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Frazod · 09-07-2010, 08:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Spott

I was wondering the same thing. I don't think they could actually come in Bush's house and take his trophy from him.

Unless they have some deal where they still retain ownership of the trophy and the recipient only gets to hold it, I don't see how they could. I suppose he could voluntarily return it, but I doubt if he would. I mean seriously, what are they going to do - ban him from playing for USC again? I think that ship has sailed.

It's not like Bush concocted this scheme - he was just a participant.

Skyy God · 09-07-2010, 10:16 AM

Yeah, but they can't take away the memories of banging Kim Kardashian, or the chick he's with now, or any of the quality ass he pulled.

You hear that, NCAA.

**Shogun** · 09-07-2010, 10:17 AM

If they don't strip Woodson's Heisman the award is a sham. Woodson testified under penalty of perjury in court that he took benefits from an agent during his college career. Investigation over, he was not in compliance with NCAA rules. Therefore, he must be stripped of the Heisman.

milkman · 09-07-2010, 10:18 AM

This is all a freakin' joke.

It's sad that kids that had nothing to do with infractions of previous players, or coaching staffs, are the ones that suffer the consequences of those actions.

The Downtown Athletic Club is stripping Bush of his Heisman.

Yeah, that's a real punishment.

**Bane** · 09-07-2010, 10:32 AM

Millionaire SB champion football player,banging hollywood babes left and right minus a trophy....Hmmmmmmmm.Big ****ing deal.
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Demonpenz · 09-07-2010, 10:44 AM

unfortunately they can't erase his pitch in that texas game.

**J Diddy** · 09-07-2010, 10:47 AM

I like stripped bush.

Stewie · 09-07-2010, 10:50 AM

Heh! JoPo's take on the subject from Twitter.

JPosnanski
Yay! Heisman strips Reggie Bush! Now there will be zero Heisman winners who accepted cash or gifts. It will be pure again!

Deberg_1990 · 09-07-2010, 11:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stewie

Heh! JoPo's take on the subject from Twitter.

JPosnanski
Yay! Heisman strips Reggie Bush! Now there will be zero Heisman winners who accepted cash or gifts. It will be pure again!

LaChapelle · 09-07-2010, 10:53 AM

It's okay to win the Heisman and fail at the next level
but to win it and become a gadget player is unacceptable

teedubya · 09-07-2010, 11:27 AM

So, who was #2 that year? Do they get it? Or is it "vacated" like NCAA championships, etc?

**Bowser** · 09-07-2010, 11:39 AM

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Originally Posted by teedubya

So, who was #2 that year? Do they get it? Or is it "vacated" like NCAA championships, etc?

Vince Young, and he don't get shit.

CoMoChief · 09-07-2010, 12:09 PM

eh who cares, he won it outright, he was hands down the best college player the couple years he was considered for the heisman, if Leinart wasn't at USC he would have won it twice.

Not only is this stupid, but do you know how much money the ****in NCAA made off of Reggie Bush while he was at USC? NCAA being a little hypocritical here.

Frazod · 09-07-2010, 08:19 PM

http://sports.espn.go.com/los-angele...ory?id=5542215

Heisman trust calls reports inaccurate

The Heisman Trophy Trust is denying a Yahoo! Sports report that the trust is expected to strip former USC running back Reggie Bush of his 2005 Heisman Trophy and leave the award vacant.

"I can tell you the Heisman Trophy Trust has made no decision regarding the Reggie Bush situation," Robert Whalen, executive director of the Heisman Trophy Trust, told The Associated Press on Tuesday.

Two sources close to the trust told Yahoo! Sports that the organization is completing its investigation and will agree with the NCAA's finding that Bush accepted improper benefits while at USC and was ineligible during the 2005 season, according to the report. The NCAA cited USC for "lack of institutional control" and handed the Trojans four years' probation, a two-year bowl ban and a reduction in football scholarships.

The Heisman Trophy Trust will reportedly strip Reggie Bush of the Heisman Trophy he won in a landslide in 2005.

The president of the Heisman Trophy Trust, William J. Dockery, reiterated that the reports were inaccurate.

"The status of the USC/Bush matter remains unchanged. Any reports to the contrary are inaccurate," Dockery said.
ESPN's Chris Fowler told "SportsCenter" that although members of the eight-person trust have had informal conversations among themselves about what to do about Bush's Heisman, "they certainly have not made any decision" about rescinding it.

