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NCAA reportedly rejects USC’s appeal to reduce sanctions by The Sports Network
The NCAA has reportedly rejected Southern California’s appeal to reduce sanctions levied against its football team.
Several media reports indicated the NCAA will officially announce the decision Thursday, although the USC athletics department issued a statement Wednesday:
“USC has received a response from the NCAA regarding our appeal of NCAA sanctions. However, under NCAA rules, we cannot comment on this response until the NCAA releases the decision to the public tomorrow morning.”
USC made its appeal before the NCAA’s Infractions Appeals Committee this past January.
The sanctions against the football program were given out last June, after a four-year investigation into allegations stemming from ex-Trojan football player Reggie Bush and basketball star O.J. Mayo. The NCAA ruled both athletes received impermissible benefits.
If the penalties remain in place, it will mean the Trojans won’t be able to compete in the first Pac-12 championship game this year.
In the June 2010 ruling, the football program lost a total of 30 scholarships – 10 each for three seasons – while the athletics program was also put on probation for four years, lasting through June 9, 2014.
Forfeited victories for the football team started in December 2004, and included USC’s national championship game win over Oklahoma in the 2005 Orange Bowl. All wins during the entire 2005 football season were also forfeited.
Bush later announced he was giving up his 2005 Heisman Trophy. After the NCAA sanctioned the Trojans, the university announced it would remove all jerseys and murals displayed in recognition of Bush, and would return its replica of his Heisman Trophy back to the Heisman Trophy Trust.
The penalties and revelations in the NCAA’s report represented a stark turnaround for a USC program that enjoyed massive success this past decade under Pete Carroll, who left the school in January 2010 to become head coach of the Seattle Seahawks. Lane Kiffin became the team’s head coach shortly after Carroll resigned.
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