Read the headline anyway you want. Reggie Bush, depending on who you want to believe, gave back his Heisman trophy because he was told he was about to have it taken away, decided to beat the Heisman Trust to the punch. was tired of all the controversy and wanted to put it behind him or finally developed a conscience. Whatever. It was as I talked about last week, a bad decision by Bush, the Heisman Trust, everyone involved.
I’m just waiting for the other Heisman trophy recipients to start turning over their hardware, because Reggie isn’t the only cheater in the bunch. We’ve all known for a long time that Bush took money from an agent, or agent wannabe and didn’t pay him back. College football isn’t an amateur sport no matter how you slice it. It’s never been. And it’s everyone’s fault for it being that way. But it isn’t changing anytime soon.
I’ve told the story involving Heisman winner John David Crow. I promise you it’s not the only story like that involving a Heisman winner. That doesn’t make what Bush did right. That’s not the point. But it’s interesting that the other Heisman winners will watch him burn at the stake and no one will step forward acknowledge their wrongdoings. It’s not like I expect it. It’s just an observation.
What do you think Bush should have done? Should the Heisman Trust have said thanks but no thanks, Reggie. You keep it. All I know is that as a former Heisman voter, the award has taken another step toward irrelevancy.
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