Reggie Bush is not allowed to attend USC games, as part of NCAA sanctions that forced the school to “disassociate” itself from Bush, whose Heisman Trophy season was ripped from NCAA record books after he accepted impermissible benefits.
Reggie Bush attends his first USC game since NCAA sanctions, thanks to a loophole
And he’s already breaking rules!
However, Bush is at Saturday’s Pac-12 Championship Game supporting USC, thanks to a weird loophole.
FYI: @ReggieBush being at stadium for #USC gm does NOT breach NCAA rules of program disassociation because Levi's is his home #NFL venue.
— OC Register Sports (@OCRegSports) December 6, 2015 Bush, as a San Francisco 49ers player, is apparently allowed to go to his home stadium to watch USC games. And he’s apparently already enjoying his visit, even if it means he’s not playing everything by the book.
Pac-12 All-Century RB Reggie Bush is @LevisStadium to support the Trojans in the Pac-12 Championship. #FightOn pic.twitter.com/eSxHTuCrsf
— USC Trojans (@USC_Athletics) December 5, 2015 #USC says Reggie Bush is still not allowed to visit the locker room but Bush went in on his own to speak to players
— InsideUSC (@InsideUSC) December 6, 2015 Given everything USC has had to do to pretend Bush doesn’t exist, they might not like that.
USC removed Bush’s jersey from a display case at Heritage Hall and shipped its copy of the trophy back to the Heisman Trophy Trust. The giant No. 5 jersey that covered a portion of the peristyle end of the Coliseum also was removed. About 100 mentions of Bush in USC’s football media guide include an asterisk or some form of the phrase “later vacated due to NCAA penalty.”
Even a wall in sports information director Tim Tessalone’s previous office, which featured images of every Sports Illustrated cover graced by USC athletes, had to be modified to remove all images of Bush.
Just another day in the weird universe of NCAA rules.
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