College Basketball: USC’s OJ Mayo maybe have violated NCAA rule
USC Trojans freshman guard OJ Mayo may have violated an NCAA rule this week when he accepted tickets to an NBA game. Denver Nuggets star forward Carmelo Anthony gave the soon to be high NBA Draft pick tickets to Monday night’s game between the Nuggets and the Los Angeles Lakers. The news came out Tuesday when Mayo told reporters about the gift and that the tickets were located behind courtside seats near mid-court. The face value of the tickets is $230 each.
It does not seem like that big of a deal except that NCAA rules specifically say that student-athletes may not receive “free or reduced-cost admission to professional athletics contests from professional sports organizations, unless such services also are available to the student body in general.” Not sure but I don’t think the entire USC student body was asked to go.
Mayo, who is averaging a team-high 19.7 points per game, could face disciplinary action if the NCAA finds he broke the rules. However, since Mayo was at a party the night before that Anthony hosted he could be labeled as a friend and not have broken the rules. Either way Mayo is heading to the NBA next year and can go to all the games and parties he wants.
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January 24th, 2008 at 1:13 pm
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