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this is a discussion within the Saints Community Forum; Bush: I know there's nothing to worry about Story Tools: Print Email Blog This Associated Press Posted: 59 minutes ago LOS ANGELES (AP) - New Orleans Saints running back Reggie Bush and his family appear to have accepted gifts, money ...
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09-15-2006, 04:14 PM | #2 |
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RE: Reggie responds
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Well this is an example of the saying that someone has way too much time on their hands. I like Reggie Bush and I'd like him if he never plays another down of football. This man has class to burn unlike Fumbles and his crowd. I don't know whether or not he or his family took money, and quite frankly I don't give a damn. What torques me is that the Communist media is ready to trash someone else. |
09-15-2006, 04:24 PM | #3 |
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Well, it might be that USC forgoes at least one national championship, all the money they received in tv and bowl games, give up scholarships and not be on TV or be eligible for post season play for at least a year or two. I'd say that given all that's at stake this is not a trivial matter. If I were Bush, I'd start producing backup to my story and explain how and what he and his family did did not constitute violations of NCAA regs and how USC won't be able to come after him and his millions for damages.
That would be a class act. Come clean. Even if there were improprieties, a class guy would come forward and not stonewall. |
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09-15-2006, 04:35 PM | #4 |
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What's going on RDOX?
xan, I am kinda in the middle. On the one hand, I read the yahoo investigation, and I say there is NO WAY Reggie didn't do something. He got a 1996 Impala SS with $13,000 worth of rims and sound system. College players don't have that kinda cheese. And his parents WERE livingin that house. But on the other hand, if he says he didn't know how they got the house, and his parents back him up that he had no idea, i'd believe him. I've never askedmy parents how we got some of the nice things we had, I just used them. SO I can understand that. But I do agree, if he did something wrong, and it's almost hard to believe he didn't, he needs to get out in front of it now. And USC is just as culpable. The Yahoo report said they had agents and boosters walking around the football players and practice fields like they were Pete Carroll. So theyknew some stuff was going on. |
09-15-2006, 04:44 PM | #5 |
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It seems to me that the time at which all of the allegations occured is of the most relevance to USC. It seems like everything started happening around spring of '05. Therefore, I don't see how USC or Bush can be retroactively punished beyond this period, which would exclude the '04-'05 championship from being relinquished.
Sadly I don't see this ending well for Bush though. His comments pretty much reflect what a good lawyer would tell him to say. I hope that somehow all of this turns out well, but it's a lot of damning evidence to overcome. I don't know how the Downtown Athletic Club can let him keep the Heisman if all of this turns out to be true. |
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I'd like to believe Mr. Bush (the good one) too, but accepting unreimbursed travel from agents, gifts, leveraging the family's relationship with known agents to get favorable treatment and his knowledge of New Age and his parents' relationship with that entity is not clean hands and he knew it. I do agree with you that USC should have been proactive with its prized thoroughbred to head off this. However, there's only so much they can do without having a team of "communist media types" hounddogging each and every player. There's culpability here, but who's really to blame, USC or the player and his family?
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Re: RE: Reggie responds
Originally Posted by GoldRush26
Actually, it all started in fall 2004:
http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaaf/news?s...yhoo&type=lgns The timeline Follow the trail of benefits Reggie Bush and his family appear to have received – back to October 2004. By Yahoo! Sports September 14, 2006 September 2004: Reggie Bush's stepfather, LaMar Griffin, allegedly approaches family friend Lloyd Lake about partnering in a sports and entertainment agency. According to sources, Griffin suggests that Bush will be the agency's anchor client and that the agency may also partner with the Sycuan Indian tribe in the venture. October 2004: Griffin and Lake approach a third man – Sycuan business development officer Michael Michaels – in his luxury suite in Qualcomm Stadium after a San Diego Chargers football game. It is suggested to Michaels that he, Lake and Griffin could be partners in the agency, along with the Sycuan Tribe. November 2004: Michaels becomes the primary financial backer of the agency, which would become known as New Era Sports & Entertainment. At this point, Michaels allegedly pays off $28,000 in debt for Bush's parents so they can "focus" on forming the agency. New Era representatives claim that the Griffins were holding the USC star's commitment to sign with New Era Sports as leverage to get the debts paid. |
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good for him if he got some extras.
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09-15-2006, 06:20 PM | #9 |
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Originally Posted by saintswhodi
Oh well I wasn't aware of this. None of this was in the initial link that you posted. I'll wait a while before things become more concrete. My initial thought is that this is unfortunate, but I can't see how USC should be held liable for things that his parents did.
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Re: RE: Reggie responds
Originally Posted by GoldRush26
This link is just a follow up to the Yahoo story, I thought everyone had read that by now. No worries.
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