| Can somebody please tell me why Reggie Bush is | | | | Oh I see, your argument is that their getting a free |
| getting made out to be the villain in all this. If you | | | | education right? Before you use this argument please |
| haven't heard already, the NCAA is stripping Reggie | | | | go do your research and see what 95% of all |
| Bush of his Heisman Trophy. They are putting | | | | student athletes are majoring in. I help you with a |
| sanctions on USC by stripping them of their national | | | | few common degrees for athletes: Sociology, Urban |
| championship and taking away 30 scholarships. To me | | | | Studies, Park Recreation Management and Sparingly |
| this is just ridiculous why anybody with enough sense | | | | Sports Management. Now go to Google and see how |
| and courage wont stand up and say THIS IS A | | | | marketable these degrees are in the real world. Oh |
| JOKE! For the readers that are quick to judge, let | | | | and before you say its their choice, I beg to differ. |
| me share a little insight with you first and then form | | | | The athletic department have their own academic |
| your opinion. | | | | advisers set in place to work with these athletes. Do |
| First let me start by saying that the NCAA has finally | | | | you think Pete Carrol would have let Reggie Bush |
| been given the green light by congress to be the | | | | leave practice three times a week to attend some |
| only employer that doesn't have to compensate its | | | | engineering classes when they have a big rivalry |
| employee's. I guess they don't consider student | | | | game coming up? Getting a free education may be a |
| athletes as employees but here is why they should. | | | | valid point one day, when the University athletic |
| First, Reggie Bush generated millions of dollars for the | | | | department start letting these guy get marketable |
| NCAA by them selling his jersey all over the world. | | | | degrees at their own discretion. |
| USC generated tons of revenue and allowed the | | | | So again I ask why can all these marketing |
| University to pay Pete Carrol a multi-million dollar | | | | companies, the university, sports apparel |
| contract by selling Bush memorabilia and apparel. | | | | company,coaches and NCAA make millions of dollars |
| Second the NCAA made millions of dollars from the | | | | off of these young athletes back, and all they get |
| NCAA EA Sports football game that is released | | | | out of the whole experience is some Adidas's warm |
| every year. So if the University, the coaches, and | | | | up travel suite and a 500 dollar emergency loan that |
| the NCAA can profit from Reggie's likeness, then | | | | the school pushes for underprivileged kids, which all |
| why can't Reggie Bush take a few thousand dollars. | | | | scholarship athletes qualify for. Any body wonder |
| In any other industry they would have to pay their | | | | how are these kids making it from day to day? |
| employees a check and royalty fees for their | | | | Didn't think so, now please leave Reggie alone and |
| services and likeness. Anyone want to argue that the | | | | applaud him for all his valuable contribution that he |
| College Football is not big business, that generates | | | | gave to the big business industry of college football. |
| insane amounts of money? | | | | |