Mayo made the Honor Roll at USC
by Paragon SC on May 25, 2008 10:35 AM PDT
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From Chad Ford yesterday
Background checks found surprising things, too. Mayo scored 29 on his ACT and made the honor roll at USC. Floyd gave glowing reviews about Mayo's maturity and leadership on the team. There were no off-court incidents that people could point to, and his humility and calm demeanor, among those who know him, came through as well.
Most importantly, teams started to see not only "Mayo, the star" and started seeing "Mayo, the survivor" -- a tough kid who has handled the spotlight and criticism in the way stars should do, with grace and aplomb.
In the grand scheme of things I’m not this really matters, but Mayo the person is hardly the thug or classless individual that he was made out to be. Like any other kid he makes mistakes in some of the people he hangs with but in the end he seems to be good kid.
Funny how that gets forgotten within this whole mess.
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Heh...I caught this in the DN
After a workout at the Home Depot Center in preparation for the June 26 NBA draft, Love said he would sign with Los Angeles-based agent Jeff Schwartz as early as Tuesday, thus ending any chance of returning for a second season.Love, an all-American and the Pacific-10 Conference player of the year in his only season, added he is no longer attending classes.
“I have to actually sign the papers to get out of school because I have a few (endorsements) on the table where I can actually start making money,” Love said. “When am I signing with an agent? As early as Tuesday. It’s just getting all the paperwork together. I’m going with Jeff Schwartz. He has Jerryd Bayless already, and Paul Pierce.”
So, while we get hammered about Mayo and Guillory at least Mayo finished classes and made the honor roll. So much for GREAT ucla education.
by Paragon SC on May 26, 2008 5:25 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I think you'll find many Bruins are disappointed in K Love
Myself included. Best of luck to both players in the NBA- they should have been allowed to go straight there anyway instead of being forced into the charade of pretending they were amateur, student athletes. (Tho it appears that Mayo at least took some of that title seriously.)
by insomniacslounge on May 28, 2008 11:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Agreed
it is a charade. And I have no doubt that bruin fans are disappointed over his leaving school early but it just goes to show to you where one goes to school doesn’t make one classier than the other.
by Paragon SC on May 28, 2008 11:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I would rather
Take the hit with the player leaving early and skipping class, than the massive NCAA investigation.
by frak on May 30, 2008 8:17 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Revolution is what we need
The Ncaa is about to get all schools to mutiny, why should the major school put up with them the school bring them alot of money.
by so.cal.native1952 on May 31, 2008 8:04 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
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