[A CA Guy]

Reggie probably had no formal knowledge of what the parents were probably up to.

IMO the NCAA is ridiculous. They believe schools are supposed to KNOW all things their players are up to.
That can not happen without tapping their phones, violating their legal privacy and so forth.

The NCAA also created recent rules to make appealing far tougher than in the past when they have been taken to court and nullified.

Still, IMO USC should go to court and take on the ruling of the NCAA due to the unconstitutional requirements the NCAA puts on schools.

Bush probably knows almost nothing, and I figure it's the parents who were the players who would refuse till hell freezes over to testify.

Once the player is off the field, there is nothing much the schools can really do if parents decide they want to get side deals.
Go after parents, not the schools IMO.

Will they be Fight On or Fight Now and Then in this case?

[Bad~Rodeo]

Reggie probably had no formal knowledge of what the parents were probably up to

Yeah you're right, he probably didn't

[RightField]

Once the player is off the field, there is nothing much the schools can really
do if parents decide they want to get side deals. Go after parents, not the schools IMO.

There were rumors when he was in high school that his parents were shopping schools for the best deals for them.
Quiet as it's kept, and of course contrary to CIF rules, there is some ugly recruiting going on in SoCal.

[whence911]

Reggie probably had no formal knowledge of what the parents were probably up to.----------BS

When you're driving an expensive car, your family moves to a luxury home and has cash and your 19 years old, you know something is not right unless grandma died and left a little somum somum to the the family.

And the same goes for the coaches. Everyone knows something is wrong by just looking at the parking lot outside the practice field. When the players have better cars than the coaches, you know something is not right.

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

Seriously? Where do you think Reggie thought his parents got the money for the new house? Did he think the guy who was constantly coming around talking up his career and the fact that he would be taken care of by this guy’s firm was just doing it for the love of football? Come on - he knew, the coaches knew - it’s their job to know what these boys are doing and who they are associating with.

[Onelifetogive]

IMO the NCAA is ridiculous. They believe schools are supposed to KNOW all things their players are up to...

I'd love to see an agreement between the NCAA and the NFL to punish the players in addition to the schools. If Reggie get a 2 year suspension from the NFL for his college infractions, some people would think twice about doing the crap he did.