The coaches actually have a separate locker room. Sark, before his meltdown at Salute to Troy, had beer in the coaches locker room. Not the players locker room. Your second assertion that "Celebs and agents were very common place" in the locker room at USC under Carroll is patently false. They did not allow any non-team individuals into the locker room during that time, or any other time, unless they were invited guests to speak to the team. Yes, they had former players and alums on the sideline (Marcus Allen and Will Ferrell, e.g.), and occasionally allowed other celebrity fans on the sideline (e.g., Snoop Dogg), but they were never in the locker room. They also never allowed known, registered agents (you have to register as an agent under California law) there. I don't think this proves anything right or wrong, but I thought I'd at least set the record straight.
I appreciate that and good post. I certainly didn't mean to throw out rumors or lies. I thought that was the accepted version of what took place in that locker room.
I remember hearing a story about the agents during the Reggie Bush investigation. It was presented as fact, but perhaps I should've been more skeptical