USC was "Breaking the rules" not "Cheating"

[FLPanhandle]

No, this wasn't from a fan on a message board, it's from a USC academic counseling board member.

http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/sc-counselor-cheating-breaking-rules-different-28549


USC Counselor Mark Larson said of sanctions:

“There’s a difference between cheating and breaking the rules. This was breaking the rules. It’s ludicrous to say USC was cheating.

“It’s comical that everyone cares about what happens at USC. If this were any other Pac-10 school, no one would care this much.

“The people who are boosters and really involved in the program are of the same mindset I am. Face it, most people in the Pac-10 would take the nine years we had in exchange for what happened (Thursday).”

Larson’s comments echo what we heard from USC Athletic Director Mike Garrett last week.

Speaking at an alumni function immediately after the NCAA penalties against USC were made public, Garrett said:

“As I read the decision by the NCAA … I read between the lines and there was nothing but a lot of envy. They wish they all were Trojans.“

NCAA infractions report principals Pete Carroll and Reggie Bush have also expressed similar defiance.



Good luck with that appeal USC; especially with that attitude. You might get a TV ban thrown in.

[hughee99]

1. Just so we understand cheating, paying your players is just breaking the rules,

but giving a player a call is cheating.

http://capstonereport.com/2010/06/11/usc-accuses-alabama-florida-of-cheating/6566/