NCAA investigation: Key things to know

NCAA’S KEY ALLEGATIONS AGAINST USC

1. That from May 2009 through October 2010, the Whitney Hotel, a representative of the institution’s athletic interests, provided extra benefits, an estimated $47,000, to 12 student-athletes in the form of reduced rent that generally was not available to the regular student population for off-campus housing. Additionally, the Whitney Hotel made special arrangements with nine of the student-athletes to pay their rent at later dates, thereby providing an impermissible loan to the student-athletes.

2. That from the spring of 2009 through February 2011, Kevin Lahn and Steve Gordon, representatives of the institution’s athletics interest, made impermissible recruiting contact with and provided impermissable recruiting inducements to prospective student-athletes and provided extra benefits to student-athletes through the Student-Athlete Mentoring Foundation (SAM) of which they are co-founders. The inducements and benefits totaled over $8,000.

3. That the institution violated the principles of rules compliance in that it did not sufficiently monitor student-athlete housing arrangements at the Whitney Hotel, a representative of the institution’s athletics interests, or the impermissible activities of Kevin Lahn and Steve Gordon, also representatives of the institution’s athletics interests.

KEY FIGURES

Jamie Blevins, General Manager of the Whitney Hotel: Disassociated from USC.

Michael Boynton, USC men’s basketball assistant coach and recruiter: Requested to appear before NCAA Committee on Infractions in February, 2012.

Curtis Frye, USC men’s and women’s head track coach: Requested to appear before NCAA Committee on Infractions in February, 2012.

Steve Gordon, USC graduate and treasurer of Student-Athlete Mentoring Foundation (SAM): Disassociated from USC.

Zach Kelehear, USC faculty athletics representative: Requested to appear before NCAA Committee on Infractions in February, 2012.

Kevin Lahn, USC graduate and treasurer of SAM Foundation: Disassociated from USC.

G.A. Mangus, USC quarterbacks coach and recruiter: Requested to appear before NCAA Committee on Infractions in February, 2012.

Harris Pastides, USC president: Requested to appear before NCAA Committee on Infractions in February, 2012.

Steve Spurrier, USC head football coach: Requested to appear before NCAA Committee on Infractions in February, 2012.

Jennifer Stiles, USC director of compliance: Requested to appear before NCAA Committee on Infractions in February, 2012.

KEY DATES

Dec. 14, 2011: Deadline for USC to respond to the NCAA allegations.

Feb. 17-18, 2012: When the NCAA Committee on Infractions is scheduled to meet in Los Angeles and hear USC’s response.

This story was originally published September 19, 2011 at 8:07 PM with the headline "NCAA investigation: Key things to know."