After a four year probe on the Southern California football and men’s basketball programs, the NCAA reveal their surprising findings last Thursday. The Trojan football program have received two-year bowl ban and reducing of their scholarships in the next three years. This would definitely cripple the team that was dominating the last decade. They also received probation for four years. This is due to the lack of institutional control. They must withdraw all the victories they gained like the Heisman Trophy starting 2004.

The USC Team also would lose their 2004 Bowl Championship Series title. In the statement made by the school, they would accept penalty but appeal to those the ones that were excessive. This sanctions that they plan to appeal wasn’t specified.

Todd Dickey, USC’s senior vice president for administration said:

We acknowledge that violations occurred, and we take full responsibility for them. However, we sharply disagree with many of the findings in the NCAA Committee on Infractions Report. Further, we feel the penalties imposed are too severe for the violations identified in the report.

The NCAA took no action in the men’s basketball team. The school didn’t play last season and were asked to vacate their wins in 2007-2008. This is because of the violations that involved OJ mayo. The whole allegations started in 2006 when a player and his family were receiving thousands of dollars from sports marketers.