The allegations surrounding Johnny Manziel—that he brokered a deal to sign autographs for pay—have set off a chain reaction throughout college football, forcing schools across the national landscape to investigate similar instances on their own teams.
South Carolina’s Jadeveon Clowney is, perhaps, the second-biggest star in college football, so it only made sense that the Gamecocks would do their due diligence. But after looking into some of Clowney’s signed memorabilia on eBay, the school found no violations. “We have investigated things that have been on eBay with him and student-athletes before.
In the situations I can say we looked into, there was no further for us to go, and we determined there was no violation,” USC associate athletic director Chris Rogers said.






