What "rules" were bent? We're not talking about changing the tax code or ammending the rule on what consitutes an illegal foward pass here. He's a fomer Heisman winner, so he gets invited to the Heisman ceremony, like all former winners do. He also happens to be a current player who was in the running. He also gets a vote for the award, which I assume pisses you off too. I mean, I can understand one not thinking he should have won. Which he didn't, not even close. I can understand someone from Alabama wanting him to do poorly in the big game. Which he did. I can even understand being tired of hearing about him. Which we all are. But the personal venom directed toward him is just ridiculous, especially when the only reason it gets so personal is because he's deeply religious.
I mean rules, in general, not necessarily the Heisman finalist "rule". The celebration/taunting rule, specifically, does not seem to apply to him in the same manner that it does to other players. As for the Heisman, three to five are invited, and it has to do with where the vote totals fall, or at least that's how the Heisman Foundation or Downtown Athletic Club or whatever they're called now, has described the process of selecting finalists in the past.
I have no problem with him getting invited to the ceremony, which I said before. I have no problem with him having a vote as a former winner. I actually, don't wish the guy any ill will, other than to lose any time they play Alabama if that can be considered "ill will". I just don't understand why he was invited as a finalist. To me, it seems like a continuance (is that a word outside of Law & Order?) of the double standard I mentioned before. And you're right. It's not his fault they're applied that way.
