Paul Finebaum Wrong Again

He is not the only one. The Heisman Trophy Mission Statement--which took me three seconds to find--clearly states that "The Heisman Memorial Trophy annually recognizes the outstanding college football player whose performance best exhibits the pursuit of excellence with integrity." It does not go to the most outstanding player in the country but the most outstanding who combines the pursuit of excellence most great players have with--and here is the key word these bozos miss--INTEGRITY. So the player must have integrity in addition to stats. Actually there is no mention of statistical excellence but folks can make that assumption. The word valuable does not come up. There is no mention of wins and losses. Just "outstanding", "pursuit of excellence", "integrity". I would think Finebaum and others know what "outstanding" and "pursuit of excellence" mean. Integrity is the word that confuses him. My big, fat dictionary (and yes I still use it in book form)defines integrity as "uprightness of character; probity; honesty." Therefore, Johnny Manziel, Finebaum's pick at the moment, is not eligible. Okay, that is harsh. But considering that we only know the public persona of anyone and that we cannot know if the outstanding players in any given season cheated on their girlfriends or took benefits to commit to their school or will one day be accused of double murder, we can only judge on what we do know. And based on our knowledge of Manziel he should not make a ballot let alone with the thing. Of course a problem with Heisman voting is that we would need 900+ voters with integrity to make the right choice. Good luck with that.