Thoughts on Reggie Bush returning his Heisman Trophy

This post is not meant to offer a series of arguments as to why Reggis Bush should keep his Heisman or why he should be stripped of the coveted trophy in College Football. In fact, the point is moot as Reggie Bush has decided to return back the Heisman Trophy he won in 2010. From what I read at Yahoo Sports, its looks like Bush did not much of the choice as the Heisman Trust was anyways planning to strip him of the Trophy. So, looks like he took the moral high-ground and decided to return the trophy himself before they take it away from him. In fact, the sudden action of Reggie Bush has earned him the sympathy of football fans everywhere. I don't blame the Heisman Trust for possibly demanding the trophy back as Reggie Bush has clearly violated the  guidelines required of a Heisman candidate. He and his family took money from unscrupulous agents when playing at USC and thats against NCAA rules. So, he did a mistake and now has to atone for it. There is no other way to look at it. In fact, being a fan of Ohio State, I used to hate Reggie Bush and always thought he was overrated. Had this stupid opinion that Reggie would not be able to run a yard against a strong D like OSU. I then saw one of USC's (now vacated) games against Fresno State in 2004 season. Bush was the spearhead of that offense and if I remember correctly, he made some kind of record for all-purpose yards in that game. He was purely electric and magical in that game. It made me realize that he is one of those players who can truly bring  joy to a neutral (and not so neutral) fans everywhere. Here is one of his magical plays from that game:



His college career has so many such highlights that it is beyond doubt that he deserved the Heisman Trophy for that year. Its a shame he now has to return it. But the alarming trend to note here is how people are being forced to being politically correct these days and take actions to appease a section of the population. If this were the last decade, the result of the Bush related NCAA investigations would have resulted in USC getting hit with sanctions and thats about it. There would not have been any talk of Bush's Heisman Trophy. But now, with the pressure applied by various agencies, media outlets, the Heisman Trust will take the unprecedented move of vacating the winner for 2005. To be fair to Bush, the Heisman Trust should reopen the cases of all the previous Heisman winners and dig for any dirty laundry ;-) On the other hand, it may result in half the winner names being vacated :-)