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Sports in Brief: NCAA examining reports on Mayo

Philadelphia Inquirer, The,  May, 2008  by Compiled By The Inquirer Staff

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The NCAA yesterday opened an investigation into accusations concerning Southern Cal basketball player  O.J. Mayo,  the Los Angeles Times reported. The allegations were made by former Mayo confidant  Louis Johnson  on the ESPN show  Outside the Lines  on Sunday. Johnson claimed Mayo received tens of thousands of dollars and expensive gifts from an agent's representative, both in high school and his one year at USC.

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(Mayo has entered the NBA draft.) USC officials said the NCAA and Pacific Ten Conference had reviewed Mayo's situation before and during his enrollment "and did not identify any amateurism violations." The NCAA told the Times that the allegations made on the television show were "new to the NCAA. This information was not available when the NCAA examined Mr. Mayo's academic and amateurism status prior to his collegiate enrollment, and we will review the information." Johnson told ESPN that Los Angeles events promoter  Rodney Guillory ...