jnhay Posted September 8, 2010 Share Posted September 8, 2010 So, what's the punishment here? Does he have the trophy in his house? He already got the Heisman, so taking it back doesn't mean much. They already said he was the best college player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarolinaPride Posted September 8, 2010 Share Posted September 8, 2010 As someone else mentioned. Bush was ineligible to participate in a lot of those games. Him being the best is insignificant. A lot of those stats do not count and will be stricken from the record books. USC is already doing what they can to eliminate the name "Reggie Bush" from their history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vilandil Tasardur Posted September 8, 2010 Share Posted September 8, 2010 Is there some sort of agreement that the trophy is always "owned" by the NCAA and the players only have it "on loan." Otherwise, it's not like they're going to amass a standing army and go to war with his body guards to enter the house and rob the trophy. Bush will forever had his trophy in his trophy case, and the world will always know that he was voted best player that year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McD5 Posted September 8, 2010 Share Posted September 8, 2010 Get his lying trash parents on tv, and foreclose on the house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spartacus87 Posted September 8, 2010 Share Posted September 8, 2010 Yeah, take that Reggie Bush. Finally, the Heisman can go back to being a totally clean award. No previous Heisman winner has ever accepted booster donations or agent deals behind the scenes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merlin Emrys Posted September 8, 2010 Share Posted September 8, 2010 The player should be punished, more so than the university athletic department which most likely didn't know about it. And the university officials who help create a culture of oppulence and special treatment for football and basketball players, along with the agents who clearly know the rules and break them, should also be punished. There's plenty of blame to go around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonkFan8 Posted September 8, 2010 Share Posted September 8, 2010 Further reason college football is a joke and I'll never take it seriously. Why punish bush? Go after the school and the money pushers. Bush just did what any fresh out of HS kid would do. According to ESPN the story may not be accurate. At least not yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fullnelson9999 Posted September 8, 2010 Share Posted September 8, 2010 I dont have a problem with them taking the Heisman away, but don't go giving it to Vince Young. Just leave a blank for the year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ixcuincle Posted September 8, 2010 Share Posted September 8, 2010 It's not like they are retroactively going to award it to anyone Like it or not, we'll still remember him as winning the Heisman, just like we'll remember that Memphis run-to-the-championship season which technically does not exist due to violations Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MintHillSkinsFan Posted September 8, 2010 Share Posted September 8, 2010 So are they going to take OJ's Heisman away now too?? Oh yeah, and then maybe that'll start a trend and they'll kick LT and Ty Cobb out of their respective HOF's.................. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrelgreenie Posted September 8, 2010 Share Posted September 8, 2010 Yeah, take that Reggie Bush.Finally, the Heisman can go back to being a totally clean award. No previous Heisman winner has ever accepted booster donations or agent deals behind the scenes! LOL, i see what you did there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SonOfWashington Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 He has forfeited the award on his own. Does that make Young the winner? http://voices.washingtonpost.com/early-lead/2010/09/reggie_bush_forfeits_heisman_t.html?wpisrc=nl_sptsalert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonBurgundy&Gold Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 Its not like he used performance enhancing drugs. The house he was living in and the car he was driving didn't run for all those amazing touchdowns. I'm not a Bush fan, but I think its ridiculous that they are still making this an issue in 2010. I'm glad to see him take the high road and give it back. If Vince Young is offered the trophy and takes it, he is pretty pathetic. He lost by a landslide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shabby Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 I hate this rule. Its not like it effected his play on the field. If he took steroids or any other PED, that makes sense, otherwise its a dumb rule. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conn Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 If Young is a real man, he'll decline the award as well, saying that he didn't earn it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snarky Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 It's only appropriate. He was already stripped of a Kardashian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pherein Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 It's only appropriate. He was already stripped of a Kardashian. no, he stripped of a Kardashian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldskool Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 VinceYoung10: Just heard about Reggies Heisman. Reg will continue to be the 2005 Award recipient. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldskool Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 I hate this rule. Its not like it effected his play on the field. If he took steroids or any other PED, that makes sense, otherwise its a dumb rule. It says you have to be elidgeable as a student athlete to receive the award. Per the NCAA's findings he wasn't. PS: Lebron? Seriously? After what that bandwagoner said about the Skins and rooting for Dallas at FedEx? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SonOfWashington Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 VinceYoung10: Just heard about Reggies Heisman. Reg will continue to be the 2005 Award recipient. :applause: Very classy of him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I_Bleed_B&G Posted September 15, 2010 Share Posted September 15, 2010 I could of sworn I heard Vince Young say that if they award him the heisman trophy he wasn't going to push it away. Thought I heard that on ESPN. Yup. Here it is from his own mouth: http://nfl.fanhouse.com/2010/09/13/tennessee-titans-quarterback-vince-young-quotdefinitelyquot-wants-the-2005-heisman-trophy/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spartacus87 Posted September 15, 2010 Share Posted September 15, 2010 It says you have to be elidgeable as a student athlete to receive the award. Per the NCAA's findings he wasn't. And if I were a betting man, I'd wager that given 100% honesty and disclosure, Vince Young was getting some benefits under the table from Texas boosters while he was leading them to the BCS CG. This is the reality of major college sports and Bush was dumb enough to attract attention to himself with his dealings while at USC and do a terrible job with PR once this thing started to blow open this past year, and now he's "paying" for it. Saw this on Twitter earlier today: Heismanpundit Old time coach I know says that probably 10-15 living Heisman winners took significant money or gifts in their time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky21 Posted September 15, 2010 Share Posted September 15, 2010 I can't remember who on this site it was that said this would never happen but you know who you are. I'm not normally the kind of guy to say I Told You So but......I Told You So. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C26 Run Posted September 17, 2010 Share Posted September 17, 2010 Reggie Bush: No admission of guilt http://sports.espn.go.com/los-angeles/ncf/news/story?id=5581066 "Obviously something has to be changed. You've got universities making millions of dollars off these kids and they don't get paid. The majority of college athletes who come in on scholarship come in [with] nothing. That's where you have a problem. You're making all this money off these kids and you're giving them crumbs and then you're surrounding these kids with money and telling them not to touch it," he said.-Reggie Bush This quote by Reggie Bush sums up the whole problem with the business of College Sports. The TV deals, commerical bowl games, and the merchandising are benefitting the colleges but not the players. People who say that kids should be happy just with the scholarships don't understand the sacrifice these kids are making. I'm not saying kids should be paid but something better needs to be done to avoid all these sanctions. :helmet: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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