Reggie Bush may lose Heisman and cause

[gangrene]

Reggie Bush and his family "appear" to have received more than $100,000 in financial benefits from marketing agents while Bush played at USC, according to a report posted Thursday night on Yahoo! Sports.

The Web site reported that the benefits, which could lead the NCAA to retroactively declare Bush ineligible and level sanctions against the Trojans, were supplied by two groups that were attempting to sign Bush as a client. Bush also could be stripped of his Heisman Trophy.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2588347

This would certainly rattle the world of college football.

[good_ken]

WOW! Something seemed to have really gone on here. I will be interested to see if the NCAA will punish one of their darling children.

Bush was an intern at Ornstein's marketing company in the summer of 2005.

How ironic, he interned at the company that was illegally courting him. That smells of Rhett Bomar and Big Red Imports to me.

I really hope they rescind the Heisman. The star athletes at big schools have been getting away with practically anything lately.

[NT80]

Death Penalty! Oh wait, that's reserved for our friends(?) from Highland Park.

[CaribbeanGreen]

sigh. Why do I fear this just vanishes and we hear nothing more of it until in slips away into the ether of our distant memories...

... I hope I'm wrong, Myles Brand.

[CMJ]

I guess Auburn would become National Champions?

War Damn Eagle!

[Rudy]

You shouldnt punish all of those players and take away their Championship and thei rings because of one person. Take away his Heisman and place recruiting sanctions on them starting next year.

[SCREAMING EAGLE-66]

You shouldnt punish all of those players and take away their Championship and thei rings because of one person.   Take away his Heisman and  place recruiting sanctions on them starting next year.

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---A&M was not permitted to attend bowl games for a couple of years during the mid-90's when some players there (from Dallas Carter) had summer jobs that paid them to do nothing but show up and play cards or whatever.. The coaches and athletic department had absolutely no knowledge of it but the entire team was penalized.

---In the Bush case, it had gone on for quite some time and the family had even moved into a very nice home for MONTHS. I would think someone at USC would have found out, they had time to learn about it.

---It may not seem right to punish them all but then again in life if one family member messes up the whole group pays for it somewhat. I thought the A&M situation was a bit severe but not in this case..... USC had time to learn about it and it should have been pretty obvious to many that something was wrong.

---This is even different that the Oklahoma situation... OU reported it and got rid of the kid. USC reported nothing but likely suspected or knew about it. The NCAA was not as mean to OU as they were to A&M. I guess reporting it was the difference but A&M had not discovered it yet and it was reported shortly after it started by someone.

---The SMU situation is completely different, Gov. Bill Clement who was involved the payoffs (maybe providing part of money) was directly connected to the university and even as spokesman of them. That was not the case at all in the Aggie situation and may not be at USC. Likely the basketball program at SMU was just as corrupt as the football one but was left alone..... the SMU basketball coach at that time was Dave Bliss---the same guy that brought Baylor their problems almost 20 years later.

http://espn.go.com/page2/s/list/lies.html

---The one thing I think is wrong with the NCAA rulings is that penalities apply to the school and none to the coach even if he is at fault..... Neuheisal left Colorado a mess and then went to Washington and problems occured there as well... It has happened several times to other coaches as well..

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Edited September 15, 2006 by SCREAMING EAGLE-66

[CaribbeanGreen]

I guess Auburn would become National Champions?

War Damn Eagle!

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If it DOES come to this, I'm guessing Oklahoma would get the title for the one year that SC won the BCS... despite all the back-to-back business, they only won one BCS title, and that was the thrashing of OU at the Orange Bowl. If they are stripped, it would be like the forfeited that game, so OU would be the champ.

More than likely, though, nothing happens or the title is declared vacant.

[CMJ]

Dear God, Auburn would be jobbed twice for the same season if that happened.