoutstylist on Jan 24, 2008 1:30 PM PST up reply actions

I don't even think it was a violation

If he knew Anthony beforehand, that makes it legit. The only exception to this would be if Anthony were giving the tickets to OJ as a representative of the Denver organization rather than as a friend, but I don't think the staunchest bruin fan could make that argument.

no biggie here, as far as I can tell.

by guttylittlebruins on Jan 24, 2008 11:51 PM PST reply actions