"They haven't made a decision. No announcement is imminent," Fowler said Tuesday. "They have not had any formal meetings about this."

Dockery has said the Heisman Trophy Trust meets on the second Tuesday of every month.

Bush would become the first player in the 75-year history of the Heisman Trophy to have the award taken away.

In July, USC president C.L. Max Nikias ordered the school's athletic department to return its copy of Bush's 2005 Heisman to the Heisman Trophy Trust. Nikias also ordered the school to remove nearly all references to Bush and former basketball player O.J. Mayo, including murals, as part of the NCAA's directive to disassociate the school from the athletes.

As that time, Bush had not been asked to return his copy and the Heisman Trophy Trust said it had not yet decided whether Bush would be stripped of the award.

Bush met with Heisman representatives last month at the New York law offices of Emmet, Marvin & Martin, the sources said, according to the Yahoo report.

The sources declined to discuss the details of that meeting, according to the report.

Bush now plays for the Super Bowl champion New Orleans Saints, who said Tuesday that they would have no comment on the report.

Typically, the Saints have declined comment on Bush's NCAA violations because they have no bearing on his pro career.

Team headquarters also were closed to reporters on Tuesday.

Bush's Los Angeles-based attorney, Shawn Chapman Holley, did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the AP.

Last week, Texas coach Mack Brown said former Longhorns quarterback Vince Young, who finished second in the 2005 Heisman voting to Bush, should be given the award if Bush is stripped. Young led the Longhorns past USC to the BCS national championship that year, after Bush was awarded the Heisman in a landslide.

The NCAA ruled that Bush received lavish gifts from two fledgling sports marketers hoping to sign him. The men paid for everything from hotel stays and a rent-free home where Bush's family apparently lived to a limousine and a new suit when he accepted his Heisman in New York in December 2005.

In July, when USC said it would give back its copy of the 2005 trophy, the Heisman Trophy Trust said it had no timetable on a decision and would make no additional statements on the matter.

"The Trust will be considering the issues raised in the USC/Reggie Bush matter, and after reaching a decision will publish it, but due to the complex issues involved and the Trust's desire to reach an appropriate decision, no definitive timetable has been established," the trust said. "Until the matter has been fully considered and a decision is reached, the Trust has no further comment."

