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Reggie get's his trophy back
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04/24/24 05:41 PM
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Bigbob_FTW
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Reggie Bush won the Heisman Trophy in 2005, but five years later, his award was revoked after it was revealed that, as a student, he had received improper benefits from marketing agents. However, with the introduction of NIL, the Heisman Trust has finally decided to give Bush his trophy back. During the 2010 investigation into his time as running back at the University of Southern California, it was determined that Bush was the recipient of thousands in cash and a free luxury ca. These gifts were not allowed by the NCAA at the time. But since then, the league has adopted rules governing name, image, and likeness (NIL) compensation for college athletes, which allows these amateur athletes to earn money from their efforts in college sports. Hence, the revocation of his award makes little sense today. And it appears that the Heisman Trust and the NCAA came to just that conclusion this week, according to Yahoo Sports. https://www.breitbart.com/sports/2024/04/24/report-reggie-bush-have-2005-heisman-trophy-reinstated/
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Re: Reggie get's his trophy back
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04/24/24 05:45 PM
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Lousy thing to do. They can't revoke any other penalties based on paying players. Why him? Remember SMU's death penalty?
Leave it alone. They broke the rules at the time and the penalty fit the crime.
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Re: Reggie get's his trophy back
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04/24/24 05:48 PM
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I thought this was going to be about a white girl.
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Re: Reggie get's his trophy back
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04/24/24 05:52 PM
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Re: Reggie get's his trophy back
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04/24/24 05:54 PM
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Any (I'll rephrase that and say most) star players in the SWC, ACC, SEC, Big 8, Big Ten, PAC going back to 1979 was/were getting BIG amounts of pre prototype NIL and other....allegedly
Giving him his award, that he definitely earned, is the right thing to do.
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Re: Reggie get's his trophy back
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04/24/24 05:57 PM
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Lousy thing to do. They can't revoke any other penalties based on paying players. Why him? Remember SMU's death penalty?
Leave it alone. They broke the rules at the time and the penalty fit the crime. I bet Vince Young and Jameis Winston never received anything from boosters, so their Heismans are legit. Actually, we know Cam Newton was paid (in addition to being a thief). Johnny Manziel is all over the Internet openly talking about how much he was offered and paid. Do they get to keep their Heismans?
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Re: Reggie get's his trophy back
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04/24/24 05:58 PM
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I don't agree with this, it was illegal when he did it. They should now reinstate Pete and put him in the Baseball HOF. They should just do away with all rules that people don't want to abide by
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Re: Reggie get's his trophy back
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04/24/24 06:03 PM
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One of my friends was at UT in the late 70s and early 80s. He said the players' parking lot was hilarious. Everyone laughed about how all these "unpaid" players could afford new sports and luxury vehicles. One had a nickname...Edwin "BMW" Simmons. His parents probably bought it for him.
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Re: Reggie get's his trophy back
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04/24/24 06:04 PM
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I bet Vince Young never won a Heisman.
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Re: Reggie get's his trophy back
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04/24/24 07:05 PM
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I will refrain on commenting on the small bank vault amount of cash that was dropped on Eric Dickerson's dinner table while he was in highschool.....by every school south of the Mason Dixon......allegedly
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Re: Reggie get's his trophy back
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04/24/24 07:33 PM
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Lousy thing to do. They can't revoke any other penalties based on paying players. Why him? Remember SMU's death penalty?
Leave it alone. They broke the rules at the time and the penalty fit the crime. I bet Vince Young and Jameis Winston never received anything from boosters, so their Heismans are legit. Actually, we know Cam Newton was paid (in addition to being a thief). Johnny Manziel is all over the Internet openly talking about how much he was offered and paid. Do they get to keep their Heismans? Vince Young never won the Heisman. Had the vote been taken after the bowl games he would have won instead of Bush.
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Re: Reggie get's his trophy back
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04/24/24 08:00 PM
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I bet Vince Young never won a Heisman. Should have though...
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Re: Reggie get's his trophy back
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04/24/24 08:29 PM
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My mistake. I guess I confused the national championship with a Heisman. Substitute Mike Rozier for Vince and my point remains the same.
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Re: Reggie get's his trophy back
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04/24/24 10:01 PM
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Any (I'll rephrase that and say most) star players in the SWC, ACC, SEC, Big 8, Big Ten, PAC going back to 1979 was/were getting BIG amounts of pre prototype NIL and other....allegedly
Giving him his award, that he definitely earned, is the right thing to do. Yep....100%.....was going on before '79 too.....
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Re: Reggie get's his trophy back
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04/24/24 10:09 PM
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Never should’ve taken it away in the first place. But, once you take it, you can’t give it back.
Stuff like this and vacating wins are stupid penalties.
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