Reggie Bush Being Targeted for Accepting Monetary Gifts

Reggie Bush has been plagued by the rumors that he accepted monetary gifts during his college career since the day he was drafted. And while those reports have no bearing on his future in the NFL or with the New Orleans Saints, it could leave a huge mark on his past and his current public perception. But in my mind, the real question is, why don't they just investigate everybody?

It is alleged that Bush and his family may have taken as much as $300,000 in cash in goods while he was at U.S.C. Reggie Bush has continually denied any wrongdoing, but hasn't really spoke about the issue publicly.

But Bush hasn't really had to do much of the talking. Lloyd Lake, the man who has accused Bush of taking these monetary gifts and not repaying them to him has made this quite the public issue. He has even gone as far to release a taped recording with one of the Bush's family members that seem to somewhat support Lake's claim that he provided housing for the Bush family.

Lake says that he has subpoenaed Bush, which would force Bush to give a deposition on the matter. If forced to talk about the issue, under oath, Bush might end up revealing the unspoken truth of college football:

Players get money, man!

It's the truth, and you have to be a fool to think otherwise. Reggie Bush may be taking the fall right now, but there are thousands of players who have done it, thousands that will do it, and there are thousands that are doing it now.

I've seen it with my own bare eyes. And for anybody who is around college football to say that they don't think players are getting money from sources outside of their immediate families is like saying you didn't know baseball players were using steroids in the late 90's.

I've seen players I grew up with obtain cars that their family's can't afford, go on vacations they didn't pay for, and have multiple hotel rooms in the cities in which they are vacationing. And that is just the beginning of it all.