One Significant Recent Incident of Rules Violations Occurred at the University

One significant recent incident of rules violations occurred at the University of Southern California (USC), which involved actions surrounding its men's basketball program and the recruitment of O.J. Mayo. The school reported that because Mayo was involved with a booster who helped steer him to the school, and because former head coach Tim Floyd gave the booster $1,000 to funnel to Mayo. As a result, USC announced it would not participate in any postseason tournaments in 2010, reduce grants-in-aid and off-campus recruiting by coaches through 2011, return to the NCAA money earned through its 2008 Division I tournament appearance, and vacate all 21 victories earned while Mayo was on the squad. This is an example of goal theory of performance motivation.