Per ESPN: Mayo to Declare for the Draft

I'd like to rant on and on about how retarded it is for guys like OJ come into a program for one year and then blow off the rest of their team mates for money, fame and exposure in the NBA- but that would just open up a whole can of worms regarding "how much" or "how little" a fan I am as it applies to USC. Those are always lame threads and posts. So I won't.

I hope OJ leads a successful life, basketball or not. I'll hold it against him for quite some time for bailing out on his team mates and his school. At least until my frustrations settle down a bit.

I really don't care what other people's expectations were as it applies to OJ Mayo. Mine were that he'd bring something more to USC than 1 year.

but why did you reasonably expect Mayo to stay for more than one year?  He's being projected on just about every site as a top 10 draft pick.  We're talking about guaranteed millions of dollars.  Not to mention the millions of dollars someone like OJ could get from a lucrative shoe contract which is certainly feasable considering the guy has a lot of name recognition.  That is extremely difficult for any 19-20 year old guy to pass up and I'm curious why you would "hold it against him for quite some time."
     Don't get me wrong, I would personally love for Mayo and other players of his pedigree to stay for more than one year, but realistically it's not something I would ever expect.  My rage and frustration is aimed at this system which has completely diluted the quality of college basketball and that throws millions of dollars in the faces of kids who barely have the maturity to wipe their asses let alone make major life altering decisions.  
    As for the Beasleys and Roses and Mayos of the world who are "one and done" propositions, they are simply acting in accordance with this new and completely arbitrary NBA rule that states that players need to be at least 19 to enter the NBA draft.  This whole climate that these young elite basketball prospects find themselves in has become ludicrous particularly when viewed in a historical context.  
     Take for example someone like Lew Alcindow.  Back in 1966 he was the best college player in the nation and yet he wasn't even allowed to play on his varsity team. He had to wait a year.  If he were coming out of high school 5 years ago, he wouldn't even have sniffed college and would have gone straight to the NBA.  If he were coming out today he would play a year of college and then jump straight to the pros.  Doens't this all sound just a little arbitrary?  In the end the greatest victim has been college basketball and as well as all the young men who forsake a quality education in the hope of making it in the pros.  It's sad really.