Should USC football be punished at all? Of course. Some USC fans contend that the NCAA does not have 100 percent rock solid certain evidence that Reggie Bush received a significant amount of money and benefits over a lengthy period of time.

The truth is that the NCAA does not need to cross such a threshold. After all, not even legal proceedings do. In a criminal trial, the threshold isn't guilt beyond a shadow of a doubt, but rather guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.

In a civil trial, the threshold isn't even guilt beyond a reasonable doubt but guilt based on the preponderance of the evidence (which means the side that has 51 percent wins). Consider it this way: were USC to believe that the NCAA unfairly treated them by punis...

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