I would venture a guess that nearly every school in the NCAA is breaking some rules. It's nearly impossible not to...the rule book is two feet thich with 8 point print.
The real question in "cheating" is whether it is premeditated and systemic or not.
Frankly, from what I've read about the USC situations there have only been accusations that outside sources gave help without university knowledge.
For example, it was learned that Matt Leinert's father was paying rent for his son and a teammate. So they made the teammate reimburse Leinert's dad. In my opinion this is ridiculous.
The McKnight situation is different. He let it slip that he had talked to Reggie Bush. Ex-athletes are not supposed to talk to recruits. Well, we don't know who initiated the conversation. Rumor down here is that McKnight called Bush to ask him what it was like at SC (which seems pretty logical...someone making a decision trying to get as many facts as he can)...not that Bush called McKnight to "recruit" him. As for USC and Pete Carroll asking Bush to do this...I don't think so. In fact USC would not even allow Bush on the sidelines at this year's Rose Bowl (and they love having their ex-studs on the sidelines at games) due to the ongoing investigation of Bush's family getting "assistance" from outside sources while he was at SC.
I'm no SC lover but I don't think they have a guy in Pete Carroll that is running a "dirty" program.
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