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USC’s Reggie Bush Gets Heisman Trophy Reinstated After 14 Years
The organization that hands out college football's prestigious Heisman Trophy has reinstated its 2005 award to USC running back Reggie Bush.
The organization that hands out college football’s prestigious Heisman Trophy on Wednesday reinstated its 2005 award to USC running back Reggie Bush, an abrupt reversal by the group after one of college football’s most electric players of his era had the honor stripped from him in 2010 amid a wave of sanctions placed against the university by the NCAA. Bush was unquestionably college football’s best in 2005, when he rushed for more than 1,700 yards and scored 19 touchdowns, leading the Trojans to the national title. The Hesiman Trust said today the Supreme Court’s 2021 decision that questioned the legality of the NCAA’s amateurism model leading to student athlete compensation; new name, image, and likeness (NIL) rules; and the NCAA’s recent proposal to remove the cap on education-related payments were taken into account ahead of the reinstatement.
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