When I was playing in college (even at USC), this was the expected outcome of misbehavior. I am glad that they booted him off the team. However, in this day and age it is a little surprising. He reminds me a lot of Allen Iverson, as his (Iverson's) aunt (my admin when I worked at Newport News Shipbldg) once told me, "he's a self absorbed, arrogant little brat who will do anything to have his own way. He embarasses me."
Unfortunately, that's not just the case at "big time" athletic schools, like USC...
I went to a college that was NCAA Division III, and one of my roommates was on the lacrosse team. He had the same attitude, and he was sure that if he got in trouble, "the coach would get me out of it!"
I guess he was treated special all his life because he was an athlete, and just felt that was how it was supposed to be: That he didn't have to follow the rules.
Mark