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Sunday, October 2, 2011

1. Where do you think the future of music is going and why?
2. Whats your opinion of the recent sanctions and penalties in college football?
3. If you could change one thing about Henry Clay what would it be?

Prompt 2: The first penalty that really started it all was the USC sanctions. Reggie Bush received ineligible benefits and ultimately caused USC to be on probation and he got his Heisman trophy taken away. I can understand the probation a little more then the taking away of the Heisman. People within and around the program did something illegal so you punish the program itself; it makes sense. However when you start to take away a players accomplishments that had nothing to do with benefits he received I start to wonder why. Bush had one of the best college seasons and all of those things he did on the field had nothing to do with that cadillac that he drove away in. You cant deny that he worked hard and his on field performance spoke for itself. He deserved that Heisman and the money he received had nothing to do with how he performed on the field. It would be a different story if it was steroids or something that gave him an advantage on the field but this was a car.
The next sanction is one that I'm a little more personal too and thats the Ohio St situation. If you don't know Ohio St players got in trouble for selling autographed jerseys and memorabilia for free tattoos and gain a portion of the profit that those items obtained. Sounds stupid right? It was. The players who did it were the captains and the leaders on the team too, including Terrelle Pryor. The controversy comes when Jim Tressel gets involved. Tressel apparently deny the reports to the NCAA and basically lied to them in order to protect his players; which I thought was absolutely the right thing to do. He puts himself on the line in order to keep his team together and hold on to his teams trust. Pryor and those players should be ashamed. They put their coach in a situation were there was no good outcome possible. Tressel had to give up one of the most prestigious coaching positions in college football and is now a replay director for the Indianapolis Colts- talk about a step back. I think NCAA did the right thing but it is truly a sad story and as an Ohio St fan I can confidently say that I will never root for Terrelle Pryor in the future (if he even has one).

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