UPDATED w/video - Some Updates on the Dillon Baxter Mess
by Joey Kaufman on Nov 20, 2010 6:07 PM PST
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Here's an update on the whole Dillon Baxter mess. Per the OC Register:
USC vice president of compliance David M. Roberts confirmed that the agency connected with the Dillon Baxter situation is 1st Round Enterprises, whose Web site lists former Trojans linebacker Jordan Campbell as a partner.
The school is looking into whether 1st Round has had additional contact with other USC players. This is obviously problematic because USC is on NCAA probation.
I'll have more on this developing situation later today.
The name of the student, who initiated contact with Baxter and provided a golf cart ride for him earlier this week is a senior Business student named Teague Egan, according to the OCR.
Egan is a friend of Jordan Campbell and founder of 1st Round Enterprises. Additionally, according to his bio, he has "befriended many athletes on the USC football team."
But there is more.
Eagan, CEO and founder of 1st Round Enterprise, got the idea for the company in Nantucket, Mass., on July 6, 2009. Everson Griffen and Jordan Campbell were subsequently arrested in Nantucket two days later, according to Chris Huston.
We all remember the pics of the guys partying in Nantucket (see: here), so it appears this was where it all came together.
But then there is this, which may be even more irritating. Per Huston:
Legal counsel for 1st Round Sports is Fred Fenster, who is an adjunct professor of law at USC and a long-time agent.
You can't make this stuff up!
Apparently, we now also have a player (now a former one) working as an agent/runner of a fledgling agency with one of USC's Law Professors as their house council.
Go figure.
Welcome to the new age of college football.
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Update #1: Here's a statement from Egan, per Kenny Legan of the Daily Trojan
I'm talking to USC compliance before I talk to anyone. But we did nothing wrong, broke no rules, and have never given any players anything.
Update #2: here is USC's VP of Compliance on the issue...
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I understand these people are out to make money
and they think by having an in with USC players, they’ve got a pool of NFL talent right in front of them.
But it seems they are all also directly connected to USC and thus should know better than anyone the position the university is in right now. Any suspicion of anyone of that nature being around players will immediately be banished/shunned and black listed. The new administration has no other choice. Not to mention the lack of compassion for the USC program by trying to defy the intent of the rules, if not the letter of them.
For this being perhaps the most sensitive time with regards to the NCAA in USC’s history, it makes absolutely no sense for this type of thing to be happening right on campus. These people come across as being clueless!
Let's not soft peddle this
These people are fucking morons. Put sentiment aside for a moment, and assume that all the “Trojan family” business doesn’t mean anything. if they can’t realize that they are endangering their “talent pipeline” with their actions, then they are too dumb to do this work… which is probably why they got caught.
I think Egan should be expelled, and Fenster should be fired. If SC fired our first Heisman winners, we shouldn’t even pause to get these jackasses off campus NOW.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Totally with you on the expulsion of Egan
If he provided extra benefits to USC football players, it’s against California state law, whether he personally agrees with it or not. You cannot present an amateur athlete in this state with any sort of gift(s). You can’t. It’s unethical, and it’s illegal. So, is he going to be allowed to graduate in five months with a degree in Business Administration? Really?
by Joey Kaufman on Nov 20, 2010 5:44 PM PST up reply actions
Don't let the tail wag the dog
Huston is a notorious anti-Kiffin guy looking for hits on his website. He is incendiary by design. Does it make sense to you that a USC Law professor works for a sports agency run by a student? I hope not. It shouldn’t. Ask yourself some common sense questions before you jump to conclusions, especially involving sensitive USC issues:
1) Was this a real agency? Did they represent any clients, even one?
2) Did they ever earn an agency commission?
3) Did they have any paid employees on salary?
It is clear to me that the answer to the above questions are all NO. The USC Law professor is clearly just serving as a student mentor. The other advisors are all likely friends of their Dads.
These are jackass college kids. Rumor is they just promoted parties at USC. Unless they had real money and used it to pay players, then there is nothing here. The kids who are students should be expelled. But, please don’t try to legitimize them as agents.
Read their website, then view the Prestige Worldwide video from Stepbrothers. These kids are clowns, not real agents.
That pic is classic though. Which one is Adams the rapper?
You can't put sanctions on the fkn endzone! Bowls are for salad!
LAw professor should know better to ask questions before allowing his name on that website....
just opens a whole can of worms. He may be a student mentor but its not like nobody knew about the Bush and Mayo mess…
Put another way…if was just about setting up parties then why is Baxter being suspended? It was enough of a concern to hold him out tonight…paranoia? probably but these guys were just asking for bad PR by just naming their “business” the way they did…
James MacArthur - RIP "Book 'em Danno!"
I hear ya. Do we even know if he allowed his name on the site?
Seriously, read the site. It is all lies and 100% bullsh*t. These kids just made stuff up. Read Campbell’s bio, and the Charlie Strong quote about how Jordan is the “most coachable linebacker in his 27 years”. Yet, Jordan never played a down at Louisville.
Yeah, more questions than answers, but these kids are not legit. That much is obvious to me. Prestige Worldwide.
You can't put sanctions on the fkn endzone! Bowls are for salad!
from what we have read on the P this is the reason why he hasn't played a down yet
James MacArthur - RIP "Book 'em Danno!"
A bunch of clowns with more money got to Reggie Bush
and look where that got us.
