OJ Mayo vs Reggie Bush - Who Got More Illegal Stuff at USC?
In case you haven’t heard, OJ Mayo is in the news again for ‘allegedly’ receiving gifts while enrolled at USC. Wen the news came out yesterday I wasn’t surprised at all. This kid was one of the top 5 kids coming out of high school and if they NBA didn’t adopt the wait a year from high school policy he would’ve come out this year. Instead he chose to go to USC and as a result might do more harm than good for his college.
Then I got thinking, if the allegations are true, who got more stuff or money while in college was it Reggie Bush or Oj Mayo? After the report came out last night on ESPN, most people would strongly have to look at Mayo as the winner of the battle. He was reportedly getting paid for a long time dating back to his endless time in high school. We are talking about a kid here who wasn’t your typical freshman. Like Derrick Rose, Mayo is a very old freshman having pushed the high school age rules to the limits. From the time he was 15 years old he was regarded as a can’t miss kid who is bound for NBA greatness. Some placed him on a level with Lebron James as a high school player. He’s no Lebron but he’s a lottery pick in the draft.
Reggie Bush ‘allegedly’ got his money and benefits after he was a near sure thing while at USC. He supposedly got in the hundreds of thousands but this one hasn’t been finalized yet so we don’t know all the numbers. My money is still on Bush because of the guaranteed money a top 5 pick in the NFL draft would get as compared to an NBA deal for the first 3-4 years. I mean that someone would pay Bush more knowing they would get more money back because of the amount and timing of the contract. Sure I’m speculating here but there might be some merit to it.
What happens to OJ Mayo? Nothing really. He didn’t violate a law if we was receiving gifts. He won’t go to jail or anything like it. He’d be the latest of many who have taken gifts while in school and all that are hurt are the programs that are left behind. Since Chris Webber and the Fab 5 left Michigan where have they gone? They left that program with a wake of problems that they are still recovering from. Is USC next to go through it? I hope not because there has been no proof of their involvement in the deal but maybe they should have been more on top of things. Who knows at this point?
The only thing I know is that Mayo is a lottery pick regardless and that his agent of choice is the one that is reportedly behind the whole deal. Not surprising to me.
