Trojans Receiver Applied for Unemployment Benefits…

[PlainsUte]

Creative.  Had been selling high end shoes online.  Wonder what his source was for those?

USC Receiver Under Federal Investigation

[Tony (admin)]

That will be interesting to see how it pans out.

[Utah]

Did he do anything wrong? 

[Tony (admin)]

I guess athletes can’t collect unemployment under NCAA rules, but since it is covid related he might have an out. 

[PlainsUte]

The nature of “investigation” is we don’t know, but USC suspended him.  To me the online shoe selling sounds suspicious — was he and maybe other USC athletes trying to monetize the free athletic wear they get routinely and perhaps maybe getting special access to limited edition shoes from shoe reps trying to gain future shoe deals from these athletes?

[Utah]

Yeah, there is so much here we don’t know. 

[Johnny]

Yes. Good lord, people have mixed and nixed the word of ethics because of the liberal media.

[dwainegf]

I believe collecting unemployment while a full time student is not legal.

[PlainsUte]

Well, not as a student athlete.   

Feel bad for students who, as I did, have to pay their own way with jobs that are currently on hiatus, cut-back hours, etc, due to COVID pandemic.  Hope they are getting some relief.

[Dallas]

Are non scholarship athletes allowed to work??