Heisman trophy reinstated, now Death Penalty?

[Manorwood]

Nineteen years ago the NCAA took Reggie Bush's Heismann away because of "infractions". Now they (the Heismann Trust) are giving it back. So now what can the NCAA do about the Death Penalty invoked on SMU 38 years ago? Can they take it back?

[dickey1331]

Nothing. We aren’t even the only school to get it.


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[PonyGirl]

Manorwood makes a good point. I don't agree that Bush should get his Heisman back, because it was stripped because of violations of rules as they were written at the time.

But if the NCAA is going to undo that punishment, it should undo the DP, too. It won't, but it should.

[PK]

Manorwood makes a good point. I don't agree that Bush should get his Heisman back, because it was stripped because of violations of rules as they were written at the time.

But if the NCAA is going to undo that punishment, it should undo the DP, too. It won't, but it should.

There is nothing they could do to take back the punishment, but they could erase the whole thing from NCCA records not that it would matter that much.

[peruna81]

Manorwood makes a good point. I don't agree that Bush should get his Heisman back, because it was stripped because of violations of rules as they were written at the time.

But if the NCAA is going to undo that punishment, it should undo the DP, too. It won't, but it should.

There is nothing they could do to take back the punishment, but they could erase the whole thing from NCCA records not that it would matter that much.

Somehow, without the plague of Alzheimer's or Dementia, I just won't forget or erase the memory of the Death Penalty.
Just saying "it didn't happen" is poor fare with historical accuracy.

[mtrout]

What everyone is doing as the norm now is way worse than what we did for the death penalty.

NCAA now has a thousand rules most of which are minutiae nonsense. Meanwhile kids are getting paid (not performance based though!) and transferring every second that there is. The NCAA is on the path to getting its own death penalty.

https://x.com/SMUCompliance/status/1456685965255266314