I have a few thoughts that come to mind about this. The NBA age minimum rule is and always has been dumb. Kids like Mayo should go to the pros, even though I question Mayo's game (I was never wowed by the kid) he never should have been in college. We would never have to worry about his "amateur status" if he would have gone to the pros instead of his one year with USC. What is the rule intended to do? Improve the college game, why should the NBA care if USC, UCLA or Kansas State has a good team. Bring more mature people into the NBA? I would argue that age has very little to do with maturity. It just makes even more of a mockery of college basketball when a guy plays for a year and leaves. On to USC. They must have known at some level (coaches at the least) that some shady things were going down. This is a tough situation that many colleges all over the country face. But coaches do not want to call anyone out for risk of losing their jobs, same goes for AD's and staff. Should Floyd come out and say that Mayo should be kicked off for receiving illegal gifts and then get fired a month later when his team goes 12-16? That is a tough thing to ask of somebody. One more thought about USC. Lets say that USC had no idea that this was going on. They will get punished for things they did not do, and for a kid who went to school for like 6 months. Ouch.