Full List of USC Sanctions

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The sanctions on USC by the NCAA exceed the severity of  Alabama’s 2002 sanctions and what Washington’s 1993 sanctions. (It took Alabama 7 years to rebound. But 17 years later Washington is still struggling for traction.) But it still could have been worse. The NCAA reportedly considered a TV ban as well. Good LORD, the program is going to be killed enough without that.

Following is a list of the sanctions imposed on USC by the NCAA (via the OC Register):

• Public reprimand and censure.

• Four years of probation from June 10, 2010, through June 9, 2014.

• Postseason ban for the 2009-10 men’s basketball season (self-imposed by the university).

• Postseason ban for the 2010 and 2011 football seasons.

• One-year show-cause penalty for the assistant football coach (June 10, 2010, to June 9, 2011).

• Vacation of all wins in which the former football student-athlete (Bush) competed while ineligible, beginning in December 2004. This vacation includes participation in any postseason competition, including football bowl games.

• Vacation of all wins in which the former men’s basketball student-athlete (Mayo) competed during the 2007-08 regular season (self-imposed by the university). The committee also stated this vacation must include participation in any postseason competition, conference tournaments and NCAA championships.

• Vacation of all wins in which the former women’s tennis student-athlete competed while ineligible between November 2006 and May 2009 (self-imposed by the university). The committee also stated this vacation must include participation in any postseason competition, conference tournaments and NCAA championships.

• Reduction of football athletics scholarships to 15 initial grants and 75 total grants for each of the 2011-12, 2012-13 and 2013-14 academic years. This represents a decrease of 10 scholarships for each of the three seasons.

• Reduction of men’s basketball athletics scholarships from 13 to 12 for the 2009-10 and 2010-11 academic years (self-imposed by the university).

• Reduction of the total number of recruiting days in men’s basketball by 20 days (from 130 to 110) for the 2010-11 academic year (self-imposed by the university).

• A $5,000 financial penalty (self-imposed by the university).

• Remittance of the $206,200 the university received for its participation in the 2008 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship Tournament (self-imposed by the university). In addition, the committee noted the university must also forfeit all future distributions scheduled for this appearance.

• Disassociation of the former football student-athlete, the former men’s basketball student-athlete and the representative who provided extra benefits to the former men’s basketball student-athlete. This disassociation includes the refusal of any financial or recruiting assistance, as well as other conditions.

• Release of three men’s basketball prospective student-athletes from their letters of intent (self-imposed by the university).

• Prohibition of all non-university personnel, including boosters, from traveling on football and men’s basketball charters; attending football and men’s basketball team practices; attending or participating in any way with university football and men’s basketball camps, including donation of funds; and having access to the sidelines and locker rooms for football and men’s basketball games.

The full NCAA report can be viewed and read here: http://vmedia.rivals.com/uploads/995/952139.pdf

With a heavy heart,

-Your Gridiron Goddess