A Sea Of Red

Source to ESPN: USC football gets 2-year ban

The USC football program will receive a two-year postseason ban, a reduction in scholarships and a forfeiture of wins from at least the 2004 season when the NCAA releases its sanctions on Thursday, a source told ESPN's Shelley Smith.

Lane Kiffin's life is a roller coaster.

Not only does it hurt Kiffin's recruiting, he may not keep his team intact. His players can transfer without USC's permission and they may not be required to sit out a year.

NCAA Bylaws
13.1.1.3.3:Transfer from Institution Placed on Probation by Committee on Infractions. It is not necessary for an institution to obtain permission in writing to recruit a student-athlete at an institution that has been placed on probation with sanctions that preclude it from competing in postseason competition during the remaining seasons of the student-athlete’s eligibility. However, the student-athlete’s institution must be notified of the recruitment and may establish reasonable restrictions related to the contact
(e.g., no visits during class time), provided such restrictions do not preclude the opportunity for the studentathlete to discuss transfer possibilities with the other institution

This allows schools to recruit USC's Juniors and Seniors without USC's permission

14.8.2: The Legislative Council Subcommittee for Legislative Relief
may waive the one-year residence requirement for student-athletes under the following conditions or circumstances:
(c)On the recommendation of the Committee on Infractions, for a student-athlete who transfers to a member institution to continue the student-athlete’s opportunity for full participation in a sport because the student athlete’s original institution was placed on probation by the NCAA with sanctions that would preclude the institution’s team in that sport from participating in postseason competition during all of the remaining seasons of the student-athlete’s eligibility

This allows the Committee on Infractions to remove the one year wait penalty for transferring.

Couldn't happen to a better institution.

flamehunter wrote:Couldn't happen to a better institution.

Trojan legacy has a hole in it.

Pete Carroll: "I couldn't be more shocked by this ruling"

Wow, USC is cleaning house & sending Bush's Heisman back. They are taking things much more seriously than I expected.