Sports 5 Classic College Hoops Recruiting Violations

Former USC coach Tim Floyd (right) now knows that ruining a career for $1,000 is not G.

Sometimes you’re not safe even when you roll with a pack of Trojans. Tuesday, Tim Floyd resigned as head coach of the University of Southern California Trojans basketball team following allegations that he gave $1,000 cash to a sports agency rep who then funneled it to prized high school recruit O.J. Mayo (in his letter of resignation, he claimed he just couldn’t maintain his “level of enthusiasm” for the job). “Juice” surprised many people by signing with USC, where he played one year of college ball before bouncing to the NBA, where he now makes millions with the Memphis Grizzlies. Today, we’re sure Mayo would wipe his ass with that G Floyd floated him illegally, but those ten Benjamins did cover the cost of his coach’s credibility collapse and career humiliation—and at a bargain basement price!

OK, chill with the disapproving sour scrotum face. These kinds of scandals are just gonna continue to surface until the NCAA admits that many of its “student-athletes” read at a first-grade level and should be paid pro wages for all the cake they bake for schools. While we’re all caught up in this absurdity, we might as well laugh at it, right? So check out five of Complex’s favorite rib-tickling recruiting violations…

Sports The 5 Biggest Injustices of the BCS Era

One of these coaches may be holding the wrong trophy.

So the final college football contest of the season kicks off Thursday night and it looks like it’ll be great: the Oklahoma Sooners vs. the Florida Gators. But don’t get it twisted: it ain’t college football’s national championship. That’s because the champion has already been crowned and it’s USC. Or Utah. Or Texas.

And therein lies the problem with college football’s BCS National Championship Game (the “final contest” mentioned above). It features two teams with one loss, but not the sole undefeated team in the game (Utah). The most dominant team in the country (USC) won’t be playing in it. And Oklahoma, which lost to Texas on a neutral field earlier this year, will. We know it’s an old argument (even the new Prez is in favor of a playoff system), but just in case you’re one of those lobotomized morons that thinks the BCS works, here’s a list of the 5 biggest eff-ups of the BCS era.

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