OJ Mayo Fucked up!!! Melo's Fault????

[bigblackafrica]

Melo gave OJ Tix to the Lakers Nuggets Games, and the NCAA is in a pissy fit!

Coach Trying to take Blame
http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-uschoops24jan24,0,1710872.story


The story
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=3210946

LOS ANGELES -- Southern California freshman standout O.J. Mayo might have violated an NCAA rule by accepting free tickets to Monday night's NBA game between Denver and the Los Angeles Lakers from Nuggets star Carmelo Anthony.

Mayo told reporters Tuesday he had received the tickets, which were located behind courtside seats near mid-court at Staples Center and had a face value of $230 each.

"We don't know the specifics of the situation and won't be able to comment," NCAA spokesman Erik Christianson said Wednesday in an e-mail to The Associated Press.

USC sports information director Tim Tessalone declined comment on behalf of the university.

NCAA bylaw 16.11.2.2.3 states 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."

The NCAA could consider Anthony a friend who gave Mayo the tickets rather than a representative of the Nuggets, perhaps making the matter legal by NCAA standards.

Mayo, averaging a team-leading 19.7 points and 4.6 rebounds, said Anthony made the offer of tickets at a party he hosted Sunday night.

"I was talking to him like, `Man, you're out pretty late. You've got a game tomorrow night against Kobe [Bryant],"' Mayo said. "He said, `Nah, it will be all right.' And then he asked, `You want to come to the game?' And I was like, 'Sure.' "

Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press




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[ak_rep]

USC = Temptation, destractions, rule violations i.e. Reggie Bush.

IU = Focus.

And.

 

[Duece]

USC = Temptation, destractions, rule violations i.e. Reggie Bush.

IU = Focus.

And.

the fuck?

 

[Heist]

Dude should have known better. When you're an NCAA althelete, you can't do no highbrow shit like sit damn near courtside at a Lakers game.

You have to be on the low with the fact that you're getting treated special.

 

[D Town Redd]

Man... What's wrong with receiving freebies like that? Are you guys somewhat envious?

 

[freakd]

this whole thing is stupid. ncaa are getting away with murder, they are running a modern day plantation, making billions of dollars a minute, and want to say what's right and what's wrong. how about this? is it right to make money off someone and don't pay them. ncaa has been making tons of money on oj, even before he got to college. they really need to stop.

 

[moblack]

OJ Mayo could care less about the NCAA. His eyes are already on the pro's.

 

[DaddyDiesel]

OJ Mayo could care less about the NCAA. His eyes are already on the pro's.

C/S he don't give a shit, he knows the rules, 1 and done. That shit is on USC...

 

[djdez]

...these school can make as much money as they want from these athletes, but these athletes cant accept a ticket to a professional game ?...

double standard...give him a warning and tell him not to do it again...

 

[cuzz]

Fuck the NCAA. What they need to do is make a salary plan for all the athletes that play under their banner. If they get hurt they have nothing to get.

 

[babalou]

Dude should have known better. When you're an NCAA althelete, you can't do no highbrow shit like sit damn near courtside at a Lakers game.

You have to be on the low with the fact that you're getting treated special.

For real. Dont he realize that there are pro photographers who go to Lakers games JUST to take pics of celebs only? But fuck it, he doesnt really care anyway.

 

[500dollars]

this whole thing is stupid. ncaa are getting away with murder, they are running a modern day plantation, making billions of dollars a minute, and want to say what's right and what's wrong. how about this? is it right to make money off someone and don't pay them. ncaa has been making tons of money on oj, even before he got to college. they really need to stop.

CO/SIGN HE A GROWN ASS MAN THAT GOT TIX FROM A GROWN ASS MAN

 

[ajc921]

Tebow had skybox tickets at the tampa and ny playoff game....didnt hear anything else about that?

not saying what he done was wrong, but if they gonna check some people and dont check everybody, that's not right...

 

[TheKingofVa]

Tebow had skybox tickets at the tampa and ny playoff game....didnt hear anything else about that?

not saying what he done was wrong, but if they gonna check some people and dont check everybody, that's not right...

I agree it's a double standard. They are head hunting black athletes

 

[UnoBetter2]

this whole thing is stupid. ncaa are getting away with murder, they are running a modern day plantation, making billions of dollars a minute, and want to say what's right and what's wrong. how about this? is it right to make money off someone and don't pay them. ncaa has been making tons of money on oj, even before he got to college. they really need to stop.

Exactly, it's a damn shame they can rake in the $$$ off of these young brotha's and they cant even accept a free ticket!!

 

[Complex]

Tebow had skybox tickets at the tampa and ny playoff game....didnt hear anything else about that?

not saying what he done was wrong, but if they gonna check some people and dont check everybody, that's not right...

damn

 

[TNazT]

These pink folks really want anybody who has the initials O.J. to
go down now, huh? This is really a bunch of bullshit. It really
is!You know OJ & Melo are probably cool, hung out a few times
before. They faced each other in basketball camps & probably are
truly friends. There isn't any benefit at all for the Denver
Nuggets organization. This just a friend giving a friend free
tickets to a game. That's all!

 

[LSN]

Dude should have known better. When you're an NCAA althelete, you can't do no highbrow shit like sit damn near courtside at a Lakers game.

Especially when your name is OJ...

 

[BRUCE LEROY]

this whole thing is stupid. ncaa are getting away with murder, they are running a modern day plantation, making billions of dollars a minute, and want to say what's right and what's wrong. how about this? is it right to make money off someone and don't pay them. ncaa has been making tons of money on oj, even before he got to college. they really need to stop.

C/S

 

[elchoccolatte]

Especially when your name is OJ...

Tru...

 

[Andeyhollawho]

Ah fuck this. Carmelo Anthony is like any other dude on the street who offered the man extra tickets to the game. I'm pretty sure unless they can prove that the Nuggets or the Lakers gave him those tickets to give to Mayo this shit will be thrown out.

 

[jemstar]

this issue is already deaded, Tim Floyd said he cleared Mayo to go, and he will take the blame. Its a secondary violation, so if any punishment does come down Floyd will probably just have to pay reimbursement for the tickets. Melo is Mayo's boy anyway, when you've been playing in the AAU and summer club circuit as long as Mayo has, you wind up befriending niggas classes ahead of you who wind up in the league before you.

 

[Drones216]

yeah Tim Floyd will fall on the sword for this one, atleast his coach has his back!

 

[DVS]

this whole thing is stupid. ncaa are getting away with murder, they are running a modern day plantation, making billions of dollars a minute, and want to say what's right and what's wrong. how about this? is it right to make money off someone and don't pay them. ncaa has been making tons of money on oj, even before he got to college. they really need to stop.

yeah but remember these dudes are getting a free college education

 

[willettthagreat]

really i dont c the big problem

 

[ak_rep]

yeah but remember these dudes are getting a free college education

Hold on my friend. Not really.

If that were simply the case, The Ivy League would be poppin' right now.

An athlete of Mayo's caliber pays his dues academically with a sociology major for one year. Never to return.

The NCAA is one of the biggest financial r@pest in America. The Final Four?

Every athlete should be paid IMO, the same amount of money.

 

[freakd]

yeah but remember these dudes are getting a free college education

notre dame gets ninety million dollar television contracts, merchandising deals, sold-out games, bowl game bonuses, the shit will never be equal. what's equal is, i'll play for your school and i'll be the best student/athlete i can be and in return you'll have money coming in from the spectators that want to see me play but this bigger than that concept. coaches make millions of dollars, and don't even teach a course.