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[quote author=Mick link=topic=18333.msg217968#msg217968 date=1513033349]
[quote author=Boston Card link=topic=18333.msg217929#msg217929 date=1513023360]
We are being sanctimonious about the friggin award, not about the recipient.  If the award criteria were not "the most outstanding player in college football in the United States whose performance best exhibits the pursuit of excellence with integrity." and rather were "the best QB or RB from a Power-5 team with fewer than 4 losses" then we'd have no basis for complaining.

Listen, kids make mistakes, an it's not like David Parry didn't make a mistake very similar to Mayfield's. Nobody here is suggesting that he is an evil person.  But pointing out the discrepancy between the prize's stated criteria and the players chosen for it is not sanctimony.

BC

Always wondered by Parry didn't win the Hiesman...
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I thought Parry was suspended for having meals with the family he was renting from.  Considered improper benefit......
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Maybe Devon Cajuste

The football violation pertains to impermissible benefits accrued by former Stanford wide receiver Devon Cajuste in the summer of 2014. The benefits totaled close to $3500, with about $3000 being loaned for Cajuste to purchase a bike and another near $400 of benefits coming from meals, movie tickets and the use of a vacation home all provided by a University-arranged landlord.

Although the bike loan had been repaid prior to the investigation by Stanford, Cajuste was deemed ineligible and suspended for one game. He was also required to donate the remaining value of benefits gained from the landlord to charity.

In a statement earlier today, Cajuste self-identified as the athlete in question and said he was unaware of the benefits’ illegal nature:

“I unknowingly accepted impermissible benefits from my summer landlord. I look forward to moving on from this incident and to supporting my alma mater for many years to come. I will have no further comment on this matter.”

https://www.stanforddaily.com/2016/09/15...-softball/

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[quote author=Mick link=topic=18333.msg217968#msg217968 date=1513033349]
[quote author=Boston Card link=topic=18333.msg217929#msg217929 date=1513023360]
We are being sanctimonious about the friggin award, not about the recipient.  If the award criteria were not "the most outstanding player in college football in the United States whose performance best exhibits the pursuit of excellence with integrity." and rather were "the best QB or RB from a Power-5 team with fewer than 4 losses" then we'd have no basis for complaining.

Listen, kids make mistakes, an it's not like David Parry didn't make a mistake very similar to Mayfield's. Nobody here is suggesting that he is an evil person.  But pointing out the discrepancy between the prize's stated criteria and the players chosen for it is not sanctimony.

BC

Always wondered by Parry didn't win the Hiesman...
[/quote]

I thought Parry was suspended for having meals with the family he was renting from.  Considered improper benefit......
[/quote]

Maybe Devon Cajuste

The football violation pertains to impermissible benefits accrued by former Stanford wide receiver Devon Cajuste in the summer of 2014. The benefits totaled close to $3500, with about $3000 being loaned for Cajuste to purchase a bike and another near $400 of benefits coming from meals, movie tickets and the use of a vacation home all provided by a University-arranged landlord.

Although the bike loan had been repaid prior to the investigation by Stanford, Cajuste was deemed ineligible and suspended for one game. He was also required to donate the remaining value of benefits gained from the landlord to charity.

In a statement earlier today, Cajuste self-identified as the athlete in question and said he was unaware of the benefits’ illegal nature:

“I unknowingly accepted impermissible benefits from my summer landlord. I look forward to moving on from this incident and to supporting my alma mater for many years to come. I will have no further comment on this matter.”

https://www.stanforddaily.com/2016/09/15...-softball/