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I am very split on this issue... First off the NCAA makes millions, MILLIONS, and more millions a year from football. Part of me says the players should have some right to make a cash flow of this situation. However, I also know if players could make money it would change the face of the college game we know and love.

Further, could you limit the amount a player could "make"? This would get in a slippery slope with all sorts of creative contracts to contradict the rules. I do feel if a player accepts money, and it was not provided directly/indirectly by the university, then it is unfair to take away team Wins/Championships/etc... I know they do this to serve as motivation to be very diligent about tracking players... but a reduced scholarship or similar penalty alone would be enough. Wow, but then again is it really fair to punish future teams for indiscretions of past teams. I warned you I was split.

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This will be just like OSU and Maurice Clarett. Because they won the National Title, the NCAA doesn't want the black eye of a cheating champion. It'll blow over. I think.

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Where is the quid pro quo? Without competent athletes, the NCAA, which pays its coaches & others millions of dollars, will be non-existent. It is only conscionable that athletes be reasonably compensated for putting their bodies through rigourous training sessions to entertain and lavishly line the pockets of the powers that be within the NCAA. Is this not the 21st century?

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Athletes without means are easily influenced by the possibility of cashing in on their talent early. Shouldn't the agent take responsibility for his actions considering he knowingly put the athlete in jeopardy of NCAA violations. Seems to me that he and his agency will likely benefit from the exposure to the press. In todays environment, even bad press will benefit some because name recognition will last much longer than the reason the name is recognized. Interestingly, his firm is struggling. Banning such scavengers from representing athletes is a move in the right direction.

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As a former NCAA athelete, I knoe the motive is political. Check the source of the accusations, It could lead back UCLA or some other PAC TEN compettitor. Or some underground snitch for the big plantation called the NCAA.

It is a long standing tradition,that the athletes do all the work attracting paying fans, the money to the programs and the universities, but are axpressly excluded from sharing the profits. Even in a token sense, say, 1%. Given that the NCAA and its members schools make approx 1 Billion,or is it 2 Billion, or is it 3 Billion dollars, They make billions and billions of dollars, its not un reasonable for some of these athletes to want a little more than just a meal card to the dining hall. And Booosters are walking around Poches, Benzs, and etc.../

Secondly,
Would this be a if he was another great white hope making his alma mater proud.

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All I can say guily or not, check the motives for this story , they build these kids up sto they tear them down.

007

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NCAA- What it really stands for-
Notoriously Corrupt Athletes Association
No Cash (?) Athletes Accept

As the Minor league for football and basketball why not just turn NCAA sports into its own college credit ? No need to know how to read and write, hell many leave after their 1st or 2nd year. Just let them get a salary and education if they want and stop the charade !

I would say to the athletes if you get a scolarship, you must agree to fulfill the full 4 years (if the college wants) up front or pay a huge financial penalty should you sign with a pro team ($500,000).

The Universities recruit athletes without looking at their situation, their morals without obviously doing much of a backround check or many of these thugs would never get in.

What ever happened to the idea of a higher education ?

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Why is this still an issue? why is it that when the wrong doing is going on no one knows nothing but when one doesnt get the services of the athelete they want to tell all? Reggie isnt at USC no more and this agent is mad because he didnt get the 30% of that 26 million signing bonus. PERIOD

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Who cares but those broke writers from yahoo?! For them to constantly hammer away at Reggie,and not say anything 'bout Matt Leinart an that rent free CONDO makes me say Hmmmmm. Is this a black or white thing? I smell prejudice!

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For them to constantly hammer away at Reggie,and not say anything 'bout Matt Leinart an that rent free CONDO makes me say Hmmmmm. Is this a black or white thing? I smell prejudice!
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Leinart's condo was paid for by his father, which is allowed under NCAA rules. The controversy over the condo was that receiver Dwayne Jarrett paid far less than half the rent on the place, but he was reinstated.

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Whatever happens, Reggie Bush deserved the Heisman and USC are true National Champions for 2004/2005. That can never be taken away from them. The championship was a team effort, therefore the team caanot be penalized for this., There is so much jealousy in sports, and if your team sucks, too bad.
NCAA has benefited from USC plays because of USC huge fan base. This is being blown out of proportion because Reggie comes from a winning private school.
I'm sure others schools are doing it for their athletes but they are not as successful winning, so they are not in the spotlight.

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Why doesn't anyone write about the high school senior that gets injured and is not offered a scholarship after all?

Why doesn't anyone write about the high school or AAU coaches that "encourage" their athletes to go to a certain school?

Why doesn't anyone write about the coaches that encourage the athletes to only take those "easy courses" they can readily pass?

There is lots of money involved in college athletics and the players are not the beneficiaries. No one should be surprised when a player decides we wants to share in the pie that would not exist without him and his teammates.

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The whole issue should be dead, why keep bringing it up..get a life. he won the Heisman for being the best player not because someone gave or his familyhim a buck

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Well, if the mainstream media has its way, it should blow over; but if Yahoo! Sports has ITS way, they'll keep coming back to it every few months for the next 10 years.

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SO THIS MEANS THAT THE OKLAHOMA SOONERS ARE THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONS ... AGAGIN FOR 2004 ... BOOMER SOONER

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Lets not kid ourselves the reality is that we all know this happens at every major university across the United States. The unfortunate thing about Reggie Bush's situation,if its true, is that he got caught. Let's keep things in perspective though lets not put this at the same level as taking a bribe to throw a game . The true culprits are those snakes that call themselves agents and feed on those whose family financial problems stress them to the point that they feel compelled to break the rules . The NCAA needs to adapt to the new world or else we will keep hearing about these problems again and again.

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Who cares, I bet 80% of all NCAA players do this. Hey, O.J. kept his Heisman and he killed his ex-wife. Well, daddy-in-law got it. . .

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Let's see if they have the rocks to publish this. I will be spending thousands of my own money to investigate the Reporters at Yahoo Sports. Let's see what dirt we can find on these trouble makers.
M. Downs

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If anyone's interested in getting in on the investigation of the Yahoo Sports Reporters, Email me at DocMikeGoSC@aol.com Let's turn the tables and see how they like it. I'm sure they have some skeletons in their closets; let's find out what they are.
M.Downs

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Marice Clarett broke the rules and Ohio State won.
Reggie Bush break rules and USC is the winner.
These are powerful schools. They will not give back undeserved championships. They care not about the many players who played by the rules and were labeled losers. The NCAA will do nothing about this again. This is not about right and wrong. This is about the mirage called college football.

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