USC Sanctions: Not Fair for Trojans' Freshman Class

It isn't like any of us didn't see this coming after former USC Trojans and current Seattle Seahawks coach Pete Carroll made the jump to the National Football League.

After all, the rats are always the first to get off a sinking ship.

It is currently being reported by ESPN and Pro Football Talk that the USC Trojans will received a two-year postseason ban plus other sanctions for infractions while Carroll was the big man on campus.

However, I have a slight problem with the sanction. 

Sure the school needs to be punished for their infractions but those who committed them, Carroll along with his players (Reggie Bush's name can't escape allegations) get off scott free.

They might be stripped of wins and titles and Bush might have to give back his Heisman, but they will still reap the benefits of those past accomplishments that are being stripped away.

Bush will still be the first pick of the Saints from a few drafts ago with his large contract and large bootied on-again off-again girlfriend Kim Kardashian to show for it.

And Carroll will still have his high priced coaching job with the Seahawks. Although if this stint in the NFL is anything like his jobs with the New York Jets and New England Patriots it might be short lived—he'll get to keep all the money either way.

Sadly, what these sanctions do is hurt the current crop of USC players along with the kids fresh out of high school who had aspirations of playing in the Rose Bowl or NCAA title game.

I will admit though that I chuckled a little when former Oakland Raiders and one year Tennessee Volunteers (and all around good-guy, not) Coach Lane Kiffin got stuck with the USC bill.

After all, he was an assistant to Carroll at USC when these infractions occurred and probably had to have known about some of them, so at least one person is paying the piper.

All in all the situation sucks for some of the new recruits for USC but the punishment has to be doled out somehow. 

In situations like this new players—like this year's freshman class—should be allowed to go elsewhere without having to sit out like they normally would if they transferred. 

These kids had nothing to do with it and shouldn't be punished because a failed NFL coach wanted to win at all costs.