The NCAA isn’t fucking around. SC shouldn’t be either. By all means, give them a chance to explain themselves. But it would have to be pretty fucking good to make me change my mind.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
That prof should be fired plain and simple and those students should be expelled, Griffen should be questioned and if he is involved in any way be cut from the team.
Lets face it USC fans and supporters the Bruins are superior in all aspects of life, heck I here they can wipe their Butts with their mind.
by so.cal.native1952 on Nov 21, 2010 1:45 AM PST up reply actions
You just have to wonder what these kids were trying gain/prove
What a bizarre story. I’ll be very interested to learn more as it comes out.
Ha, thank goodness the DT is on top of this
I think I feel better that he says they did nothing wrong. I mean, the USC education is way expensive. No way a student should have the money to throw around at the football players. If the agency was actually making any money, why would he still be in school.
Scary how easy it seems to be to become an “agent”. Another thing they should fix. Hopefully, these are just some enterprising college kids and this thing is being blown out of proportion.
Joey, every seen this golf cart with the 1st Round logo on it around campus? How could you get your own cart on campus any way?
You can't put sanctions on the fkn endzone! Bowls are for salad!
It should not have been allowed on campus
I don’t know how it got in.
by Joey Kaufman on Nov 20, 2010 6:24 PM PST up reply actions
Either way
The douchebag bro quotient is pretty high in that picture.
That picture right there is why USC is STILL having a hard time shaking the “obnoxious rich kids” stereotype that’s not even close to being representative of campus anymore.
Rodney Sermons is my #5
by Brad Otton Is My Homeboy on Nov 20, 2010 6:42 PM PST reply actions
The Row, maybe, but definitely not the rest of campus
This thing is doing nothing good for the image of the university.
Yah I had a friend that was part of the Frat shit in the early 80s, he paid people to take summer school classes at cerritos college and he never got into USC law because he such a dumb-ass.
Lets face it USC fans and supporters the Bruins are superior in all aspects of life, heck I here they can wipe their Butts with their mind.
by so.cal.native1952 on Nov 21, 2010 1:49 AM PST up reply actions
I just hopped over to the OC Register blog to read up on this
and I didn’t realize that Baxter wasn’t just left at home, he was technically declared ineligible. That, and he has to repay the value of the golf cart ride, which is “estimated at $5-10.”
Really? A golf cart ride across campus is $10? A taxi ride across campus would not even be that much!
Damn. Pat contacted Student Affairs
I hope this idiot gets expelled. He is a terrible representation of USC.
Don't play F A G! Do not play F A G! Don't- (BLAST F). OH MY GOD WHAT ARE YOU (BLAST A) DOING?! I SAID NOT TO (BLAST G)!
by DFWTrojanTuba on Nov 21, 2010 2:39 AM PST up reply actions
Plus I don't know what Frat they are but the school should revoke their charter.
Lets face it USC fans and supporters the Bruins are superior in all aspects of life, heck I here they can wipe their Butts with their mind.
by so.cal.native1952 on Nov 21, 2010 2:48 AM PST up reply actions
I agree.
We’re in major trouble, and shit like this should never happen. We need to get that message across.
Don't play F A G! Do not play F A G! Don't- (BLAST F). OH MY GOD WHAT ARE YOU (BLAST A) DOING?! I SAID NOT TO (BLAST G)!
by DFWTrojanTuba on Nov 21, 2010 3:11 AM PST up reply actions
It's Phi Kappa Psi
Campbell and Egan were both in it, and I assume that others were as well.
by Joey Kaufman on Nov 21, 2010 9:36 AM PST up reply actions
Griffen was a member and the frat has been around for a long time, plus they have other FB, BB, and track athletes.
I can’t seem to find a list of people in frat but it does state 79 members, thing is these frats always cause trouble in my book.
Lets face it USC fans and supporters the Bruins are superior in all aspects of life, heck I here they can wipe their Butts with their mind.
by so.cal.native1952 on Nov 21, 2010 11:21 AM PST up reply actions
Didn't they just get reinstated like 2 years ago?
I seem to recall in maybe 2006 or 2007 there was a bust on 4/20 where like half their members were caught w/ bud and they got their charter revoked. Am I thinking of a different frat?
Yes, it was us. I'm a Phi Psi.
Back in my day 20 years ago, we only had a few baseball players in the house. The football guys just had too much of a time commitment, and the hoops players did their own thing. But, the demands and time commitment on pledging have softened so much – no more hazing, etc. – that I guess now the athletes can more easily pledge. In addition to Jordan and Everson, Taj Gibson and Dwight Lewis are Phi Psis.
Times have changed. Phi Psi did get suspended for drug use a few years ago. The house was actually turned in by fraternity advisors to the university, as I recall. I don’t think law enforcement was involved at all.
Anyway, it is very embarrassing. Yet, there are tons of upstanding, successful Phi Psis going far back into USC’s history, including me. You can’t hold a whole fraternity responsible for the behavior of a few sick, perverted individuals:
You can't put sanctions on the fkn endzone! Bowls are for salad!
Maybe USC has those energy efficient electric carts
that actually cost more money.
You can't put sanctions on the fkn endzone! Bowls are for salad!
I say we find the cart and BURN IT.
Lets face it USC fans and supporters the Bruins are superior in all aspects of life, heck I here they can wipe their Butts with their mind.
by so.cal.native1952 on Nov 21, 2010 6:28 AM PST reply actions
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