2011年5月26日 星期四

USC appeal denied; '04 title in jeopardy?

The NCAA infractions appeals committee has upheld all penalties and findings against USC,Wearing ed hardy Shirt is an experience in fashion fun. Everyone will comment on your effortlessly hip Hardy shirt.We can gurantee you that all Nike shox running shoes,sold at our website are with high quality. the university announced Thursday.Find an Adidas Jacket in your team colors or from your favorite soccer teams that wear the Adidas brand.

USC will lose 30 scholarships over the next three years and won't be eligible to play in this year's Pac-12 title game or a bowl game.

Meanwhile, Bowl Championship Series officials will consider whether to strip the Trojans of their 2004 title.

BCS executive director Bill Hancock says there is no timetable for that decision, but he expected it to happen "sooner, rather than later."

The championship would be left vacant and not awarded to another team. Auburn and Utah also finished the '04 season unbeaten. The AP will not vacate the championship it awarded USC for 2004.

"We respectfully, but vehemently, disagree with the findings of the NCAA's Infractions Appeals Committee," the university said in a statement. "Our position was that the Committee on Infractions abused its discretion and imposed penalties last June that were excessive and inconsistent with established case precedent."

USC was appealing to the NCAA to reduce its two-year bowl ban to one year and limit football scholarship reductions to five in each of the next three years instead of the scheduled 10. The university pointed in its appeal to precedent as a reason why its penalties were excessive but the appeals committee stated that those cases were not directly applicable.

USC athletic director Pat Haden said he was "gravely disappointed" in the NCAA's ruling.

"Clearly, I'm very disappointed, but I'm not surprised,Need new men's shoes for spring & summer?" Haden said. "I think the appeals committee is a group of fair-minded folks. We just vehemently disagree with the result, with how they saw our argument, and how past precedent didn't play a role in their decision."

Haden and USC president Max Nikias, along with the university's legal representatives, attended an appeals hearing in Indianapolis on Jan. 22 and made the case for the school. A decision was initially expected in four to eight weeks but ended up taking four months, finally closing the book on a case that began five years ago.

"I can assure our student-athletes, coaches and fans that we made every possible argument -- forcefully and vigorously -- for modifying unjust penalties," Haden said.

Football coach Lane Kiffin also expressed disappointment.

"I respect the NCAA's decision to uphold the sanctions against USC," Kiffin said. "That being said, I am disappointed for our players, our fans and our staff that another bowl game and now a possible Pac-12 championship game has been taken away from them."

The appeal's rejection also means USC's seniors will be able to transfer without sitting out a year as was the case last year when the penalties were initially announced, a sanction that Kiffin has criticized as "free agency.Air max classic is a high top sneaker that comes in numerous color ups."

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