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DENVER - The NBA players association announced Friday that the agent for Carmelo Anthony will be suspended for a year.

Its disciplinary committee determined Calvin Andrews was involved in unspecified recruiting improprieties related to his former client and U.S.C player O.J. Mayo.

Andrews, who works for Bill Duffy Associates Sports management, stopped working for Mayo after charges surfaced that B.D.A. improperly funneled $250,000 in cash to Los Angeles events promoter, and alleged agency representative, Rodney Guillory.  Guillory is alleged to have transferred $30,000 of that to Mayo which would be an NCAA violation.

But sources inside of B.D.A. tell Fox 31’s Josina Anderson that the information released by the league is not the whole story.

It was first confirmed to Anderson that Andrews’ suspension is set to begin September 1, but not for all the reasons specified in the league’s release.

The league has been investigating Andrews extensively since the broadcast report of an in-depth investigation into Mayo’s representation.

But Anderson learned through sources that Andrews was informed by the league that they had insufficient evidence linking him to any wrongdoing.

“They said 'but we are getting a lot of heat on this and we have got to do something publicly,'” said the source inside of B.D.A.

“Originally they tried to get [Andrews] to admit he knowingly engaged in improper activity with O.J., but [Andrews] wasn’t having that. So then they suggested agreeing on a violation to the lesser code of conduct unbecoming of an agent. That's what [the league and Andrews] agreed to,” added the source.

Anderson also learned according to the source inside of B.D.A., that the agency would be allowed to write it’s own release regarding the matter.

But as of Friday, B.D.A. learned differently when union lawyers beat them to the pen and paper-so to speak.

“[Andrews ] was pissed because that was not the agreement. Not to mention if [Andrews] truly did something wrong they would have decertified him with an issue of this magnitude."

The Mayo scandal has ignited investigations by the NCAA, Pac-10, F.B.I and the I.R.S.

Anderson has learned that Andrews does not intend to add more heat to the situation, even though several in the agency feel like he’s taking the fall for the situation for public relations sake.

More importantly Andrews intends to cooperate as much as possible with the hopes of being reinstated in 6 months.

Sources say Andrews' only stipulation through the duration of his suspension is that he can not negotiate NBA contracts.

Andrews' suspension would have no effect on his representation of Denver Nugget’s star Carmelo Anthony, according to sources inside B.D.A.