[member=35]DevilFroggy[/member] , yeah, i am/was... but my memory is shit, anymore, since my head was bumped.
the agent thing, and there were more signed than just Bush... there were like three, iirc. that agency fell through after marketing their brand with both Bush and the other two, and on video- all of this was public record from the law suits of the people who were swindled by the agency- which should have made 'investigating' an easy task for the NCAA... just pass by the courthouse and get transcripts...
meanwhile, Carol says straight up he wasn't going to cooperate with the NCAA investigation after ignoring it for a good while, and then curiously bouncing to the NFL from one of the pinnacles of the game @ USC.... at the same time OU/Stoops was getting hammered with the cars sales thing, and all the information the NCAA received was from their 'self reporting'. I clearly recall Stoops saying ".. the takeaway here is simply NOT to self report.. I'll never do that again.".
admittedly, my memory is jacked up- but.. it surely seems these things happened.. and if they did, and if the school knew about it (S&C coach knew iirc, and was in on the scheme, as well as maybe the DLine coach at the time? I think the other two players were DL'men)... that is about as bad as anything we've seen since SMU. well, then happens along Baylor, UNCCH and OM... OM is, just... stupid. UNCCH is devious... wtf was Baylor thinking? ........... and i didn't even touch on the PSU thing, which transcends the absurdity which is the NCAA and makes your skin crawl considering what people will do for the almighty win (inaction in such circumstances being more gross than cheating)- crossing silly collegiate association rules and regulations and decisively into criminal and just plain inhuman treatment of those they were entrusted to protect.
at any rate..... it's not USCw hate- it's cynicism toward the NCAA, instead... for instance, i cringe to think of the things kiffin was doing at UT that went unpunished- and when the NCAA had cause to investigate... kinda lucked out on that one being a UT fan, but i still recognize the hypocrisy of the NCAA when a school that doesn't register near the income as UT brings in for the NCAA slapped for something stupid... and that, imHo, is the meat of the subject, and which binds each of them.