USC's handling of NCAA a case to be studied for decades  I grew
up the son of a schoolteacher.  And one of the lessons I learned
early on, and still hear from my mother, is that kids who come
clean when they do something wrong usually get a less severe
punishment.  Teachers don't like being lied to.  Nobody does,
especially the NCAA.  South Carolina's self-imposed sanctions
for three major NCAA violations were accepted last Friday by the
governing body with no additional penalties.  It's really a
benchmark case involving collegiate scandals.  Some will
definitely argue that the Gamecock football program deserved
more than the loss of six scholarships and three years of
probation. Those were the harshest punishments USC received for
players living at a hotel for a reduced rate and for a recruit,
who eventually signed to play football, getting impermissible
benefits.  Two schools upset could certainly be the University
of Southern California and Ohio State University.  Their
football programs received much wors