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Wednesday, April 26, 2006 12:00 AM

King Kaufman's Sports Daily

The Reggie Bush house scandal: We're supposed to be outraged if he broke an unfair rule, hurting no one and helping his family?

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  • Wednesday, April 26, 2006 12:48 PM

    Rational Actor

    Ridiculous and outdated though they may be, the NCAA rules are still... well, the rules. You bend or break them at your own peril.

    If you don't think so, King, try using that rule-begging-to-be-broken argument the next time you get dinged for going 50 in a 35 mph zone:

    "But Officer, all I've done is break a rule that was begging to be broken, one so clearly wrong that any rational actor, faced with it, would shrug his shoulders and break it. I'm just being a rational actor, sir!",

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