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The University of South Carolina has released its response to the NCAA Notice of Allegations it received in September.

In a document that is well over 100 pages long, USC says it does not dispute the alleged violations.  As self-imposed punishment, the university offers to do the following:

---Reduce the number of football scholarships by six over the next three seasons.

---Reduce the number of official recruiting visits for football and track and field.

---Impose a fine of $18,500.

Whether or not that satisfies the NCAA remains to be seen.  The university is scheduled to go before the organization's infractions committee in February.

In the Notice of Allegations, the NCAA alleges Gamecock athletes or prospective athletes received improper benefits in the form of reduced rent at The Whitney Hotel in Columbia, and "recruiting inducements" from the Student Athlete Mentoring Foundation, based outside of Philadelphia.

To read the university's complete response, click here.