Reggie Bush Claims He Made $100,000 Through USC Work-Study Program

[Fuzz420]

NEW ORLEANS—Saints running back and former Heisman Trophy winner Reggie Bush refuted charges Monday that he accepted gifts, money, and other benefits exceeding $100,000 in value while playing football for the University of Southern California, claiming he earned that money "fair and square through constant hard work" at various on-campus work-study jobs.

"During my time at USC, I managed not only to carry a full 12-unit course load every semester while playing Division I football, but I also worked as many as 15 simultaneous work-study jobs that allowed me the opportunity to provide food, clothing, and shelter for my family with a little spending money left over," Bush said, reading from a prepared statement at the Saints training facility. Bush also added that, on average, the university's work-study jobs paid $6.50 an hour. "I did not, I repeat, did not earn a dime for my play on the field."

Bush added: "I used the same focus, intensity, and relentless effort to shelve over 450,000 books as a librarian's assistant at the East Asian Library, Gerontology Library, and Hoose Library Of Philosophy that I did to help lead the Trojans to the 2004 national championship."

According to Bush, the librarian's assistant jobs, along with transporting television sets, DVD players, and overhead projectors across the campus for the school's audio-visual department, allowed Bush to purchase new suits for his stepfather and brother, a makeover for his mother, and limousine service to and from the Downtown Athletic Club for his Heisman Trophy ceremony.

"Whenever I would show a clip and the sound wouldn't work, it was always Reggie who would sprint the 40 yards from the audio-visual center in 4.2 seconds flat," said history professor Niles Langford. "And since I'm a real dumbbell with these electronics, believe me, he earned his money."

Bush said that he was able to purchase a 45-inch high-definition flat-screen television, rent his posh downtown apartment, and buy his friends the newest pair of Air Jordans by "working [his] butt off at the Carl's Jr. in the student union, taking lecture notes for disabled students six times a week, and working the Sunday-morning shift as a security guard at Trojan Hall."

"Reggie paid strict attention to those who entered and exited the dorm, making sure the guest policy was upheld and honored," said dorm supervisor Alex Valinsky. "Under his watch, nearly 17,000 guest violations were recorded."

"Easily a school record," Valinsky added. "Better even than O.J.'s work guarding faculty parking."

In addition, Bush said he worked after football practice from midnight until 5 a.m. for USC's Campus Cruiser Program, in which students who were out late and fearful of their general safety could call Bush's brand-new Motorola Razr cellular phone and be driven back to their dormitories in Bush's 2005 Cadillac Escalade with headrest television monitors.

"He was always very kind, polite, and never asked any embarrassing questions about what we had been doing," said USC junior Rebecca Meuthing, adding that in each of the nearly 1,160 times he escorted her home, Bush waited outside the dormitory listening to the newest rap CDs until he was sure she got in safely. "Sometimes we talked about football, but he mostly talked about how, after he dropped me off, he had to get to his work-study job entering grades into the USC School of Architecture database."

The money from that particular job, Bush insists, went a long way in providing his relatives with round-trip airfare so they could watch him compete on game day.

The biggest charge against Bush—the question of his family's ability to move from their small San Diego apartment to a $757,000 home in Spring Valley during Bush's junior year—could, according to Bush, be explained by his "cushy" job in the Student Activities Office, which Bush admits was "pretty easy," saying he "literally did nothing for $11 an hour."

"When I find the shoebox with all of my time sheets and pay stubs, I will be vindicated of any wrongdoing," Bush's statement concluded. "Unfortunately, most of these hundreds of boxes seem to contain new pairs of shoes, but they have to turn up sooner or later."

Trojans head coach Pete Carroll, who took reporters' questions as an opportunity to praise his former running back's "impeccable work ethic," said he was unaware the running back was making so much money, adding that he assumed the Hummer limousine in which Bush arrived at practice every day was simply provided by his agent.

I believe they could have came up with a better lie than that.

 

[JustAnotherVictim]

I made $100,000 too.

 

[Fuzz420]

I made $100,000 too.

robbing the registers doesnt count

 

[tea_mkIII]

reggie sold crack..its plain and simple

 

[koulee]

Playing Division 1 football, a 12 credit course and 15 simultaneous work-study jobs. Wow. Someone give the mofo a trophy. Oh wait, they already did. Someone give him another one.

 

[rakkasan]

Sounds like a story someone made up, check it on Snopes.

 

[BlkSupra87]

Well considering that he went to USC its not all that impossible. They do have a high cost of living. And USC is a private university. If he went there w/financial aid and not just a scholarship.:nono:

 

[suprasport91]

right.. cost of living there is notthat high, financial aid gives you close to nothing on a full scholarship, and he would not be able to habdle the fifteen part imes, as most require a time minimum per week, most commonly being ten hours a week...multiply that by fifteen + around 20 hours a week in class + around 20 or more in practice...plus the massive amount of free time he DID have while there, my friend goes to usc and says there is no way that could have been true.. he remebers bush being at all the football parties and such

 

[BlkSupra87]

FYI athletics have easy classes to take so they will meet... gpa requirement for playing.

I used to date a p/t instructor who let the athletes fly.... or just made it soo easy for them...

right.. cost of living there is notthat high, financial aid gives you close to nothing on a full scholarship, and he would not be able to habdle the fifteen part imes, as most require a time minimum per week, most commonly being ten hours a week...multiply that by fifteen + around 20 hours a week in class + around 20 or more in practice...plus the massive amount of free time he DID have while there, my friend goes to usc and says there is no way that could have been true.. he remebers bush being at all the football parties and such

 

[suprasport91]

not to mention 12 units isnt much at all....

 

[JustAnotherVictim]

robbing the registers doesnt count

No need for that, I just use a computer now.

 

[Fuzz420]

I hate to have to bump this, but it seems the lie caught up to ol Reggie bush and USC


AP says USC will still be 2004 football champions

USC will be losing scholarships and postseason eligibility thanks to recent NCAA sanctions. The Trojans might lose their 2004 BCS national championship, and Reggie Bush might lose his Heisman Trophy.

However, USC will still get to keep its 2004 Associated Press national title, the Los Angeles Times reports.

"The 2004 poll stands," AP sports editor Terry Taylor told the Times. "The poll is intended to measure on-field performance. If teams are allowed to play, they're allowed to be ranked and USC certainly played in 2004."

There was speculation the AP would reconsider USC's title, according to the report, because the AP held a revote when it was discovered 2009 NFL defensive rookie of the year Brian Cushing had tested positive for a banned substance. Cushing, a USC alumnus, retained the award.

Taylor told the Times a revote would be impractical in USC's case. "It's been six years," he said. "Memories have faded and the poll board from that year is no longer intact."

USC won the AP national championship in 2003 but was shut out of the BCS title game, won by LSU.

The Trojans won both the AP and BCS titles in 2004, but the BCS title from that season is likely to be vacated if USC loses its appeal of the NCAA's infractions findings in the Reggie Bush case.

http://www.sportingnews.com/college...ays-usc-will-still-be-2004-football-champions