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Josh Shaw’s Punishment from USC Depends on Why He Lied

By Caleb Calhoun

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Yes, Josh Shaw lied. That’s all we have to go on right now outside of some people close to the situation.

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As you probably already know and can see in reports here, the USC senior cornerback lied about how he suffered his ankle injuries last weekend and has been suspended indefinitely.

Shaw, who was a respected leader and a captain on the team after recording 6 interceptions in two seasons, said that he jumped from the second story of an apartment complex Saturday night to save his 7-year old nephew who was struggling in a pool and couldn’t swim.

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    • About as quickly as he became a hero, he turned into an embarrassment when he finally admitted Wednesday that he made the whole thing up.

    Obviously, the indefinite suspension makes sense until all the facts are gathered, but the first question we have to ask is why did he lie in the first place? The answer to that question should determine how severe the punishment from USC should be, and since we don’t know yet, we shouldn’t be talking about suspension lengths yet.

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    • The only hint of any reason to his lie came from Lt. Andy Neiman of the Los Angeles Police Department, who noted  Tuesday afternoon that somebody named Joshua Shaw was named, but not as a suspect, in a report centered around a break-in at an apartment building downtown Saturday night.

    That one lead would lead us to believe that this lie revolves around something really bad, because if this is indeed the same Josh Shaw, why are the police involved? But then again, it could mean nothing. So we’re back to square one.

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    • Did he lie because he was doing something illegal and tried to cover it up? Was he doing something simply stupid and too embarrassed to admit it to the coaches when trying to explain why he sprained his ankles? Did he just want the attention of being a hero?

    There is no way to tell for sure, but if it’s not something illegal or any serious violation of team rules, then he should only be suspended for a couple of games. So a young college kid got in trouble, freaked out, and told a terrible lie to cover it up. Or the young college kid simply wanted some attention.

    Who cares? As long as he wasn’t doing anything seriously wrong, the suspension shouldn’t be serious. All that would need to be discussed going forward is why he went to such great lengths to make up a lie that easily could have been exposed.

    We at least know that Shaw is a terrible liar.

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