09-07-2010, 10:16 AM	#3
Skyy God 11-5, baby Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Livin the dream	Yeah, but they can't take away the memories of banging Kim Kardashian, or the chick he's with now, or any of the quality ass he pulled. You hear that, NCAA.
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09-07-2010, 10:17 AM	#4
Shogun The White Skip Bayless Shogun's Avatar Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Olathe	If they don't strip Woodson's Heisman the award is a sham. Woodson testified under penalty of perjury in court that he took benefits from an agent during his college career. Investigation over, he was not in compliance with NCAA rules. Therefore, he must be stripped of the Heisman.
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09-07-2010, 10:18 AM	#5
milkman Dumbass! milkman's Avatar Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Leading the Marty bashing	This is all a freakin' joke. It's sad that kids that had nothing to do with infractions of previous players, or coaching staffs, are the ones that suffer the consequences of those actions. The Downtown Athletic Club is stripping Bush of his Heisman. Yeah, that's a real punishment.
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09-07-2010, 10:32 AM	#6
Bane C.H.I.E.F.S Bane's Avatar Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: **** your face	Millionaire SB champion football player,banging hollywood babes left and right minus a trophy....Hmmmmmmmm.Big ***ing deal. Posted via Mobile Device*
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09-07-2010, 10:44 AM	#7
Demonpenz I got Rice cookin in the micro Demonpenz's Avatar Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Apartment "G UNIT!"	unfortunately they can't erase his pitch in that texas game.
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09-07-2010, 10:47 AM	#8
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09-07-2010, 10:50 AM	#9
Stewie MVP Stewie's Avatar Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: West of the Equator	Heh! JoPo's take on the subject from Twitter. JPosnanski Yay! Heisman strips Reggie Bush! Now there will be zero Heisman winners who accepted cash or gifts. It will be pure again!
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09-07-2010, 10:53 AM	#11
LaChapelle Banned Join Date: Mar 2009	It's okay to win the Heisman and fail at the next level but to win it and become a gadget player is unacceptable
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09-07-2010, 11:27 AM	#12
teedubya Most Valuable Poster teedubya's Avatar Join Date: Oct 2003	So, who was #2 that year? Do they get it? Or is it "vacated" like NCAA championships, etc?
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09-07-2010, 12:09 PM	#14
CoMoChief Mahomes Dynasty CoMoChief's Avatar Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Parts Unknown	eh who cares, he won it outright, he was hands down the best college player the couple years he was considered for the heisman, if Leinart wasn't at USC he would have won it twice. Not only is this stupid, but do you know how much money the ****in NCAA made off of Reggie Bush while he was at USC? NCAA being a little hypocritical here.
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09-07-2010, 08:19 PM	#15
Frazod WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS Frazod's Avatar Join Date: Aug 2000	Oops.... http://sports.espn.go.com/los-angele...ory?id=5542215 Heisman trust calls reports inaccurate The Heisman Trophy Trust is denying a Yahoo! Sports report that the trust is expected to strip former USC running back Reggie Bush of his 2005 Heisman Trophy and leave the award vacant. "I can tell you the Heisman Trophy Trust has made no decision regarding the Reggie Bush situation," Robert Whalen, executive director of the Heisman Trophy Trust, told The Associated Press on Tuesday. Two sources close to the trust told Yahoo! Sports that the organization is completing its investigation and will agree with the NCAA's finding that Bush accepted improper benefits while at USC and was ineligible during the 2005 season, according to the report. The NCAA cited USC for "lack of institutional control" and handed the Trojans four years' probation, a two-year bowl ban and a reduction in football scholarships. The Heisman Trophy Trust will reportedly strip Reggie Bush of the Heisman Trophy he won in a landslide in 2005. The president of the Heisman Trophy Trust, William J. Dockery, reiterated that the reports were inaccurate. "The status of the USC/Bush matter remains unchanged. Any reports to the contrary are inaccurate," Dockery said. ESPN's Chris Fowler told "SportsCenter" that although members of the eight-person trust have had informal conversations among themselves about what to do about Bush's Heisman, "they certainly have not made any decision" about rescinding it. "They haven't made a decision. No announcement is imminent," Fowler said Tuesday. "They have not had any formal meetings about this." Dockery has said the Heisman Trophy Trust meets on the second Tuesday of every month. Bush would become the first player in the 75-year history of the Heisman Trophy to have the award taken away. In July, USC president C.L. Max Nikias ordered the school's athletic department to return its copy of Bush's 2005 Heisman to the Heisman Trophy Trust. Nikias also ordered the school to remove nearly all references to Bush and former basketball player O.J. Mayo, including murals, as part of the NCAA's directive to disassociate the school from the athletes. As that time, Bush had not been asked to return his copy and the Heisman Trophy Trust said it had not yet decided whether Bush would be stripped of the award. Bush met with Heisman representatives last month at the New York law offices of Emmet, Marvin & Martin, the sources said, according to the Yahoo report. The sources declined to discuss the details of that meeting, according to the report. Bush now plays for the Super Bowl champion New Orleans Saints, who said Tuesday that they would have no comment on the report. Typically, the Saints have declined comment on Bush's NCAA violations because they have no bearing on his pro career. Team headquarters also were closed to reporters on Tuesday. Bush's Los Angeles-based attorney, Shawn Chapman Holley, did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the AP. Last week, Texas coach Mack Brown said former Longhorns quarterback Vince Young, who finished second in the 2005 Heisman voting to Bush, should be given the award if Bush is stripped. Young led the Longhorns past USC to the BCS national championship that year, after Bush was awarded the Heisman in a landslide. The NCAA ruled that Bush received lavish gifts from two fledgling sports marketers hoping to sign him. The men paid for everything from hotel stays and a rent-free home where Bush's family apparently lived to a limousine and a new suit when he accepted his Heisman in New York in December 2005. In July, when USC said it would give back its copy of the 2005 trophy, the Heisman Trophy Trust said it had no timetable on a decision and would make no additional statements on the matter. "The Trust will be considering the issues raised in the USC/Reggie Bush matter, and after reaching a decision will publish it, but due to the complex issues involved and the Trust's desire to reach an appropriate decision, no definitive timetable has been established," the trust said. "Until the matter has been fully considered and a decision is reached, the Trust has no further comment."
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