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Reggie Bush is getting his 2005 Heisman Trophy back and the decision is being celebrated around the country, but Doug isn’t onboard. While he understands that the rules and sensibilities surrounding college athletes earning money have changed, they were still around when the Heisman Trust originally rescinded the award and Reggie Bush clearly broke those rules. He shouldn’t be rewarded just because of “the enormous changes in college athletics.”
Doug Gottlieb: “They didn’t have to take away his Heisman Trophy. They did because it brought them attention. And they didn’t have to give it back to him because he never admitted to breaking the rules he obviously (broke). If they had some balls, if they actually had standards, they would have taken the thing from OJ Simpson...but by all means, give Reggie back his Heisman and let OJ be buried with his. We’ve reached crazy, dumb-dumb world and I don’t think this is something to be celebrated.”