According to the L.A. Times, the acceptance of blame by USC O.J. Mayo may have saved the freshman guard as much as a six game suspension.

According to a statement released by the NCAA, "normal reinstatement guidelines call for a withholding condition of 20% of competition based on the dollar value of this benefit.

"However, when determining the specifics of this individual case, the NCAA staff determined that repayment without withholding from competition was warranted since the university provided information that the student-athlete first asked his coach if he could accept the tickets offered to him and was told it would be permissible."