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There's scandal in the air, and Bush involved. Only it's Reggie, not Dubya (Go ahead and let your blood pressure drow back down if you're a GOP apologist. It seems Reggie Bush's parents have been living in comfortable digs the past season in a home bought and purchased by a professional sports agent.

In this day and age, the corruption among college athletes is hardly surprising. They're a hot commodity, and there's no end to the stream of profiteers who will line up at their doorstep in an attempt to woo them with gifts of all shapes and sizes. It's almost become an accepted, don't ask, don't tell practice, much like performance enhancers in many of these sports.

In this case, though, while it was the athlete and/or his family that appear to have profited off of the free home, it will be the university that pays the price. NCAA rules dictate that a team who fields an athlete who commits these sorts of violations forfeit their wins from the seasons in which those violations took place, meaning USC didn't win 12 games on paper, and didn't come in 2nd to the Texas Longhorns.

Whatever happens, however, is unlikely to affect Reggie Bush. It will not affect his standing in the NFL draft, it will not affect his contract or endorsements. The people who will be forced to suffer the consequences of these actions will be the school and its reputation; Reggie Bush and his family will remain unaffected as he collects his millions and heads on to NFL superstardom even before he has run a single down.