The Name Reggie Bush is erased from the long list of Heismen Trouphy Winners.

The National College Athletic Association may have a job to up hold and an image to protect; but there is no question that the way the NCAA handled the Reggie Bush situation is completely unjust. Agents contact players all the time in the world of collegiate sports, and no one every does anything but turn a deaf ear to what is going on between athletes and professional scouts. To believe that a school as prestigious as the University of South California had no idea that agents and athletes were violating NCAA policies is absurd. Pete Carol states how he had no idea that scouts were contacting Reggie, come on Pete who is suppose to believe that. I mean we are talking about Reggie Bush the most explosive player in all of college football. There is no question that Pete and others apart of the USC program knew what was going on, but no one said anything because Reggie Bush is not the only one to be in this situation. Reggie is just one of many big name athletes at a big school to get caught.
            Another perspective to look at is how scandals the NCAA is being.  For instance, we all know that football brings in the most revenue of all sports in college. This is why universities offer the most athletic scholarships to the football programs of all university sports. But of all the millions of dollars that NCAA generates of all the jerseys they sell, and highly sought after games none of that money makes its way to the players. I assure you that the amount of jerseys Reggie Bush’s name sold produced a pretty hefty penny to the account of NCAA. How much of that money did Reggie see? Not one dime, yes he may have had a full ride scholarship but the money generated off his name alone on the back of jerseys and video games far exceeds the amount of his scholarship ten times over. So who should really be investigated here? I mean if we are talking about being people of character, and integrity then someone is falling short.

There are flaws in every system, but for the NCAA to bring punishments so server to an athlete that contributed greatly to college football is insane. If the NCAA is going to enforce the rules that they have in place then it is only "constitutional" that these rules apply to everyone equally across the board. Accepting money from agents has always been an issue in the world of college sports and until the NCAA as well as universities across the nation do something it will continue to be a problem. Granted this will certainly set fear in the minds of high profile players; but it was the wrong way to do it. Stripping away the most honorable award in college sports from a player who was five years removed from the sport is ridiculous, shameful, and not acceptable. Although Reggie decided to return the Heisman Trophy, it certainly does not take away from the person he is or the athlete he was.