I know I'm late in the game commenting about the OJ Mayo situation at USC. And really, what is should I say? When a player calls a coach and tells him he will play at that school, without being recruited by said coach, no one is surprised when trouble occurs later.

In today's knee jerk reaction to sports, I love how everyone is now against the "One and Done" (O&D) scenario for college players leaping to the NBA. It's really funny how everyone lumps all of the O&D guys into one group. Since Mayo "allegedly" received benefits from an agent, all O&D players are bad for the game of college basketball. That's what many columnists and talk radio guys would have you think. I mean why else would everyone sudenly make the argument that O&D players are bad for college basketball?

I'm not saying O&D players are good for the college game. I just saying that no one was saying that Derrick Rose was bad for the college game while he was leading Memphis to the finals. How about Kevin Love? He was the "missing piece" for UCLA this year. Or what about the run that Ohio St made last year with Greg Oden and Mike Conley? They were the new "Fab Five".

And everyone knew that these guys would be around for one year. Yet announcers, columnists and talk radio guys fawned over all of them. They would tell you how great they are and name them to All-American teams.

Now, OJ Mayo may have recieved improper benefits and everyone is against the O&D players. We're flooded with stories about the corrupt recruiting process. We hear how shoe companies are in bed with coaches and they determine where a player goes to school. And we're bombarded with opinions about how awful the O&D scenario is for the game of basketball.

Here are 5 guys that everyone knew would be O&D guys this year:

Michael Beasley

Eric Gordan

Kevin Love

OJ Mayo

Derrick Rose

The same people that are now coming out against the O&D scenario were falling all over themselves talking about these guys this year.

You can't have it both ways. If they are terrible for the game, you need to come out and say it while they are dominating the college game. If they are so horrible for the sport, let's stop seeing feature articles on these guys before the season.

Otherwise, don't lump them all in the same group. Just because Mayo may have caused some trouble, don't blame Rose and Beasley. They played great basketball this year for their teams and gave us a great year.

So those of you that are against the O&D scenario. We'll be watching next year. We'll see if you stick to your guns or not. You can't have your cake and eat it too........