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re: ESPN's Mark May gets called out over comments about J.Manziel

Posted on 7/16/13 at 11:46 am to
Posted by jacks40
Baton Rouge
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Posted on 7/16/13 at 11:46 am to
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He was only arrested at the time. He got convicted and sentenced afterward.


I'm sure that at the time of voting for the Heisman, voters were smart enough to know that him copping a plea was a possible outcome.

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I did not say that I thought he would or should, just that an argument can be made when there are nebulous standards of conduct, etc.


Bush's problem with the Heisman was with eligibility. They didn't take back on any grounds of misconduct.

ETA and technically the Heisman trust didn't strip him of the award. Bush volunteered to forfeit it and the trust decided to just leave the award vacated for that year.
This post was edited on 7/16/13 at 11:51 am
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