Negotiations between Saints, Bush agent to heat up

[Redskins8588]

Originally Posted by Defensewins

How are the needy New Orleans people going to feel about him if he does that? Selfish?

How do the people of Tampa Bay feel about Bo Jackson?

[TheMalcolmConnection]

Well, as far as people are concerned, he'd still be a good person, just a bad teammate.

[Defensewins]

Because he accepted a free million dollar house for his parents to stay in with out any regard to his team or teamates. He knew this was a rule infractions and still did it. Reggie was lucky this stuff was discovered after the season, what if it had been discovered during last season? No champonship game.
If you are on the current very talented USC team and facing possible sanctions, would you be happy? Plus I am not sure that his parents are that poor to begin with.
Then he proceeded to tell the entire nation on ESPN prior to the NFL draft that it was a big misunderstanding and that his name and family will be cleared once the truth gets out.
Well the truth is out and he commited several major rule infractions, for what? So his parents can live in a million dollar house. That defines selfishness because he willing to sacrifice his team and teamates just to live in a nice home.

[itvnetop]

Originally Posted by Defensewins

Well the truth is out and he commited several major rule infractions, for what? So his parents can live in a million dollar house. That defines selfishness because he willing to sacrifice his team and teamates just to live in a nice home.

i'm willing to wager my entire future earnings that reggie bush wasn't the only one committing infractions in division 1 football last season... he just got caught. it was not the smartest thing in the world, especially since we're under the microscope (being in the national hunt for two years in a row), but still it isn't unusual.

do you know how often d1 football players receive non-commissioned "gifts" from alumni or their parents receiving similar benefits? it's the tradeoff for what they bring to the program and to the university. yes, they get a free education. but many non-athletes get free educations too. while the ballers aren't there because of their brains, the regular students aren't dedicating all those hours a week on top of classes to win football games.

for the record, d1 schollies aren't allowed to have work study jobs- they get a food and rent stipend. i'm not justifying all these players getting these gifts, but at the same time I'm not going to condemn them either. Until anyone walks in their shoes (try practicing three hours a day, hitting weights when you're not on the field, going to class, finishing homework, and having to perform in front of 85,000 people on Saturdays), people should be careful of glass houses.

If you say Reggie Bush is selfish, you'd better look at your own favorite college team and realize that many of the players are probably getting the same kinds of things. Chances are your newest stud recruit didn't sign that LOI without some sort of signing bonus.

[TheMalcolmConnection]

Of course. You can't pop the noise if you're not prepared to eat the crow. I had to have my stomach pumped specifically of the crow I ate over Mark Brunell last year.

[mooby]

Perhaps the title of this thread should be changed then. Anyways, defensewins, try putting yourself in Bush's situation. Are you telling me if you were a highly gifted athlete and someone offered you a nice house because of who you are you would turn it down?

[GTripp0012]

Good for Reggie, good for the Aints and most importantly, good for the fans who were sick and tired of this story headlining all the NFL shows.

[superskins]

iam happy for him