finally….after all these years maybe some movement. The NCAA has been absolutely pathetic in its handling of USC/Bush…can’t believe they are even investigating this mere allegation of cash in hand to a basketball recruit.

The irony…just what Vince Young needs now….his long awaited Heisman!!! Yeah, that will make him look great in the Titan’s eyes. (Houstonians hate the Titans, we do hope that VY does get to move on…I digress)

NCAA….ummm….Too late, too little no matter what the NCAA does now. The NCAA is to blame as much as USC, and after learning more from Auburn’s “self-reported” violations to justify giving their recruits a good time it is obvious that the lesson out of all of this is the NCAA needs to be the ones investigated, fired, and fixed.

I heard a blurb from a radio interview with Pete Carrol the other day (definitely within the last 7 days) and he was talking about how USC has been kept in the dark regarding the investigation….he was ummming and ahhhhing. If I knew how to find it the link would be nice…..it was pretty obvious that he was full of it.

Here is a great article on USC and the NCAA investigation (or lack thereof) and why the NCAA is so lame (Someone please teach me how to paste a link.-I cut and paste and this is what I get):

http://www.latimes.com/sports/college/usc/la-sp-usc-silence31-2009may31,0,6223829,full.story

NCAA Problem No. 1 is: Lack of subpoena power. The NCAA must be able to force people to testify under oath. Having received a scholarship from an NCAA participant school, Reggie Bush (and all scholarship recipients), and all coaches, university employees, etc. should be compelled, if subpoenaed, to appear before the NCAA and testify UNDER OATH.

The real bottom line of why the NCAA is so impotent is at the end of the story—

“J. Brent Clark, a one-time NCAA investigator who practices law in Oklahoma, agreed, but said he was not surprised that the USC inquiry has taken so long.

“The NCAA is under no real sense of urgency to wrap this up, even though justice delayed is justice denied,” Clark said. “The NCAA is a de-facto cartel, and its product is big-time college football. USC is a major component of that. The NCAA doesn’t want USC to be off television or ineligible for bowls.”

The article also reported that schools are supposed to regulate and report themselves to maintain membership in the NCAA and that USC’s failure to investigate or even inquire into all of these allegations is probably going to be their downfall. I think (if true) that allowing a star recruit to get his parents a house while he plays ball should be the punished violation—but apparently the lack of saying “sorry—we think something bad happened” after finding out is the NCAA violation.

Whatever, USC has tried to drag this out until nobody cares, and, even I don’t care anymore…you can’t recreate VY getting his Heisman…thank GOD that we won the NC

may bode well for Jackson Jeffcoat to make his commit to Texas

Great news! At this rate, when can we expect the serious investigations of OU to start?

celebrating any action by the NCAA….I still don’t trust them to really hit USC hard.

Oh yeah, and Bohmar’s dad just keeps teasing us with his information to take on OU. Wish he’d finally spill the beans. Again, the NCAA should have the power to force him to testify under oath.

I think the NCAA better get after it and better try to vinidcate themselves. The government’s current interest into the BCS and National Championship playoff issues is inviting the government to take one more step and get involved in NCAA investigation matters. Please don’t misunderstand me, I don’t want federal govt. involvement, but if the arrogant BCS bowlers won’t fix their broken system, and the NCAA won’t enforce its own rules, the government may have to get involved.

The Federal Govt. actually should already be involved from an IRS/Tax perspective on some of these gift allegations. If the Bushes were given over $10k in housing for the year, that triggers gift tax matters. Why isn’t the IRS all over that? Additionally, the Bohmar scandal and under the table non-workingf or wages…..all potential tax issues and the NCAA should be working with the IRS to find out about this stuff.