Reggie Bush took money and benefits from a wannabe agent.

He’s not the first to do so.

He won’t be the last. (Even right now, the action of guys like Marvin Austin, Marcell Dareus and Maurkice Pouncey are being investigated.)

Shady agents are around. That’s the way it is.

I don’t know if they can be stopped. Andy Staples thinks that the only way to stop it it to get the police involved. Others think that you can stop the agents if you pay the players while in college. (It won’t. Not when the agent is doling out even more cash. More money is more money. People can never have enough money.)

Agents that will stop at nothing are part of the problem. So are coaches and athletic departments that institute a straight from the military “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy. So are the players who only look out for #1.

Maybe the players should get paid (guys like Reggie Bush do bring schools a lot of money due to ticket sales, television ratings, merchandise, etc.) Maybe they shouldn’t. (Free education that they are welcome to use, future earnings due to being put on a platform to make it to the NFL.)

I’m not here to argue should or shouldn’t. I’m not here to give an answer to the agent problem.

However, I am here to say that any player that does take money under the current setup is channeling his inner Jay-Z toward his teammates and his school. They are the ones that will pay the price. And that can’t be right.

“Can I Get A F–K You?!”