Pimpin' Since Been Pimpin'!

As we have seen before, many slavesstudent athletes have fallen victim to the tempation of illegal gifts. With a list too long to detail, every year it seems like we get "surprising revelations" about these incidents.

Now that the Mayo story has busted wide-open, it will be interesting to see how USC gives Mayo their ass to kiss, even though they have dirt on their hands. When Mayo was in the process of selecting a school, this Guillory guy came to them and told them Mayo was interested. This is same Guillory guy that got a previous USC Basketball player involved in the same mess. But that didn't stop USC from having their "prize athlete".

According to the report, Bill Duffy, CEO of BDA, was supplying Guillory money and gifts to ensure that once Mayo turned pro, he would sign with Duffy. I give credit to ESPN in the sense that they find out what they want to find out, on who they want to find it out about. From the video, they questioned Mayo after he declared for the draft, and gave that notorious "no comment" answer, which we all knows means, "Im not about to admit to it until me and parties involved can figure out how and who is going to take the fall for this one." Game peep Game.

Lets acknowledge the truth. Rodney Guillory is a wolf. He preyed upon Mayo when the boy was a freshman in High School. What makes me mad about situations like this is that when a stud athlete does not have proper guidance growing up or is lacking the proper structure in their lives, it makes it easy for these middle-men to try to step in as "father figures", especially in the black community. A large percentage of black athletes that are supernatural athletes, rarely come from affluent, 2 parent households. How many times have you watched the draft and the new millionaire kisses mom, hugs dad, then shakes his agents hand? These instances are rare. They do happen though.

When Mayo's name got hot, these sports agencies started fishing for the contact and connect to get close to him. I hate how these scouting websites and guru's rank players who are in the 9th and 10th grade. That added influence creates more problems then it should. How many players that were top-ranked freshman in 05, are making substantial names for themselves?This leads me to point that these Colleges and Agencies aren't as innocent as they portray. They know who and what they are dealing with. But in the chase of supremacy, they sacrifice morals and values.

When you have long money like programs like this, it provides creative ways to bend and break the rules. Can anyone else explain how Master P's son got a scholarship offer to USC? Romeo is best friends with prize recruit Demar Derozoan. Percy Miller pulled the ole package deal trick.

Not only are the schools guilty, but the big-time alumni who will do everything in their power to succeed. Whether it be blank checks, improper benefits, etc, These programs, agencies, and persons who say they mentor these athletes are pimps. On top of that, so are these private schools that allow players to transfer from their hometowns in pursuit of exposure. When you get a chance, google these big-time private programs and see where these players are from.

I challenge the powers to be to use this Mayo situation as a(nother) severe wake-up call. Their needs to be a critical analyzation of the way the NCAA handles business. There is seems to be absolutely no checks and balance system between them, the shoe companies, and other parties with their hands in the pot.

LINKS:
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=3389049