From LATimes.com:
USC Coach Tim Floyd said Wednesday that he told star freshman O.J. Mayo that he could accept free Lakers tickets and that if anybody should be punished for potential NCAA violations, it should be the coach.
"My feeling is that if there's a mistake made, it was made by me," Floyd said. "If they want to suspend me for a game, suspend me for a game, but not the kid. He did the right thing."
Floyd said he thought it was acceptable for Mayo to receive complimentary tickets from Denver Nuggets All-Star forward Carmelo Anthony, whom Mayo has known since the seventh grade, because the players were friends. Mayo attended the Lakers' 116-99 victory over the Nuggets on Monday at Staples Center.
Looks like there will be minimal punishment. Everyone cites the Arizona/Jefferson situation, but since O.J. has been friends with Carmelo since they were kids and chances are his lady friend was a fellow SC student, I think O.J. pays the face value amount and the whole thing blows over.
